Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SecurityWriter</span></a></span> I don't defend this, nor anything else that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MastodonEngineering</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/devs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devs</span></a> do, including <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28605" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">stifling and sabotaging</a> the need for good moderation tools.</p><ul><li>In return I think that the arguments pushed against the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> by (alleged) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> are not worth entertaining, cuz the same folks would also dismiss any alternative to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMail</span></a> cuz <em>they'd have to 'choose a Server'</em>....</li></ul><p>If we can't expect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> to make informed decisions, then maybe they should not be allowed to use tech.</p><ul><li>Sorry for me <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a>, but noone would dismiss <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutt</span></a> is not a beginner-friendly eMail client for folks that can't even use a goddamn mouse, as so many <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoomers</span></a> these days do.</li></ul><p>I gladly <em>teach people tech</em> but most don't want to learn or even follow through on suggestions, advice and take explanaitions to their answers, and at a certain point that's just tiring...</p>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedifreu.de/@cryptgoat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptgoat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalai</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@martinsteiger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>martinsteiger</span></a></span> wie gesagt: penetrant-ignorante <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> haben meine Spoons verbrannt und ich sehe es daher nicht ein, mich nach denen zu richten!</p><ul><li>Ich helfe gerne Leuten die ehrlich interessiert sind - und auch jenen die's nicht auf anhieb kapieren...</li></ul><p>Aber mehr außer erklären und einrichten kann ich nicht!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@fabiscafe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fabiscafe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@okapi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>okapi</span></a></span> OFC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chesheer</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@chesheer/114665737941231945" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">criticism</a> is understandable on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> given that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> is inherenty focussed and intertwined with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> (just as it's Inspiration, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LaunchD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchD</span></a>, is intertwined with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a>'s Darwin/NeXTstep kernel).</p><ul><li>The problem is after some hefty <em>"init wars"</em> with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Upstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upstart</span></a> and others SystemD became the de-facto standard, and the <em>"(statistical) rounding errors"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> users got sidelined, in part because BSDs looked at that mess and went like <em>"Nyet, SysVinit is fine!"</em> and continued their fiddling around...</li></ul><p>And sadly there's nothing they (or anyone else) could've done unless they had multiplied suddenly and being able to keepcthe old tech stack maintainable.</p><ul><li>Similarly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xorg</span></a> is dying and there are already GPUs that only support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wayland</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> apps get run using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XWayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XWayland</span></a>. </li></ul><p>OFC I wish for more diversity in solutions, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/streamlined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streamlined</span></a> is what makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/portability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portability</span></a> across distros easier <em>and</em> boosted adoption as well as providing massive gains in solutions like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DXVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DXVK</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a> in general.</p><ul><li>And TBH most <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>"</em> aka. <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a>"</em> frankly don't give a shit what OS they use. All it needs to do is serve them their eMails and allow them to <em>'consoom themselbes happy'</em> as in watching YouTube, Play games, etc.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@AeonCypher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AeonCypher</span></a></span> Maybe, All I know is that most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consoomers</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> that can't be bothered to even making basic decisions!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.finkhaeuser.de/@jens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jens</span></a></span> I think it's really sad for an organization like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IETF</span></a> to still cling to in-person meetings.</p><ul><li>I'd be more understanding it they were like EuroNCAP or OSHA, NTSB or other orgs that have to deal with physical safety and may include testing as part of their meetings with certified professionals assessing everything to quickly allow decisions.</li></ul><p>I mean none of the folks at IETF's meetings are <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>"</em> and it's not as if group videocalling and screensharing is something absurdly expensive nor that these meetings require actual privacy as per sensitivity of their nature.</p><ul><li>Aslo with the current regime in place the USA is a <em>"can't enter"</em> for more people than ever before, as neither ESTA nor a Visa guarantees one is being let in.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajsadauskas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@tomiahonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomiahonen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> </p><p>And <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MeeGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeeGo</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Maemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maemo</span></a> kinda was lauched <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas/114271044421455134" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dead in the water</a>, with even less support than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenMoko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenMoko</span></a> powered <a href="https://www.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FIC Neo1973</a> in it's days, which was as approachable to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> as a F-22 cockpit to an illiterate…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lauren</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@pixelschubsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pixelschubsi</span></a></span> </p><p>Also the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113999748481227961" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">blatant dismissal</a> of absolitely basic <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> is just flabberghasting.</p><ul><li>It's inherently wrong to <em>put all eggs in one basket</em> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> being not shut down like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SkyECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkyECC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> makes it just as sus as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationIronside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationIronside</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperatioTr%C3%B8janShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperatioTrøjanShield</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAG</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MINERVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MINERVA</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RUBIKON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RUBIKON</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a> can actuall survive long-term and remain <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secure</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Otherwise we'd all gaslight ourselves into ignoring the hard lessions we learned that bought us to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> and why we ain't on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitter</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tumblr</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrownSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrownSky</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAbook</span></a> (any more)!</li></ul><p>It's the same reasons we use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGPG</span></a>/MIME & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X400</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X25</span></a>!</p><ul><li>Unlike with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> one doesn't has to trust the provider or app. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> works regardless if you use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> or do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> and only trust code you wrote yourself...</li></ul><p>IOW: Think <em>"How can you weaponize Signal?"</em> and see what you csn do <em>just holding key people in contempt</em>...</p><ul><li>And I'm not even talkibg about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoors</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MassSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassSurveillance</span></a> alike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Room651A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Room651A</span></a>, but just <em>duely submitted warrants</em> that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <em>will comply with</em>... </li></ul><p>The less <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/info" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>info</span></a> a provider has, the less they can be forced to snitch upon customers.</p><ul><li>So even if you don't give a shit that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> makes this a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CantUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CantUse</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WintUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WintUse</span></a>"</em> (out of US-centrist privilegue to not comply <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDSG</span></a>) for many, it's still dishonest.</li></ul><p><em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JustUseSgnal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustUseSgnal</span></a>!"</em> is a form of <em>dangerous "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechPopulism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPopulism</span></a>"</em> aimed at bamboozling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> <em>who don't know better</em>, abusing information asymetry to <em>pull rank</em> instead of investing the time and effort to *explain "how" and "why" this is indeed a good or bad idea.</p><ul><li>There's a reason why <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> doesn't include <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> and why I'll say it again that XMPP+OMEMO over <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> is the gold standard in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> that isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airgapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airgapped</span></a> aka. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdab4T_CoN8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"Airgapped PGP"</em></a>.</li></ul><p>The only ones that have a chance to beat that are <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@delta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>delta</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deltaChat</span></a> but that's just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> in a nice UI...</p><ul><li>You may now laugh at me and think my <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TinfoilHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TinfoilHat</span></a> sits too tight"</em> but I'm shure sooner or later I'll be evidenced as <em>correct</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@Veza85UE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Veza85UE</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.hardcoredevs.com/@Andres" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Andres</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> </p><p>My old ass getting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> migrated to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a>:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_LTDTCQUY&t=5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_LTDTCQU</span><span class="invisible">Y&t=5</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113932376762056036" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1139323</span><span class="invisible">76762056036</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://circumstances.run/@agturcz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>agturcz</span></a></span> that's not how you fix <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliteracy</span></a>, espechally since things changed for the better.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> & <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gajim</span></a> are quite easy, whereas <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> demands <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> in the form of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phone</span></a> number which is more often than not not legally obtainable without <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>"</em> aka. <em>"forced <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfDoxxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDoxxing</span></a>"</em> all whilst being an extremely <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solution that falls under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> ant thus <em>cannot</em> adhere to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDSG</span></a>!</p><ul><li>Sorry, but <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechPopulism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPopulism</span></a>"</em> alike <a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/113869169340313254" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>"JuSt UsE sIgNaL !"</code></a> won't fix <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliteracy</span></a> but rather provide false sense of security to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> when the <em>correct solution</em> is to teach <em>proper</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@chaos.social</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@mastodon.earth</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoParty</span></a> does...</li></ul><p>Otherwise we'd only perpetuate the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lifecycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lifecycle</span></a> as has happened with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBM</span></a> and so many more...</p><ul><li>Mark my words, cuz I've been proven correct up to this point.</li></ul><p>If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <em>actually cared</em>, they would've setup their system <em>truly decentralized</em> as an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnionService</span></a> over <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/THXBYE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>THXBYE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EOD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalSnakeoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSnakeoil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FakeSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeSec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>[<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TLDR</span></a>: JUST TELL ME <em>IF</em> YOUR TABLET CAN DO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CALLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CALLS</span></a>!]</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DearVendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DearVendors</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablets</span></a>:</p><p>Off all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Functions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Functions</span></a> you can put into a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Specifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Specifications</span></a> Sheet of your Devices there's one you should <em>ALWAYS answer clearly</em> on your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a>:</p><p><em>DOES YOUR TABLET [with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> / …) SUPPORT MAKE PHONE CALLS?</em></p><ul><li><p><em>NOT</em> "It can run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>" (or <em>whatever shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCSS</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoIP</span></a></em> you think of)...</p></li><li><p><em>NOT</em> "It can do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HSCSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSCSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> /...</p></li><li><p><em>But</em> DOES IT SUPPORT <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calls</span></a> (and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a>)??</p></li></ul><p>Like: <em>IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?</em></p><p>You're obviously able to list all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Codecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Codecs</span></a> natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!</p><p>Now some folks may ask: <em>"WHY does this matter?"</em> or outright dismiss this as a problem.</p><p>Listen: <br>Not everyone is able or willing to carry <em>two</em> devices when 1 <em>SHOULD BE ENOUGH</em> and also some places (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>) have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportRestrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImportRestrictions</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MobileDevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileDevices</span></a>, so having more than 1 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> is already a <em>"NOPE!"</em> by the authorities.</p><ul><li>Also this isn't something one can <em>"fix"</em> post-purchase like installing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VLC</span></a> to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either <em>the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Baseband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baseband</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> support <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneCalls</span></a> or they don't!</em></li></ul><p>So why do <em>NONE</em> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a> manufacturers allow to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filter</span></a> for that???</p><ul><li>Bonus points if you have lazy fucks like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HMD</span></a> (aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a>) who literally copy the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Useage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Useage</span></a> information for all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablets</span></a> and don't even bother to change <em>"Mobile Phone"</em> for <em>"Tablet"</em>.</li></ul><p><em>NO</em>, instead one has to download an <em>obscenely huge <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a></em> just to then <a href="https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202410/20241010132004137/SM-X11X_X21X_UM_Open_UU_Ger_Rev.1.2_240925.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">read on page 34</a> that for any <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telephony</span></a>"</em> function you <em>NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT</em> and even that level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...</p><ul><li>I mean, come on, this <em>ain't</em> some <em>obscure functionality</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMAPI</span></a> to do some <em>"evil sourcery"</em> like <em>managing an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> that is in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a>-Card form factor</em>!</li></ul><p>Pretty shure <em>A LOT</em> of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get <em>yet another device & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a></em> just to recieve <em>the occasional call</em> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> can't be assed to send an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> or learn <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> to message one...</p><ul><li>Obviously they same manufacturers are <em>able and willing</em> to specify <em>f-stops</em> of the built-in cameras and list <em>EVERY SINGLE <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WEARABLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WEARABLE</span></a></em> they made and certify as <em>'compatible'</em> with, as if <em>anyone</em> is gonna take their non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/waterproof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterproof</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a> for a marathon or god forbid triathlon...</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rant</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechSupport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Procurement</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SpecSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecSheet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Natanox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Natanox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@djvdq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>djvdq</span></a></span> I do agree in that regard as in that a lot of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> doesn't do good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <em>but</em> I've yet to see an issue that wasn't already covered well-enough (even for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GnuPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GnuPG</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPG</span></a> there's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kleopatra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleopatra</span></a> as a nice <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GUI</span></a>!) to the point that even on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> you'd have to use a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> tool for that...</p><ul><li>Cuz 99,999% of what <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>" and "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Normies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Normies</span></a>"</em> want is to get their basic stuff done and working.</li></ul><p>In fact, they don't give a s**t about tje underlying OS. Most don't even care if they use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>.</p><ul><li>All they want is get shit done! And these.folks are eadily helped with a hands-on on a good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> dostro and maybe preinstalling some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RemoteSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteSupport</span></a> tool like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dayon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dayon</span></a> where one can help them if there ever was a need to do anything...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.cologne/@jdohrmann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jdohrmann</span></a></span> @<u>DigitalWriter</u>@bildung.social Wegen solcher Leute bin ich in der IT als <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113460176577471458" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"wohlwollender Diktator"</em></a> agierend.</p><ul><li>Wenn wir <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> über den <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechStack</span></a> entscheiden lassen, kommt nachher noch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> im Jahre 2024 raus!</li></ul><p>Solche Leute haben gefälligst <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> zu lernen oder werden wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Arbeitsverweigerung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arbeitsverweigerung</span></a> gegangen!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@samueljohn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samueljohn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freiburg.social/@ditol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ditol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://23.social/@linuzifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuzifer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> </p><p>Again: It's <em>OUR</em> responsibility to fix that!!!</p><ul><li>Sorry to break it to you but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> is really getting traction as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> race on how much they can <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittify</span></a> their products! </li></ul><p>But hey, if you want to lean back as a consumer and huff <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copium</span></a>, feel free to do so.</p><ul><li>Just don't whine everytime I can say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToldYaSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToldYaSo</span></a>... </li></ul><p>Cuz if we allow <a href="https://mastodon.world/@samueljohn/113357020171172809" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ignorant</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> to dictate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a>, we'll soon have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/christofacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christofacists</span></a> roaming the streets lynching every non-flatearther on sight... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/thxbye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thxbye</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EOD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/next" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>next</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@samueljohn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samueljohn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freiburg.social/@ditol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ditol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://23.social/@linuzifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuzifer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> if your sample size is < 200 it's more anecdotal.</p><ul><li><p>Maybe I just refuse to socialize with people who put convenience over safety...</p></li><li><p>Or maybe it's because I <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113353523350485070" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">taught people how to use these things and set them up to the point that it just works</a>!</p></li><li><p>Or maybe you just hangout with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> more than I ever did...</p></li></ul> <p>Whatever of these may be the case (can be more than 1 BTW), that just means there's more need than ever to <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/teach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> harder</em>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freiburg.social/@ditol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ditol</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@samueljohn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samueljohn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://23.social/@linuzifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuzifer</span></a></span> </p><p><em>THIS</em> is where I disagree...</p><p>You may think it's elitist, but if people are too lazy to learn even fundamentals like how to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> then maybe they should just not do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> at all?</p><ul><li>Like: We expect people to show at the every least theoretical proficiency in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrafficCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficCode</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VehicleSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VehicleSafety</span></a> in +every juristiction I'm aware of* and literally mandated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DrivingLicense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrivingLicense</span></a>|s for that reason.</li></ul><p>I'll gladly teach <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> but I won't waste my time on <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113344834546549105" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">people that spread disinfo</a>...</p><p>It's 2024: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> has been out for over a decade and there are a shitload of guides ranging from written documentation to Zoomer-friendly TikTok-Style shorts on how to get started.</p><ul><li><p>I don't expect people to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airgapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airgapped</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdab4T_CoN8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pffline-PGP</a> but with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> including <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enigmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enigmail</span></a> and not requiring any external dependencies like the god-awful <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPG4Win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPG4Win</span></a> stuff's easier than ever.</p></li><li><p>Same with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Appls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appls</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> are so easy, I've been able to onboard literal tech-illiterates remotely with few steps and <a href="https://docs.monocles.eu/apps/chat.app/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">simple instructions</a>. </p></li></ul><p>FOR THE LAST TIME: </p><p>*STOP MAKING EXCUSES TO JUSTIFY ESCALATING COMMITMENT TO EVIDENTLY BAD SOLUTIONS!"</p><ul><li>Cuz <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">when push comes to shove</a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> herself would introduce a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backdoor</span></a> into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> when faced with indefinite jailtime...</li></ul><p>Whereas with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> of all the keys as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReproduceableBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproduceableBuilds</span></a> and <em>real</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a>, this would be evidently impossible even if all the devs wanted to comply honestly and not just because they could be held at gunpoint.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> is not your friend. It's merely a tax-exempt <em>"non-profit"</em> corporation, and corporations are explicitly nobodys friend - espechally when they demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/111968251463697943" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">phone numbers</a> for useage.</li></ul><p>Compare that to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monocles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monocles</span></a> where you do pay like €2 p.m. but in return get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standard</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/protocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protocols</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMAP</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMTP</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> and <a href="https://monocles.eu/more/#payment-section" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">can pay anonymously</a> and not have to provide any PII whatsoever!</p><ul><li>And unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> they ain't dependent on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a> funding and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grant</span></a> money to keep the lights on.</li></ul><p>Make of that what you will, but just like allowing flatearthers to roam freely without caretaker supervision doesn't make the world less round, so won't the facts change about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a>. </p><ul><li>The only reason Signal is still online and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pwned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pwned</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> is because it's either a Sting op like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationIronside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationIronside</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationTr%C3%B8janShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationTrøjanShield</span></a> or they have already backdoored their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backend</span></a> so hard that all their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>Because all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solutions are bad, and if they don't even allow for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> then they are just a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> tech-illiterates that don't know and/or don't care! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/thxbye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thxbye</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EOD</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> does it have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a>?</p><ul><li><p>If not then it's run by <em>criminally incompetent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a></em> that don't know how to do proper WAFs and Layer-7-Filtering or any dynamic fitering.</p></li><li><p>Feel free to post the link so I can check it out...</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@EFA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EFA</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.themarkup.org/@themarkup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>themarkup</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prohibition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prohibition</span></a> doesn't fix shit - even if it may be warranted...</p><ul><li><p>The problem is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DecisionMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecisionMakers</span></a> and mostly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parents</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Techers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Techers</span></a> are the biggest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> I've met.</p></li><li><p>They didn't and still don't know shit about stuff and constantly insulted the intellect of anyone more clever than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a>...</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@h3artbl33d" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>h3artbl33d</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@arikb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arikb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> well, there are existibg solutions like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTR</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> or minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a> implementations.</p><ul><li>OFC all of these require <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Keys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Keys</span></a> for real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> where providers basically can't decrypt shit, but one can, already use these today:</li></ul><p>It's 2024, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> , <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kleopatra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleopatra</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenKeychain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenKeychain</span></a> exist. There's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tutorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tutorials</span></a> around, and at a certain point we can't help <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> that refuse to learn even the simplest & most -"hand holding*" solutions anymore...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> </p><p><em>pressing X for doubt</em> Good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> dictates to <em>never ever</em> rely on any provder to cover one's ass...</p><ul><li>So whether or not you have any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backdoors</span></a> or not is a moot argument because <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226175949/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">we all know you will comply with duely submitted warrants</a> like anyone else...</li></ul><p>I just think that you overstate your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> claims like all those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> companies do to bamboozle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> and I find that insulting to me personally, because I'd rather have honest providers like cock.li and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> that will <a href="https://docs.monocles.eu/services/mail.service/#stating_the_obvious" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">not lie into the face of customers</a>.</p><ul><li>Because at best that's stupid marketing attracting abusive & [non[!!!] paying) customers that cause more trouble than they make up for in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> revenue and in some juristictions may be even a felony <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__140.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">i.e. encouraging or rewarding criminal activity</a>...</li></ul><p>But that's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a>... </p> <p>I just think that being <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVDQEoe6ZWY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">honest</a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> is way better long-term and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1thc5DSHwA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">more beneficial to one's personal</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a>, but that's just me as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiterate</span></a>. </p><ul><li>I'm shure as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCompany</span></a> (not traded publicly on exchanges !!!) you do have an obligation to maximize profit and share value for your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a> - <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> isn't that different in that regard compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></em> - so OFC that may not roll with your board of directors.</li></ul><p>It's just that <a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111347299882491508" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">previous blunders left a sour taste</a> as like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/postal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postal</span></a> service or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telco</span></a> what people communicate and with whom is <em>none of your business</em> unless you're forced to do so for <em>"legitimate reasons"</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> or to comply with duely submitted court orders...</p><ul><li>Otherwise we'll soon have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulators</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> forcing hard advertisement regulation on the entire industry with big ass disclaimers being tagged on because <em>someone made too outrageous claims re: privacy and security</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> should not be allowed to request anything to run but what the user allows them to.</p><ul><li>Apps should not be allowed to require tight integrations and users need to pressure those that make Apps to not do that!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatYouAllowIsWhatWill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatYouAllowIsWhatWill</span></a> continue applies to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> like that of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uber</span></a> and this shouldn't exist to begin with...</p><ul><li>But you'd rightfully point out that with most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> being users, that ship has sailed 20+ years ago as the same boomers that once belittled young millenials to not overshare are now basically <em>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unofficial_collaborator" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">unofficial collaborators</a>"</em> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAbook</span></a> at this point.</li></ul><p>So at this point I'd only see a few options that boil down to few decisions:</p><ol><li><p>Depend on Google making <em>"good hardware"</em> or getting into talks with other vendors to attain the necessary 1st party support from day 0 per design?</p></li><li><p>Bow before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a>|s or double down on <em>"security first"</em> even if that means inconveniencing them?</p></li></ol><p>IDK which answers are <em>"correct"</em>, I can merely say what I'd choose but it's <em>not my decision</em> where <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> goes...</p><ul><li>Either way I only wish Graphene OS and the team behind it as well as it's users only the best...</li></ul>
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