[-] online@programming.dev 16 points 7 months ago

Also of note, some providers have data caps. I haven't looked at all providers, merely Nymvpn as I was interested. Turns out they have a 2TB/month cap. Might not be an issue for some, but might be for others.

[-] online@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

As much as I'd love to, ain't going to happen. KYC payment and non-voip phone number lets them minimize the number of cheaters. That would probably be the official PR reason from them when it's more about building a profile of your gaming taste and habits and selling that data to 3rd parties.

[-] online@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As much as I agree with you, fact is, if the ship sinks, so will Librewolf🙁

[-] online@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Ubiquiti is business oriented, not consumer. It'd be very foolish for them to snoop on the traffic of their business customers.

Ubiquiti is also a traded company. Their stock would crater in lieu of such news.

As a consumer, besides reliability, privacy is another main reason to paying extra for enterprise gear.

[-] online@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Give MiroTalk a try. Can be self-hosted and just like Jitsi, no need to install anything, it's all in-browser. Has all the features you're asking for.

https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk

If you want to test drive it:

https://p2p.mirotalk.com/

[-] online@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For the known top trackers, it's to have more control over nefarious users such as duped accounts, banned users and potential law enforcement trying to sign up. Sure it's not a bulletproof solution to deal with bad actors but it's still an effective way. You gotta remember that these trackers are free (yet private). The admins/operators don't get paid, so last thing they want to do is waste time dealing with such users.

At the end of the day you still have to trust them with your real IP, but it's mostly to protect themselves afaik. I obviously can't speak for every tracker out there.

[-] online@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You probably need to make a request to Izzy. From what I remember he has requirements, such as max app size, which makes me wonder if maybe the ProtonMail app just became too big for him to build and host.

Here are the requirements: https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/wikis/Inclusion%20Policy

[-] online@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

It's probably because Proton changed the repo. I was grabbing their release via Obtainium and noticed the version I had was way older than the version on the Play Store. Had to update my Obtainium entry for ProtonMail to the new repo: https://github.com/ProtonMail/android-mail

[-] online@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I was/am in the same boat, but I quickly gave up for the following reason: Why bust my ass trying to give my business? If Lowes blocks me then f*ck em I'll take my business to Home Depot. It's their loss.

[-] online@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

Totally.

I guess the privacy advantage of a regular SIM is that as soon as you pop out the sim card out of your phone, towers can't track you anymore.

With eSIMs on the other hand, I can never truly trust that an eSIM is de-activated? Feels like you actually just have a permanent sim card in your phone and your phone can just be tracked no matter the status of your eSIM. Or is this not technically possible?

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Compared to regular SIM cards.

SIMs are easier to swap if needing to switch phone, but I only see this as a convenience. I don't see why it would be more private.

I have little knowledge on how eSIMs work, but something in the back of my mind, tells me that somehow, eSIMs are bad for privacy :(

Anybody care to share their views on this?

[-] online@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can't even get the jmp.chat name right... They refer to it as jmb.chat

[-] online@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago

I can't give you an answer, but what I can tell is that, unfortunately, being on iOS, you won't have a lot of options when it comes to FOSS apps.

Apple charges developers $100/year to be able to publish on the app store, so that gives very little incentives for iOS developers to publish their app without any kind of monetization, whether via a subscription, ads, or mass data gathering.

I have a lot of respect for FOSS apps on iOS, because not only do devs offer an app FOSS, but they're paying that $100/year out of their own pocket.

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