BrikoX

BrikoX , 12 days ago to Privacy in What email provider do you use for sign ups?

They offer integrated aliases via Proton Pass now.

BrikoX OP , 13 days ago to Privacy in The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024

Good point, but I didn't think of it that way just because, I saw things and read stuff that made me suspect it...

There is "speculation" spread about every single "privacy" focused service for exactly that reason. If you don't trust them, you are not using them. I'm not saying don't be suspicious, but also look at facts that make it unlikely of it being a honeypot.

But they did, and it worked for them before, and it'll always work unless no one start using that service, so there's no point in keeping servers operational.. time for a rebrand. plus they're getting paid.

Right, but there are plenty of easier services to target that provide more sensitive information. If you are a honeypot, you have to be profitable and expand your services or people will move somewhere else. That all takes time and work. Buying other services like SimpleLogin or Standard Notes and integrating their staff into your scheme would be unnecessary complication.

having it outside 14 eyes countries would be the most stupid decision the government could make.

It's not a story. So called 5 eyes, 9 eyes and 14 eyes refers to country agreements to share intelligence and make cooperation instant instead of having to go through proper channels that take time. I'm sure there are many conspiracy theories about specific things that might not be true, but there is no dispute that these agreements exist.

Government run honeypots are usually facilitated by federal agencies, INTERPOL, or EUROPOL, and if they want to run something in a country where they are not welcome it has to be court approved. Hence, it being run in 14 eyes countries, make it easy. Switzerland on the other hand not only requires everything to be approved by their courts, but also require using their specific privacy laws when making determination, which are the strongest in the world.

You only need to look at previous known honeypots to see where they originate and what they target.

BrikoX OP , 14 days ago to Privacy in The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024

You thinking it's a honeypot is a win for the government. All they need to do is spread some propaganda instead of actually bothering to run a service that is hard to keep alive. And if they were to run a honeypot, having it outside 14 eyes countries would be the most stupid decision the government could make.

BrikoX OP , 14 days ago to Privacy in The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024

No company executive will go to jail for you. Give any company a court signed order and they will comply. Hence, the companies that orient around privacy limit the data they retain so that when they get a court order, they have nothing to give. Email is flawed by design, so some metadata always has to be stored for it to be functional.

BrikoX OP , 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to Privacy in How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?

You are absolutely right about metadata, but as far as protests, just having encryption is enough to prevent anyone from accessing the data. Extracting metadata from 3rd party companies or extracting a phone requires a lot more resources than cops can spare.

BrikoX , 15 days ago to rpg in Dungeons and Dragons may improve mental health

It's also known to lead to lower recidivism rates. https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvwnpx/dragons-in-the-department-of-corrections

BrikoX OP , 16 days ago to Open Source in Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers

Updated.

BrikoX OP , 16 days ago to Open Source in Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers

Some options are listed here https://www.oss.fund/categories/bounties/

BrikoX OP , 16 days ago to Open Source in Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers

Hi. Could you add a link to your Lemmy account to any other source? The website/GitHub/Mastodon/Liberapay doesn't mention this account.

BrikoX , 28 days ago to Selfhosted in Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?

All platforms that don't have public API access will require a way to relay that information, but I was talking about the difference in how the messages are relayed. Matrix bridges work fundamentally on each platform/protocol having its own room and relaying the messages through the bridged room instead of the user as XMPP does. That's why you can relay the same messages to multiple rooms on Matrix, but can't do the same on XMPP.

BrikoX , 28 days ago to Selfhosted in Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?

Why is JSON better than XML? It's more modern, sure, but from technical perspective it is not objectively better right? Not something worth switching protocols for.

XML is unnecessarily complicated. By trying to cram everything into the spec, it's cumbersome and hard to parse.

You mention XMPP has transports as opposed to Matrix bridges. I thought they give you roughly the same outcome. What's the difference?

The goal is the same, but the way they archive that is different. For transport to work, you need an account on each platform you are using the transport on. It relays the messages through that account by mimicking the client. While bridges work by relaying the messages between rooms and not specific users.

My understanding is limited, so if you are interested, please do your own research.

BrikoX , 28 days ago to Selfhosted in Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?

Google killed XMPP momentum. And while Matrix has many issues it needs to figure out, especially the development being almost exclusively supported by a for-profit company, they seem to slowly (very slowly) work towards more independence.

Matrix did some things right. Going with JSON spec instead of XML, having Element as uniform cross-platform client, offering bridges as a way to stay connected with your family and friends without needing to convince them to move (XMPP offers transports, but they function entirely differently) and offering end-to-end encryption by default.

XMPP in true open source fashion doesn't have any uniformity from user perspective. Different ways to do the same thing on different clients, different clients on different platforms. That is a benefit for a savvy tech nerd, but it's a huge inconvenience for a non-techie family member or friend.

BrikoX , 29 days ago to Open Source in What do you use to backup files from your phone to Google Drive? Is there anything that can permanently delete the old files?

Just use Syncthing and whatever chat app you like.

BrikoX OP , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Open Source in You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL

Have you bothered to read before commenting? They were compelled to release the source code before, but then they stopped doing that in December 20th, 2022.

BrikoX , 1 month ago to Technology in Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers

So Matrix protocol?