That is how the signal protocol works, it’s end to end encrypted with the keys only known between the two ends.

The issue is that servers are needed to relay the connections (they only hold public keys) because your phone doesn’t have a static public IP that can reliably be communicated to. The servers are needed to communicate with people as they switch networks constantly throughout the day. And they can block traffic to the relay servers.

I sync with syncthing to an 8tb hard drive at work. Then backblaze that ish.

Once that’s broken into: encryption and backups, purchase new hardware and rebuild. Downtime sucks though.

Go back and rewatch his old videos (or don’t, don’t give him the ad revenue), they were never good, we were just immature know it alls that enjoyed the superiority high we got from his bullshit, even before the podcast and the shift to internet drama, he never made “good” content.

TikTok and Instagram were never good, but they provided a platform for people on the streets to provide real time updates on current events that countered the state narrative/propaganda on main stream media.

TikTok and Instagram exposed the truth about the American empire to a significant portion of the population. They want to make sure it’s all controlled state approved content, they want to eliminate our ability to reach eyes and ears.

So sure, have at the Chinese propaganda platform, but not without an alternative that allows us to reach wide audiences… And we don’t have an alternative… Not enough people are on the fediverse and the learning curve is pretty massive.

No… This revisionism to defend canonical is nonsense. LTS releases don’t promise the most recent releases of software, but they promise security and stability updates for longer, so they are more suitable for servers and users who don’t want to worry about breaking changes often.

That’s it. The releases between Long Term SERVICE releases are production ready and not testing releases. They are recommended for most people.

Extortion is a stretch… They provide content or service for a price, the price is either money you pay or money advertisers pay…

I would not use those sites, but that’s my decision, they aren’t twisting my arm to force me to read their shitty articles…

They articulated the reason and gave examples of precedence.

And you’re dismissing their voice as irrelevant, but as the consumer of the product, their voice is most critical, and more people should be aware of how corporations use their massive wealth to choke and starve open source competition out of existence despite building their products on open source work in the first place.

For the Democrats/liberals who think they’re leftist in the room, note that this done by Biden, how it was put on hold for review so that news spread and pacifies the anger, and how it came back stronger when you forgot about it. And now Democrats will shrug and say “Trump is in charge, we’re powerles.”

Democrats are not your friends, they are not a lesser evil, we need a revolution.

If I knew you personally and I was in a desperate situation and thought I could extract life changing amounts from you, yes, I might be willing to say that in court, under threat of perjury.

You’re implying this doesn’t happen, which is clearly false. False accusations of rape have been made in court. At least OP is asking people to believe women without evidence, but you’re asking us to believe no one ever files frivolous lawsuits, contrary to much available evidence.

In fact, in a legal system like the US that often favors persecution over defense, once an accusation is made to a cop, it can take on momentum toward court.

Blindly believing accusers because they are women isn’t egalitarian, it’s sexist.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Banks_(American_football)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_rape_hoax

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus

They said you don’t need victim testimony because the rapist is bragging about it, and your interpretation is that said don’t believe women.

You’re the sexest one, even if you don’t realize it.

https://ahmia.fi/

Enjoy.

lol. You’re not wrong that it’ll be way easier to rely on AI to do the sorting for you, but you’re implying Google didn’t sanitize information and only give you results they approve of…

There’s way more to the internet than you can find on search engines.