Don't get me wrong. As far as we know, no malicious code have been funded. The very fact that the Signal was sponsored by the CIA is suspicious (maybe I used some incorrect words, sorry if so). Of course, it's totally up to you whether you think that fact is sus or not.
That's not true. A phone number is still required to register, you can just set it not to be public.
Source: I just tried to register and it asked for my phone number.
Which lines of its libre software source code are malicious?
It's not about code, but about funding.
It's centralised
Yes, and it's the downside, no matter how you look at it.
Let's be honest, Signal is not perfect either:
- It requires your phone number
- It has had some suspicious funding sources
(UPD: It was funded by CIA)
(UPD2: Here I will quote www.securemessagingapps.com:
This matters because “money talks”, as the saying goes. If the company or person behind the money is likely to have reason not to protect customers’ privacy, it’s important to know. This could be indicative of the company not doing as they say (Google, Whatsapp, for example) or changing their mind once they’ve onboarded enough customers from whom they can make money.
- It has incidents (at least once) when backend code hasn't been updated for almost a half year or so
((UPD)Source: https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/06/it-looks-like-signal-isnt-as-open-source-as-you-thought-it-was-anymore/#update-2021-04-06-1-39pm-pdt-by-ryne-hager)
~~(I'm gonna find sources for the last two statements a bit later to not be unsubstantiated)~~
Done.
Although, we all can agree, that Signal is still better than Telegram, or WhatsApp, or Threema, or whatever.
Still, we probably want to look at the better alternatives, like Simplex or Session.
No problems for me on NVIDIA laptop after KDE 6.0 has landed. I mean, no problems at all. And I didn't even get explicit sync yet.
Why can't you just share direct youtube link? Not everyone uses Invidious, my LibRedirect extension could handle redirection by itself.
Nice
Plasma needs stability
Yeah, let's not mention Gnome breaking every peace of itself every update, along with abandoning APIs and hating QT apps. How can I use a DE, if I can almost certainly be sure that half of my extensions won't work after another update? Or that all of my QT apps will look weird (if they'll work at all)?
And I don't hate Gnome. It's cool and stuff, but you can't call it stable, 'cause KDE/XFCE/LXDE/[insert DE name here] will be far more stable than Gnome.
Anytype is actually amazing. It has all the opportunities to become the best Notion replacement.
Cool, but why's that all of a sudden?
JustMarkov
joined 3 months ago
Yes, it does. And yes, it is equally bad in both cases.