The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.
This is one of many reasons you should use a password of some kind that you keep inside of your head to unlock your phone rather than a biometric that people can use to unlock it against your will.
I'm still just so furious at Signal management for removing compatibility with other text apps. I used to be constantly growing my Signal network, now it's a slowly shrinking rump that I never add anyone to.
Right, the idea was that you could use Signal as your SMS app, and so whenever there was someone else doing the same you'd automatically upgrade to Signal. Whereas now I never have those auto-upgrades, any new contact I am just stuck on SMS with.
In my opinion, relying on upgrading users automagically to an encrypted and secure protocol isn’t good practice. If someone wants to use an encrypted chat, they should do so consciously. It will only cause confusion otherwise.
This is my theory for why they ditched this feature - the ultra-concerned about privacy superusers don't approve of its messiness, even though in practice it's the main engine for user growth.
Do people still use SMS these days though anyway?
I would have thought iMessage, RCS and separate chat apps like Whatsapp, Signal and WeChat would have largely replaced SMS by now.
SMS, MMS, iMessage and RCS are all compatible with each other and mostly used interchangeably and are the main way people text each other (in the US anyway). You just have a phone number, and when people text it with any of those formats you receive the message and respond the same way.
I know some of you consider this as documented whining. I hear you but won't stop sharing my opinion and reminding. I recommend continuing commenting on the original post to keep it a bit organized (this post is a link to it)...
I need something in between this and a Kindle. I don’t want to build my own electronics, I just want to buy them from somewhere without sketchy ulterior motives for how they’ll use their control over my device.
It came out yesterday. You are probably looking at the date on the screenshot of an article that it starts with rather than the date of this article at the top.
Yeah you are spot on, the big problem with Mastodon is that they have all these ideas about how to be better than twitter that actually just break what people are looking for from the twitter experience.
I’ve always been a rif user on Reddit, never tried out sync. But now I probably will since it’s a professional level app for lemmy. Experienced sync users, what should I know?
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules ( arstechnica.com )
The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.
Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy. ( signal.org )
Leak of Russian ‘Threat’ Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say ( www.wired.com )
Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there ( walledculture.org )
What is going on with kbin - a week has passed with no sign of any life ( kbin.melroy.org )
I know some of you consider this as documented whining. I hear you but won't stop sharing my opinion and reminding. I recommend continuing commenting on the original post to keep it a bit organized (this post is a link to it)...
Amazon's Prime Video will start serving ads on January 29 unless you pay extra
Adobe Scraps Its $20 Billion Takeover of Figma ( www.nytimes.com )
Generative AI will be a huge boon for the public domain – unless copyright blocks it ( walledculture.org )
Money talks in the world of copyright legislation, and that’s a big problem for ordinary Internet users ( walledculture.org )
The Anti-Surveillance Coalition's Highest-Stakes Gamble ( foreverwars.ghost.io )
Taking open access to the next level, by giving control to researchers, instead of to academic publishers ( walledculture.org )
How copyright drives Internet fragmentation, and why it is hard to fix ( walledculture.org )
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The Open Book - An open hardware reading device that's easy to build, easy to manufacture, and easy to make your own ( hackaday.io )
This is a complete reimagining of the Open Book Project, but the original mission remains:...
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter ( walledculture.org )
Lemmy instances that are focused on mirroring Reddit content?
I’ve posted before about my fediverser project, and I am now looking to see who is interested in participating....
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content ( balkaninsight.com )
What does Bluesky have that Mastodon doesn't?
Is it just the momentum and word of mouth, or are there improved features as well?
Seeing how good Lemmy is makes me frustrated with Mastodon
My Problems with Mastodon...
The copyright industry’s obsession with pursuing alleged infringements borders on the pathological ( walledculture.org )
Another reminder that what copyright destroys, unauthorised copying can save ( walledculture.org )
Threads: The Motherboard Review ( www.vice.com )
PSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boost ( kbin.social )
a small difference, but important to how people use the site
Anti-sex activists are picking off sex workers on Instagram—and Instagram is letting them ( jezebel.com )
France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet ( blog.mozilla.org )
New sync user
I’ve always been a rif user on Reddit, never tried out sync. But now I probably will since it’s a professional level app for lemmy. Experienced sync users, what should I know?
What Reddit Got Wrong ( www.eff.org )
English is a Terrible Programming Language ( orbistertius.substack.com )