All services do eventually shut down, possibly moreso for higher privacy services, you might just disagree on when.

Doesn’t work for me: https://0x0.st/Xkw4.png

Maybe it only works for some people.

it’s not a bug and it’s still not possible, it’s for tracking who created the account of course.

Maybe, but if anything bad happens to originate from that number, the port history is still visible and now they have a suspect.

• any carrier within range can still potentially track you, maybe not with airplane mode but Snowden says don’t trust that

• GPS still “works” without any signal, service or net access

• AGPS mandate forces 911 calls to reveal your location

For max privacy without going completely analog you’d want a device with NO cellular radio at all

tor isn’t email or phone

The problem is not everyone agrees on what exactly “editorialized” and “credible” means. You’re making the same arguments they would make against you.

you can’t know that

except gaia is one of the largest forums on earth.

they have more subscribers than Apple TV+

such a qol upgrade

I don’t think you’re wrong, but I do think that if everyone thought that, they would be doing it already.

I have routinely tried to get friends and family to use ad-blockers and they simply don’t care enough to even attempt to download one.

the queen of /g/

requires

Not for everyone everywhere apparently. It seems dependent on some secret trust algorithm of your IP/fingerprint/something.

I made the same claim before and every time, people proved me wrong.

69% of the world population doesn’t use ad blockers. Google made their billions from people clicking on ads.

Not only are we technical folks, only 5% of the population, not their target audience, it seems most people don’t care enough about ads to ever try to stop them… at all.

I don’t think any of the recommendations here are even close to what OP is asking for… QUIK from my understanding is just a replacement SMS app, it does not “sync messages to other devices” or allow you to send SMS messages via your phone from other devices, nor does it have a desktop/web version, all of which is what Message+ does. Pretty sure this requires a self-hosted server to do (or a third-party proprietary service like MightyText).

SmsMatrix, KDEConnect/GSConnect, Nextcloud Talk are some examples that will do this.

Reminder that sites like israel.tv are still “illegal” to visit and all US ISPs are forced to block it, even though this directly contradicts Net Neutrality.

exactly… it needs the vpn to even pass anything through… but the apps that don’t work with vpns… don’t work with vpns. as in, it detects the presence of an android vpn connection and refuses to work, it’s not related to what internet connection it actually uses, just that a system-controlled vpn is active on the device.

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how on earth does that work? I thought it had to have an always-on VPN connection to do any filtering (or not)

A subpoena can still reveal the owner’s information to the world. Even if it’s a frivolous lawsuit that ends up getting tossed.

let’s try to be nicer