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And now Russia plays… Steven Seagal.

Time to play meedley-meedley on the thin strings and small frets.

He will sit so hard.

Why Threema?

Currently limited to groups chats of 256 participants and group calls of 16 participants

For privacy, freedom, and control, iOS is out. As with Telegram, I advise staying away from the Google variant and highly recommend the Threema Libre implementation for Android. Licenses are not compatible across variants, so stick with the Threema Shop!

• Open source full E2EE (end-to-end encryption) platform with regular security audits
• Mobile clients can be linked to Threema Desktop/Web
• Source code available for Android, iOS, Desktop, and Web
• Threema Libre implementation for Android
  • Liberated from Google Services, uses Threema Push for instant delivery
  • Reproducible builds
  • Available via F-Droid repository
• Simplified (normal human-understandable) Changelog
• Multiple ways to purchase through Threema Shop
  • With or without Email Address
  • Cash, Bitcoin, Mastercard, Visa, or bank transfer - Can leave every non-payment field blank!
  • 4.99 CHF, EUR, or USD per license
  • Pay anonymously with cash (rounded nearest 10, buy in multiples of 2)

The largest criticism levied against Threema:

• 2023010? - Accusation - Three Lessons from Threema - Analysis of a Secure Messenger
• 20230109 - Rebuttal - Statement on ETH Findings
• 20230110 - Coverage - Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities

“While some of the findings presented in the paper may be interesting from a theoretical standpoint, none of them ever had any considerable real-world impact,” the post stated. “Most assume extensive and unrealistic prerequisites that would have far greater consequences than the respective finding itself.”

Are you sure you didn’t set low-detail with the viewport cranked way down? I played it on the same model with a math co-processor and it could not handle high-detail and the large viewport in the video.

Edit: I’m fairly certain I had a math co-processor, but I’ll defer to you on this detail just in case. That would certainly make a sizeable difference.

40MHz is plenty for doom.

Ew, no. Even 386DX-40 is terrible for Doom:

Doom timedemo 386 DX 40 MHz DOS PC

486SX-33 is certainly playable, but you really want 486DX2/66:

Doom Timedemo - 486DX2/66MHz

Edit: grammar

Edit 2: These videos are accurate, btw. I upgraded from 386SX-25 to 486SX-33 just for Doom while my friend got the 486DX2/66 Packard Bell. Envy.

Edit 3: My memory forced me to go back and properly designate the models.

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Each SimpleX release gets me closer to using it. The upcoming v5.8 update is no exception:

This release focus is improving the app usability, and preparing the foundation for v5.8 that will provide an in-built protection of user IP addresses when connecting to unknown file and messaging servers, reducing the need to use Tor (which would still remain supported via SOCKS proxy, for additional privacy).

And another round of security audits:

We are planning a 3rd party security audit for the protocols and cryptography design in July 2024, and also the security audit for an implementation in December 2024/January 2025,

Looking good.

Edit: SimpleX v5.7.5 is 313 MB without Data/Cache on Android. Yikes.

Thanks, I’ll re-listen and edit. I certainly don’t want to cast an unwarranted aspergion.

Edit: You’re absolutely correct, the dialog required careful attention. I’ll fix my post.

I think it’s bullshit, too.

It’s a bit strange for her to make a definitive statement this late. Why now?

Edit: Joy Reid was referring to Palestinian babies. I corrected my OP.

Joy Reid of MSNBC went on record yesterday saying she finally saw the actual beheaded Israeli Palestinian baby photos from October 7th. Is there anything substantiated with this?

I’ll see if I can find the program and block.

Edit: Found it — The ReidOut - Podcast - May 28, 2024 @~28m23s

Edit 2: I got the context wrong. Thanks @Psychodelic@lemmy.world for the correction.

No E2EE for DMs, groups, or notes.

That’s going to be the deal breaker for most.

“I fuck Arch, btw.”

Yep, 2004 is about right, going through terminal emulators and reminiscing on old protocols that no longer mattered because of broadband and TCP/IP. Time flies, that’s for sure.

Probably incremental, but I’ll tell you this: I certainly remember the benefit of ZMODEM-90 with MobyTurbo over YMODEM-g.

I haven’t thought of that protocol feature in about 20+ years. Saved so much extra time transferring over long-distance ($$$).

Schrödinger’s inbox

The huge red flag to me is that Signal is no longer decried as the devil of western intelligence anymore.

Frank Figliuzzi (former FBI cointel) and Chuck Rosenberg (former DEA admin) used to rail on about all of the dangers posed by Signal, but I haven’t heard an unkind word in over a couple years now.

Privacy aside, but just for a second

I apologize, you were very clear about being outside of privacy. Forgive me, I’m having trouble separating its context in this regard.

I liken level of standard similar to personal reputation. At the end of the day, that’s all we have—we accept what we are willing to live with.

We each make a choice according to our level of comfort in concern to privacy, or lack thereof, in how we choose to conduct ourselves afforded by the solutions we utilize and the rituals we observe.

Remember, privacy can never be enforced or guaranteed, only encouraged. Best practices, as available, as it were.

I think some people get lost and don’t realize that this is a privacy-centric community.

The mere potential for identifier leaking is 100% anti-privacy.

a service that hasn’t been audited

• Announcement: The security audit was performed in October 2022 by Trail of Bits, and most fixes were released in v4.2.0
• Audit: Trail of Bits - February 2, 2023 - SimpleX Chat - Security Assessment

Edit: provided link to audit

I never played the latest one, which may be for the best?

Me neither, I feel the same. I remember passin up DXMD on release to give it time. 7 years should be enough, right?

Hbomberguy’s video made me realize exactly why it didn’t feel that way to me.

All of the glaring issues are coming back vividly as I am watching this. I remember the frustration with the forced narrative. It was a decent looking game on release though, I do remember that.

Unrelated… If I could recommend another,

I’ll be sure to watch it, thank you.

Edit: grammar