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jrheronn

jrheronn@programming.dev
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FOSS enthusiast // privacy advocate // COYG

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I am not sure exactly what the admins need but they do have a Gitub Sponsor to help out with the cost.

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Private communication apps only work if they have people you want to talk to and Signal is the only one I could get my family to use.

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Signal is by far much easier to get family/friends to use than Matrix or Session. Downloaded it to my parents’ phones and told them this is how you contact me.

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It seems like Apple will publically make the correct decision to protect privacy, but I am more worried what they do behind the scenes with their user data. The Apple TOS is a nightmare.

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There’s a few third-party apps, with Pixeldroid being the most popular, and their official app is in beta.

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I’m pretty excited about Mullvad Browser. It basically became my go to if I am not going to be logging into anything.

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I think it was chosen when Firefox mobile didn’t have https everywhere for the app yet. The maintainers of the list also take a while to review and update it.

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Either way. This would be a win-win for the Fediverse. Allows new people to hear about it and validates Mastadon as an alternative to Twitter and Threads.

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