Matrix is less secure than Signal. While Signal and Matrix use the same encryption, Matrix doesn’t encrypt everything. This includes: message sender, message timestamps, reactions, members, read receipts, etc. All of this data can be accessed by the homeserver admin. On Matrix, you should assume that only the message content itself (text and attachments) is encrypted. Your account data is also not protected, you have to trust your homeserver admin. Signal is designed not to trust the server. It’s important to consider your threat model. Matrix doesn’t require a phone number, which makes it better for anonymity, but Signal has better security.

This is a good explanation of Matrix’s metadata leaks: https://web.archive.org/web/20210618055112/http://serpentsec.1337.cx/matrix

Try using a third-party app. I know Ice Cubes on iOS handles this really well.

The cheapest option I’ve found is Hetzner storage boxes, they don’t even charge for bandwidth. Backblaze and Wasabi are good options too, but Backblaze charges for outbound bandwidth and Wasabi is increasing their prices.

AWS Glacier will be cheaper until you need to restore the data. On AWS, you’ll pay $0.09/GB for bandwidth + Glacier retrieval fees. Over time, AWS might be cheaper but you’ll be looking at a $3000+ bill to restore 30 TB.

You might want to try the Yattee app. No ads and has SponsorBlock

I use Tailscale with my Jellyfin server.

I’ve tried https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui with LLaMA, didn’t have enough VRAM to run it though.

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AdGuard DNS and NextDNS both do the same thing, there’s some differences but they’re pretty much the same (except AdGuard public DNS that doesn’t need configuration). Rethink is the same but doesn’t require an account. Rethink and TrackerControl are also Android apps that give you control over traffic locally. It depends on what you’re trying to do but any of the DNS options (AdGuard, NextDNS, Rethink) will protect multiple devices.

You can’t follow users on Lemmy

I like DuckDuckGo, but I’ve been using Brave Search for the AI summarizer feature.

I use Traefik and configuring everything through docker-compose files is way more convenient than nginx or a proxy manager (never used one though). Traefik also has a web interface, but you can’t configure anything with it.

Just one. Tried kbin but didn’t like it.

I’ve noticed that when you make an image post with an external image, the instance will just save the image and won’t load the external image directly. This is a good thing for privacy and security but it also means that it doesn’t matter where you upload your images. Images uploaded directly to Lemmy are loaded directly from the other instance though.

Immediately hitting the back button.

For your friends and family, Signal is probably the best. It’s simple to use and set up, unlike SimpleX which some might have trouble with. For people who refuse to switch, iMessage.

IPFS would be perfect for this. Each instance would pin the image, and your instance would be a “gateway”, helping to distribute media when its requested. IPFS assigns a CID to every file so the same meme posted twice would have the same CID.

Fedora. Used to use Arch but it broke and I moved to Fedora, it’s a way more polished experience. I like how Fedora is stable but not “stale” like Debian. Want to try Fedora Silverblue as well.

I would use Telegram, even if there was no E2EE because the WhatsApp app collects more data. The Telegram app privacy section in the App Store says that it only collects data for “App Functionality”, while WhatsApp collects more data and uses it for ads, tracking, and “other purposes”. That said, both of these apps are bad and I would not send anything sensitive using them. With how bad Facebook is, I would not be surprised if WhatsApp had a backdoor. Even iMessage or RCS would be better than these apps (but of course Signal is the best).

I’m from Mastodon and trying Lemmy to explore more of the fediverse, liking it so far too 😃. My Mastodon feed is almost all politics so I’m liking the different content on here.