• einlander@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Don’t forget with the Recall feature, you may be on Linux and are using a secure communication application, but if who you are talking to is on windows your conversation can be scraped.

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      7 hours ago

      So it’s not enough to brag about being on Linux ourselves, we should be encouraging our friends to switch to Linux as well?

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      6 hours ago

      How’s this different from someone just record your call? The thing you are worrying about has been possible long before Recall is a thing.

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      10 hours ago

      this goes for pretty much every single chat app out there. most of the popular ones are proprietary and go through private servers.

      privacy is important kids.

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      18 hours ago

      Same thing with email. It’s all well and good if you’re using ProtonMail or Tuta or Posteo, but you’re still cooked if the other side is using Gmail.

      Old problems, new modi operandi.

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          9 hours ago

          Do Proton remotely erase the message on the recipient’s email server? Even if it’s not a protonmail server?

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            7 hours ago

            They burn down the datacenter if they are not deleted in time.

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            4 hours ago

            Someone correct me if I’m wrong because I don’t know how proton works on this. These type of things usually don’t send the protected content in the email to the recipient’s server, they just send a link that the recipient opens and it’s all still kept on the private service’s server.

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      17 hours ago

      It’s not like companies that use Linux don’t get breached either. Your personal data is in thousands of databases that have varying levels of security. Personal choices don’t affect any of that, regulations like GDPR are what’s needed.