It’s cringe. The thorns thing. I thought you might liked to hear that

Indeed try turning it off and see if you can find alternative apps to restore full functionality. I did the same, although eventually I’m going custom ROM, obviously, but idk when

This won’t age well

Me too, but it won’t run without google play services or custom rom

Co maps has fewer features though?

Lol Android Work Feature (and hence Shelter) doesn’t work without Google Play Services. Shit.

Is it also untrue that phones broadcast their home wifi SSIDs when out and about?

What if you have randomized MAC address for wifi? Will that solve it completely ?

I see. Although none of that was listed in the Wikipedia article

No where does it state that customer data is being sent to Amazon. And neither that the technology is implemented in Amazon TVs.

Thanks for giving false info or inaccurate source.

But it doesn’t protect against a cold boot attack though?

Dude ever heard of a double edged sword? As I already stated, requiring a phone number HAS downsides but it also has upsides.

There will be more spam and scam accounts to worry about on Signal than on SimpleX, I can almost guarantee it! At least if simpleX gets more popular of course.
But yes, no phone number does indeed increase anonymity, but not so much privacy.

I view Signal as the bridge between absolute non-techies and me, so they can at least navigate and use the app, while I am not sacrificing too much privacy.

And I use simpleX with other people who are more tech inclined.

Pick your poison, that’s the bottom line.

No there is good reason for requiring a phone number, it’s to reduce spam accounts.

Of course they can sell your phone number but that’s not the only good reason for requiring one.

Alright I think I know what you mean, but I’m still not sure we’re actually on the same page regarding encryption.

If a company is forced to do whatever ths government commands it to do, that’s only valid within certain constraints.

For example, the company cannot be forced to grow wings snd fly to thr heavens. That’s physically impossible.

Similarly, it also cannot provide the decrypted messages of its users because it (like Signal) does not have the KEYS that are absolutely 100% necessary for decrypting the encrypted messages of its users. So, again, it’s physically impossible to hand over either the keys or the decrypted messages.

However, there is one remedy that Signal CAN do, if somehow forced. That’s changing the Signal program. It certainly can push an update that sends Signal the keys for decryption.

However, at that point, the source code at github doesn’t match the compiled binary of the program anymore, and very good chance people would notice, and thereby people would lose trust in Signal.

I’m not sure about the examples you gave about the government being successful in obtaining user details of a company. Were those details encrypted as well? Was the source code publically available? Was the program popular?

Do you understand what encryption means? Genuine question.

If a company is compelled to spy on its users, it doesn’t mean hack them. (although perhaps there are same edge cases where you have to wonder the exact definition of hacking)

But then UnifiedPush instead needs to constantly run in the background though? So where is the benefit over Signal’s fallback method for push notifications? Is it that UnifiedPush could be used for many other apps at the same time?

Signal does not necessarily use google play services. It only does so if available. Reinstall may be required.

You need to reinstall Signal for it to fall back to its own push notification system. This is not about updates but checking for messages in the background. This doesn’t mean you cannot receive messages at all without it, just that you’d have to do so manually by opening the app every time.

It may have worked for a little while, but a reinstall is required for restoring full functionality

I think custom android ROMs like /e/os will disable this new “verified developers” check, so no peoblem?

Like what? If the same specific spot and neural circuitry lit up to the same color, then it only makes it more plausible that people experience the same color, but it’s still far from certain.

That’s what the comments said, give or take. How is that a pseudoscientific take?

Because how’d you know the same neural activity (as far as we can measure) correlates to exactly the same experience? It’s “likely” at best, but no more than that.