I really dig Signal‘s new long-sleeves. Depending what aspect of FOSS you like this might be something for you: https://shop.signal.org/
RayJW
joined 2 years ago
I don't see how downloading Signal is directly making this a scam? It might just be that the company cares about security and privacy and isn't comfortable sharing confidential company data over something like LinkedIn?
If the offer seems legit and you applied for it there is no way you can get scammed just by texting them on Signal.
That's fair enough! I can tell you it's not that difficult but having a nice iDevice suite desktop application would certainly be a big improvement!
Pop!_OS, Fedora, and I think Ubuntu as well have already done this change long ago in this sequence. So no need to switch to Arch. Also, you can edit this manually, it's just about changing the default.
I don't know why it isn't mentioned anywhere on their website. But Organic Maps does have a desktop app. At least on Linux there is the Flatpak. I don't know about other platforms.
Just so you know, libimobiledevice can backup iPhones with their idevicebackup utility. It's CLI only, so maybe not as easy to get into as iTunes but it has worked pretty well for years on my end.
Your best chance at a proper replacement would be Revolt, however it is not in the fediverse sadly but still worth checking out IMHO.
I know, it kinda sounds crazy, but at the same time it makes sense because after infrastructure the cost for the ISP is minimal. I mean upgrading to 25 Gbps is possible for just 70 bucks, so what can I say. Although my country is comparably small and I do live in the city. So it's not universally like that.
The accuracy of Mozilla Location Service (MLS) has steadily declined. With no plans to restart the stumbler program or increase investments to MLS we have made the decision to retire the service.
In 2013, Mozilla launched MLS as an open service to provide geolocation lookups based on publicly observable radio signals. The service received community submissions of GPS data from the open source MozStumbler Android app. In 2019, Skyhook Holdings, Inc contacted Mozilla and alleged that MLS infringed a number of its patents. We reached an agreement with Skyhook that avoided litigation. This required us to make changes to our MLS policies and made it difficult for us to invest in and expand MLS. In early 2021, we retired the MozStumbler program.
This is from their announcement regarding the sunsetting.
Please don't spread FUD like that. This is unrelated to the CEO since this project has been in an barely alive state for a long time due to patent trolls.
Sure, I agree. The problem is (and I'm sorry Matrix fans) but decentralised services don't cut it for messaging at the moment. I'm on multiple Matrix instances which I use for different groups. One more tech savvy than the other, but still. Message can not be decrypted, or toggling one wrong switch and all messages become unreadable without you knowing. I would absolutely not have been able to switch 90% of my contacts to Signal if that were the experience.
Centralisation does not inherently have to be bad and Signal has been operating with good faith for many years now. I don't see them selling out anytime soon and I think they are our best shot at a good FOSS instant messaging contender for the broad masses.