9mo ago

The annoying nerds who said you should install Linux, use decentralised social media, use Signal secure messenger were right

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Alistair Davidson (@moh_kohn@mastodon.scot)

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i started using linux because it was all i could afford and i'm glad that i do; i like happy accidents.
- I found Linux because I was broke so the only laptop I could afford was a Windows 10 machine with 4GB RAM, so I looked into Linux Mint to squeeze out a more decent performance.
  
  in my case; my windows me desktop got messed up during an update and i could only afford the $4 for a pack of mandrake cd's.
  actually, it was $4 for the magazine and the cd's were free. lol
  
  Similar here. But I didn't have 4GB RAM, I had 256MB. Was some years ago
I’m one of those nerds
the bald guy in the middle of the photo owns the servers that Signal outsources the keeping of their privacy promises to 🤔
- The fact that Signal is operated on a central server based in US is absolutely a cause for concern. Even if the encryption system is sound, and messages cannot be decrypted by a third party, there's still a question of the server having the ability to map out who talks to whom via the server. Another thing to consider is that encryption that's sound today, could be broken in the future. So, if these messages are shared with the government, then they could be decrypted in the future.
I just realized my shared box that was freebsd got moved to linux... I am dumb. I was wondering why command line was such a shithouse for me lately. Anyway. Installing my own RSS and happy to be on the decetnralized web.
- i started to move into freebsd; but then i learned that the california board of regents pre-complied with the same export controls that the federal government has placed on the linux kernel; so now i'm looking for something else.
  
  FOR REAL???? FUUUUCK.
  
  what do you mean by "export controls"? backdoors?

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