Posts by avoca@gladtech.social
(DIR) Post #AkkajeDeqpl28nVSd6 by avoca@gladtech.social
2024-08-08T07:47:40Z
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@BrodieOnLinux As a Brave user, I'm happy to find out their ad blocking is separate to MV2/3 functionality. Thanks.Takes the pressure to 'jump ship' off a bit.
(DIR) Post #ArpTc6S1KWpETSFops by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-03-03T08:49:59Z
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#deltachat Finally convinced my non-techy family member's to move from Signal to Delta Chat messenger.Setup was a piece of cake and we now have 4 x iOS devices, 3 x MacOS laptops, 2 x Windows laptops, 3 x Android devices, including 1 x GrapheneOS and 1 x LineageOS,, and two Linux Mint computers connected seamlessly as one Family Chat group.Not one single byte of personal information required nor a single SIM card needed between us, though of course we all have them.The security benefits and other bonuses provided by Delta are great but the key here was a de-centralised messenger that allows easy setup for family groups across multiple platforms.Well, that's it! I am completely open source finally. No Google account. No Apple ID. No Microsoft, Meta, etc accounts.The only organisation's who have my real email address are my bank, my government and my education providers.
(DIR) Post #AuoRo9DHFBC1ysGKKu by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-06-05T07:07:16Z
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@strypey My Samsung S9 lost the ability to make and recieve calls and messages in Australia last September. Data still works fine. Not sure about your Telco's in NZ, but here, they switched off the 3G system then and, for some unexplained reason, it took about 55,000 4G/VoLTE phones with it. An awful lot were fairly recent Samsung's, like mine. Its not a LineageOS problem, I'm still using it.
(DIR) Post #Ax5ZuVl6VzpPSTo4tU by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-12T07:48:34Z
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@ambiguous_yelp @0xabad1dea I'm interested in why you would recommend Simplex over Delta Chat and don't mention Session at all in your summary.Having tried all the messaging options you mentioned, and then some, my conclusion was Simplex was too restrictive when it came to multi-platform, multi-OS, app integration.With Delta Chat you can have any number of instances of the app on multiple devices, completely synchronised.There is zero KYC, as in, no phone numbers, no email addresses, in fact no identifying data at all.No metadata is collected or stored. The system is totally decentralised, FOSS, incredibly easy to self-host a server/relay. Extremely efficient and has a very good UX and UI.I found Simplex, et al, horribly difficult to setup and is very limited in multi-platform usability.You also forgot to mention that Delta chat is fully functional when installed on TAILS OS when configured using SOCKS5. To my knowledge this alone makes Delta Chat unique amongst the competition.I even prefer to use Session over Simplex, et al as my secondary service. Even that has a better UI, UX and multi-device/platform app. than Simplex.Finally, I have one piece of advice for people using Signal. Stop it!One day it will turn around and bite you, as it did to me.
(DIR) Post #Ax5ZuWwU7AWf848gGu by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-12T08:16:04Z
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@ambiguous_yelp @0xabad1dea No, none of the other apps are installable on TAILS OS. Some can be used over TOR, but not from within TAILS. Its a Chatmail bonus.Quantum Resistant Encryption sounds wonderful, but you only need it if your messages are stored at some point by a central server. Delta Chat messages are not. Ergo, post-quantum decryption is moot in this case. Besides, I have two post-quantum proof email clients that I subscribe to if I need them, one of them on a TAILS OS USB stick paid for, anonymously, with Monero. I mean, how far do you want to go...Plus, I will be dead before Quantum Computers are scalable enough to be bothered with my stuff.Again, sounds great, but a sensible approach to the subject is needed at the moment, IMHO.Too me, the most critical things about my messaging app. were. 1. Is it FOSS/Decentralised. 2. Can I use it on my laptop, desktop, multiple phone's(1x iOS, 1x GrapheneOS and 1x LineageOS), and my tablet, at the same time, fully synchronised, and will my pig-ignorant family use it. Delta Chat ticked all the boxes, and was the only one.I'm not being critical of your choices, I'm just wondering if you have considered other things than the headlines.
(DIR) Post #Ax5ZuYeTl5JMQnjKU4 by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-12T08:44:27Z
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@ambiguous_yelp @0xabad1dea Fair enough, no problems.I disagree that Quantum Computing is advancing at anywhere near an "exponential" rate.What's the current max. they have achieved? 2 qubits? Mmmmm...Anyway, to each their own.But again, if they don't have your messages and you are anonymous anyway, good luck to them. If they can't prove it, they'll get you anyway.And we are only talking HEAVY State actors with those capabilities anyway.99.9999% of folk don't need it as much as they need a great little decentralised messaging app. IMHO, Delta Chat is that app.
(DIR) Post #Ax5fTIJazQfBfaLSO8 by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-12T09:02:06Z
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@ambiguous_yelp @0xabad1dea Agreed, but, my understanding is, the current problem developers have is finding a substrate that doesn't require minus a bazzillion degrees to maintain a suitable error corrected stability.I have no doubt these problems will be overcome, eventually, but I feel this public declaration of panic over data centres and the so called 'store now, decrypt later' srategy of governments gets a lot of 'clicks', but in real terms might be jumping the gun a little.Anyway, who knows what Quantum Computers will come up with to obfuscate any perceived State advantages.
(DIR) Post #Ax5fTKHBhLvRkhEYue by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-12T09:10:17Z
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@ambiguous_yelp @0xabad1dea Agreed, which is why we all need to move from the 'phone' infrastructure to a decentralised data model. Self-hosted, portable, cheap, easy to setup and take down networks are, at least, part of the solution.You don't need a SIM card to use Delta Chat.Heck, even NYM VPN are using Onion routing these days.
(DIR) Post #AxClNqtNTmxz0EabrM by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-08-13T19:44:39Z
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@delta My family still use Facebook and all the other 'toxic' rubbish I've warned them about.But, they finally relented and we adopted Delta Chat as our family group chat service, largely for my benefit.Now they love it so much they are converting their friends to using it as well.Sooo, simple, quick and functional, the security advantages are a bonus for them.
(DIR) Post #B0O9sY25srSNIQ88GW by avoca@gladtech.social
2025-11-19T01:56:20Z
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@delta https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-19/cloudflare-outage-x-chatgpt/106026070