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Molly, Signal FOSS (TwinHelix), Molly FOSS - Better than Signal?

Molly advertises itself as a “hardened version of Signal,” & its FOSS variant is the same without proprietary dependencies. TwinHelix’s FOSS Signal fork goes further, adding OSM support instead of GMaps. Are these forks trustworthy, & are they worth using for added security compared to mainline?

Help me choose an email aliasing/forwarding service!

Edit 2: For anyone finding this in the future, I chose Simplelogin simply (pun intended) because I was eligible for a 50% off coupon. If I couldnt have gotten that, I would instead use Firefox’s Relay because it’s super cheap and you support Mozilla in the process. People seem to forget that if Mozilla goes bankrupt and can...

Gmail alternative for @edu account that is google-based?

I have a @edu..com account that is owned by google but the login happens outside of google and a callback gives gmail the access to the account. How can i use that account with a FOSS client?

From Mental Outlaw video (discuss.tchncs.de)

WEI - Google is speed-running the Web DRM in secret. (discuss.tchncs.de)

github.com/RupertBenWiser/wei-wpt-other...

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)

also on r/privacy

This is Depressing

Does anyone else feel as if it’s over when it comes to really owning your own things?...

Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)

Alternative Discord client?

Are there any privacy friendly Discord clients or frontends?...

What's your opinion on telegram from a foss and privacy perspective?

I see i can find a foss version on f-droid, and that’s something not a lot of social networks can have, i don’t really like all the crypto bullshit and ads testing they’ve been up to lately, but still looks better to me compared to what Reddit have done lately or what other platforms have done in these years…...

Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility....

Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, preventing data broker sales to government agencies, moves forward (cyberscoop.com)

The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill 30-0....

Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a markup session tomorrow - if you're in the US, ask your Representative to support and pass the bill! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

UPDATE : The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill unanimously, 30-0!. It still has to pass the full House, and then the Senate, so please still contact your legislators!...

Defenetly not Garbage (lemmy.ml)

The Best Two-Factor Authentication App? (iOS)

What’s your prefer two-factor authentication app for iOS?...

The official chat room for a privacy community is discord? (kbin.social)

Is this a joke?

Nostr Protocol

What you think about the protocol and it’s future? Currently it’s mostly inhabited by BTC fans but the idea itself seems much better than what Mastodon/Lemmy is doing...

Noob Question: If you aren't willing to deal with custom OSes like Linux (for computers) and Android Custom Roms (for phones), do you just not have any privacy at all?

I mean, exactly how invasive are default operating systems? (Like Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Android, iOS) Do they log your keystrokes, log passwords, capture screen, upload your photos, videos, or audio? (Assuming you aren’t a target of government) Is it even possible for the average person who doesn’t feel comfortable...

Privacy respecting location sharing?(find my friends)

My family currently uses life360(iOS and android). But I hate their privacy policy. I’m looking for an alternative. The thing that’s difficult is I can’t find one that’s opt in to each other. Like my parents are split so they dont want to share with each other but the rest of us do. Prefer selfhosted but anything is...

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