/tech/ - Technology

>>34089
snowden also shilled for nostr.

why are people shilling linux? grapheneos? mullvad?🤔

>>34093
>linux
just works, soon to not work because Linus is senile now, (unless a hard fork can be maintained) but works for now.
>graphineOS
makes people buy more google pixels. It was meant to be a way for people that already did buy one to get something better until they could afford to buy a non-google device, but now Google's monetizing it's own infamy and using graphene's existence as a selling point.
>mullvad
VPNs that aren't self-hosted or hosted by a friend are a data collection scam.

>>34094
>VPNs that aren't self-hosted or hosted by a friend are a data collection scam.

but its based in sweden the nordic free zone where sleaze is scientifically impossible

>>34098
Safest option is to have a friend in sweden self-host it. That way if deception happens it's just friend group drama.

Unmoderated schizophrenia has been a disaster for privacy/security tech discussions on imageboards. Thread as example.

>>34093
altruism

>>34101
you can't be a marxist and believe in this idealist illusion.

>>34094
>just works, soon to not work because Linus is senile now, (unless a hard fork can be maintained) but works for now.

expand on that? maybe im just uninformed but how does that make any sense?

i'm just realizing nostr is mastodon 2.0

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsyxfsa8h30ezscy4epn27lel4y5h4x8cemcs6wrhmsj4n04xg8ywcp5wwfw

>>34117
>basic security and anti-spam measures = le heckin censorship
Eh, the maintainer doesn't know how to leave trolls alone, but this seems like it could be decent enough of a protocol. If Wafrn adds support for it I might tinker with it.