I’m in two large groups and quite a number of smaller ones.
For the most part, I have notifications muted on most things, except for a couple of very small groups that don’t get chats often.
I’m not sure exactly what notification style I’m using because I can’t remember, but I do know that I do not have Google Play Services or Google Apps of any sort.
I have not noticed it causing a significant hit to my battery usage, but maybe I just am lucky or something.
With some spit and polish, I think that SimpleX could actually be very similar in that regard.
Actually, I would personally feel more comfortable getting them online than I would in person because then I can use a testing kit on it to make sure I’m getting what I’m paying for and if the stuff is of bad quality, I can leave them a bad review so that other people won’t buy from them.
I would personally be afraid to do the deal in person.
Okay, I was not aware that it was only the hash of the phone number. I was under the impression that it was the phone number itself.
That’s not true. When asked to provide data, Signal is able to give your phone number and the last login time.
I’ve had zero Windows physical computers in my life for something like seven years now. If I do for some strange reason need Windows for something, I’m perfectly capable of putting it into a virtual machine and running it for as long as needed.
With that said, I have not had to do that for quite a while.
If you find one, see if you can get it to work with Home Assistant. I already cross-posted this to the Home Assistant community, so they might chime in as well.
There is a sliding scale between security and convenience, and SimpleX falls on the incredibly secure side of that equation.
By doing it the way they have, they have made sure that nobody can impersonate you, except under duress.
I use it and yes, it is quite noticeably better.
Connecting to somebody new with a new pseudonym is completely possible by just tapping one switch in the share screen.
Plus, you don’t need a phone number which does generally require at least some personally identifiable information to obtain
Do be aware though, your database is an incredibly important file. If you lose your database or lose the password to your database, you are completely screwed just as if you lost cryptocurrency. Those accounts are burned forever because you will never have the keys to generate those accounts again.
I stopped using banking apps altogether in favor of using the website instead.
My previous bank would not allow me to do everything from the website that I could do from the app which is why they are now my previous bank and not my current bank, LOL.
Yes, they are. There’s a system called Ubuntu Touch, and there are a few others that I’m not as well aware of.
Your cellular provider is an ISP.
Not sure. Forking AOSP itself wouldnt really be the problem. The bigger issue would be security patches and that over time the code bases would severely diverge.
I don’t know much about the Linux phone scene, but I’m taking a look at Ubuntu Touch again.
I think they offer a way of virtualizing it, so I might do that to try it out since I’ve never played with it before.
Keepass or bust