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Russian asylum seekers expelled from US have ended up on Ukraine front in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] vas@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

If you know the details of this war, you know that the Russian military is not driven by "motivation". Instead, it's beatings, threats of death, humiliation etc.

Sooo... This is happening on Imgur in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] vas@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Wrong question. It doesn't matter who was "first".

If the first group stops, the problem is gone.
If the second group stops, the problem is not gone but likely growing.

Chat Control: EU Council vote is a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] vas@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

there is little doubt that EU chat control will be implemented

Personally, I believe there's a chance for stopping this. EU is not an authoritarian state. I wouldn't give up too early -- instead would rather fight and provide public pressure for the direction of the law that supports mine and everybody's freedom.

What dystopian surveillance things from your country you can't escape? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] vas@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If Europe doesn't fight back strong enough, Chat Control will be one such thing. All your messages being scanned by a "black box" system. Hopes are on the European Parliament and societal pressure to cancel this now. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/reality-check-eu-council-chat-control-vote-is-not-a-retreat-but-a-green-light-for-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance-and-the-end-of-right-to-communicate-anonymously/

What dystopian surveillance things from your country you can't escape? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] vas@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sorry, *your* president, not mine. I don't live in the US.

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Chat Control: EU Council vote is a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously (www.patrick-breyer.de)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by vas@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has “backed away” from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance.

While the Council removed the obligation for scanning, the agreed text creates a toxic legal framework that incentivizes US tech giants to scan private communications indiscriminately, introduces mandatory age checks for all internet users, and threatens to exclude teenagers from digital life.

The article is non-paywalled, freely readable on the link --^

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signal-desktop + SOCKS5 possibility? (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi! On the official web page for "Proxy Support - Signal Support" they mention that setting a proxy is not supported on the desktop clients.

However, when did such labels ever fully deter skilled Linux users?

My question is, did anyone succeed in rootless SOCKS5 configuration for Signal? I know it can be done with e.g. a new network namespace by executing a series of root commands. For example, like whonix does to put Signal-desktop in Tor. Is there anything a bit more gentle and localized? Ideally I'd include it into a bubblewrap (bwrap) configuration that I already have around.

If you've looked into that at any moment but didn't find any straightforward solutions, please write as well. It's OK, but still valuable to read.
Thx!

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Private messaging is not "secure" - can this wording be improved? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by vas@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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Good day dear Lemmy community!
When I try to use lemmy's private messages, I get the following warning:

Warning: Private messages in Lemmy are not secure. Please create an account on Element.io for secure messaging.

It is very good to have this warning! However, can it be improved?
When I first encountered this wording, I was completely unsure whether the DMs would be totally public due to lemmy's limitations or its open stance, or whether the messages would have a similar security to e.g. email where your trust relies on TLS and the servers involved.

My proposal would be to change the wording to something like:

Warning: Private messages in Lemmy are not End-to-End encrypted. Please create an account on Element.io for secure messaging.

Or if the team is open to it,

Warning: Private messages in Lemmy are not End-to-End encrypted. Please use a platform with E2E encryption for private messaging.

Or if the team is even more open to it,

Warning: Private messages in Lemmy are not End-to-End encrypted. Please use a platform with E2E encryption for private messaging. Lemmy recommends Element.io and XMPP.

Thoughts? I'm ready to create a PR.