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I’ve been with Porkbun since Gandi got acquired. No complaints.

That may be viable for some combinations of finances and lifestyle, but credit scores are used in interactions that don’t involve borrowing money. I’m inclined to believer they shouldn’t be, but I don’t make the rules.

I’m not sure what “safe” or “mostly private” means to you in this context. The Vodafone filtering proxy might stop you from visiting some websites that host malware.

It looks like it offers:

• A virus scanner or application firewall
• A filtering proxy intended for blocking websites known to be associated with malware
• A service that notifies you if certain personal details are published in public, but shady lists
• A filtering proxy intended for keeping kids from accessing content their parents don’t want them to

It is possible this would involve keeping a log of your browsing activity. Most of it doesn’t sound especially useful, especially in the likely-crappy form an ISP is going to provide.

Zero. It seems like software is increasingly expecting to be deployed in a container though, so that probably won’t last forever.

Why do you need this if you don’t use analytics or store anything but a session? It looks like the GDPR and CCPA don’t require a notice or consent for session cookies, shopping carts, or similar features that are strictly necessary to provide functionality the user is intentionally accessing.

prevent screenshots or copying from an encrypted chat

Aside from the obvious analog hole, that’s only possible if the user’s device cooperates, which is never guaranteed.

There is no way to send messages to someone’s device and guarantee they won’t provide them to a third party. Technology can’t force an untrustworthy person to keep your secrets.

Signal does not attempt to stop me from taking screenshots, and all chats on Signal are encrypted.

The headline is a bit misleading. The government had a warrant to search the phone, which required repair before they could do so. The court ruled that repairing the phone was not a separate search requiring a separate warrant.

I’m surprised so many criminals are picking these niche services that haven’t had their security verified by trustworthy third parties. That’s just asking for trouble.

This comment assumes good faith. That is probably a mistake.

Google RCS, which is effectively just another proprietary internet messaging app despite being based on a standard at least claims to use end-to-end encryption, and is probably more resistant to mass surveillance than SMS. If those are your options, Google RCS is an upgrade.

I’ve been using Maddy for about a year. It’s easy to set up and has been trouble free.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true. What I do think is true is that there’s a chance some AI thing will be a trillion dollar investment, and the most motivating thing for VCs is fear of missing out on a giant score.

A nonprofit open source profit ought to have different motivations though.

That’s pretty much what I wrote in the comment box. The options for the multiple choice questions don’t really acknowledge that as a preference people might have.

It seems to me software designed to facilitate discussion shouldn’t have a downvote buttton. There should be a UI for marking comments as inappropriate, but it should require a second step saying why. Perhaps one of the reasons should even be “I disagree”, but that option should have no effect.

It’s not impossible to abuse of course, but it nudges people in the right direction. Those UI nudges can be pretty effective.

There was a recent related discussion on Hacker News and the top comment discusses why this sort of solution is not likely to be the best fit for smaller organizations. In short, doing it well requires time and effort from someone technically sophisticated, who must do more than the bare minimum for good results, as you just learned.

Even then, it’s likely to be less reliable than solutions hosted by big corporations and when there’s a problem, it’s your problem. I don’t want to discourage you, but understand what you’re committing to and make sure you have adequate buy-in in your organization.

I’m inclined to agree, and said so in the linked thread.

Lemmy thread and link.

Basically, anyone who can read your home directory could decrypt your Signal database. That’s about typical of traditional desktop applications, but questionable for security-oriented software. Mac OS and (sometimes) Linux have more robust credential management options, and Signal signaled (yes, pun intended) its intent to adopt them.

That’s probably what everyone using Lemmy would prefer to do, but some people believe it would negatively impact their ability to stay in touch with friends or family.