Echomail is fun! I can't believe I waited like 30 years to get into it!
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
Which networks are you on now? If you haven't checked out DOVE-Net, I'd get on there too. It's quite busy and sometimes inflammatory.
You read my mind! I like Dovenet. I used to read it when Alcoholiday when running.
I'll give it a try!
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears on Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will only enhance the moderator's buzz :)
Echomail is fun! I can't believe I waited like 30 years to get into it!
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
I like it. Now I understand the hype. But people should post more! (I
have anaddictive personality!)
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears on Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will only enhance the moderator's buzz :)
Black Panther has a great write-up on how to get it going. Hit up his
BBS at telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com and look for the file ms-qwk12.zip.
Echomail is fun! I can't believe I waited like 30 years to get into it!
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
You should have been in Region 12. We currently have the Z1C in the region a I am the RC. Be rest assured, neither one of us has a fucking problem with i Most of the time I have to make sure Nick keeps his pants on.
Echomail is fun! I can't believe I waited like 30 years to get into it!
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
I like it. Now I understand the hype. But people should post more! (I
have anaddictive personality!)
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears on Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will only enhance the moderator's buzz :)
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will on enhance the moderator's buzz :)
You have a Shitty sense of humour...
You should have been in Region 12. We currently have the Z1C in the
region and I am the RC. Be rest assured, neither one of us has a fucking problem with it. Most of the time I have to make sure Nick keeps his
pants on.
That was how things went for me, too...previously I didn't really communicate much other than IRC lol.
Hehe on a serious note I trimmed the number of nets I carry down pretty substantially. I think there's a "less is more" aspect for callers, or at least for me as an administrator.
Are you one of the guys from #mysticbbs? That was a thing back around 2014. I used to visit there a lot.
That's a good idea. I trimmed my echos down by removing most of the unsocial ones - scistats here, fidonews on fido, stuff like that. They seem like conversation killers to me.
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears on Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will only enhance the moderator's buzz :)
I don't particularly want to see people swearing - that does nothing for me.
But I find it hilarious to see grown men arguing about about their consitutional right to swear!
On 01-05-21 19:03, Shitty wrote to All <=-
Echomail is fun! I can't believe I waited like 30 years to get into it!
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
I like it. Now I understand the hype. But people should post more! (I
have an addictive personality!)
On 01-05-21 21:48, Atreyu wrote to Netsurge <=-
Well allow me to retort... No, I'm not wearing any pants.
You should have been in Region 12. We currently have the Z1C in the
region andI am the RC. Be rest assured, neither one of us has a fucking problem with it.Most of the time I have to make sure Nick keeps his
pants on.
It was awkward at first when my mom visited me and saw me working on my BBS(Compufuck) but fortunately for me she didn't have a problem with it. Some ofthose other dudes are probably getting a wooden spoon to the ass
or something.
Hmm Shitty's mom spanking me with a wooden spoon for offensive BBS choices.
What are the echomail networks you carry?
It was awkward at first when my mom visited me and saw me working on my BBS(Compufuck) but fortunately for me she didn't have a problem with it. Some ofthose other dudes are probably getting a wooden spoon to the ass
or something.
Hehe on a serious note I trimmed the number of nets I carry down pretty substantially. I think there's a "less is more" aspect for callers, or at least for me as an administrator.
I set these echos up as default off for newscans but sometimes like perusing them myself. For me, I've discovered each net has its own personality, so I try to curate the nets that align best with what I believe my board's personality tries to be.
There is an echo with the shortname "DR" that is full of swearing. Stop by!
Netflix has a new docuseries called "The History of Swear Words"
narrated by Nicholas Cage.
I like it. Now I understand the hype. But people should post more! (I have an addictive personality!)
Yeah nothing like a big QWK packet to peruse. ;)
I'm sure there's a logical reason why these nets have a stats echo (it's not just Scinet) but I haven't figured it out yet.
The issue with fidonet isn't so much language as it is people who have been in their mom's basement for the past 50 years still hanging on to
the old ways. The P4 thumpers as we call them, waving around policy 4
like it's still valid or the law. Those are the trouble makers.
the old ways. The P4 thumpers as we call them, waving around policy 4
like it's still valid or the law. Those are the trouble makers.
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed up o Scinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts are about the only ones you'll find on here in addition to Fido.
Just remember that there's no swearing on Fidonet. When someone swears on Fidonet, it kills everyone's buzz except for the moderators. It will only enhance the moderator's buzz :)
I'm carrying 4 echomail networks now, and by the time I'm done reading messages and I poll again, there's a whole bunch more to read!
Which networks are you on now? If you haven't checked out DOVE-Net, I'd get on
there too. It's quite busy and sometimes inflammatory.
It's a QWK network, so a little different (but still pretty easy) to get going >ith Mystic.
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed up on
Scinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts are
about the only ones you'll find on here in addition to Fido.
Fido is a culture foreign to the rest of the BBS world. These are people tha you can't find on other BBSs or on other BBS networks. And some of them can' be found outside of the politics echos. They are STUCK on politics.
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed up o Scinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts are about the only ones you'll find on here in addition to Fido.
I'm sure there's a logical reason why these nets have a stats echo (it's notjust Scinet) but I haven't figured it out yet.
Stats have got to be important to some people with all the stats options thatare built into Mystic.
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed
up onScinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts areabout the only ones you'll find on here in addition to Fido.
The nice thing about being in a net other than Fido is being in a net other than Fido. I really don't want some of those faces in here.
Well, I follow some Fido subs. It is just that I prowl much more than I participate. Most of Fido is quite quiet anyway.
It depends on where you are at on Fidonet. I moderate one echo where I have been lax on that, but there have been a couple of less-than-adults who have taken advantage. I ask them not to excessively swear and they get a buzz. :)
I only got a buzz when I figured out that I could bit-bucket
one of them from my board and any boards that get the echo from me. :D
It's a QWK network, so a little different (but still pretty easy) to get >ith Mystic.
+1 on this, and I offer FTN feeds for it for those who have issues getting it via QWK.
There are users who are stats nerds, keeping them in one echo is a better id than them flooding echo's. This way they are in one place where people who want to read them can.
The nice thing about being in a net other than Fido is being in a net other than Fido. I really don't want some of those faces in here.
It's a QWK network, so a little different (but still pretty easy) to get going with Mystic.
Jay
But what about all the people who will be left wondering "Where's Scistats? I really want to read Scistats!" :)
Fido is a culture foreign to the rest of the BBS world. These are people that you can't find on other BBSs or on other BBS networks. And some of them can't be found outside of the politics echos. They are STUCK on politics.
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed up on Scinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts are about the only ones you'll find on here in addition to Fido.
It's a QWK network, so a little different (but still pretty easy) to going with Mystic.
Jay
Who does one contact to submit an application for DoveNet?
It's a QWK network, so a little different (but still pretty easy) to going with Mystic.
Who does one contact to submit an application for DoveNet?
I set all of the network stats echos as sysop only echos. I think they are good for keeping track of whether or not you are connecting
regularly and, if you are a member of the network games, whether or not your packets are reaching the game hub.
I think it is because those are the only echos where (they think) they
can get away with their crap. Also because politics echos are the only echos where they can avoid certain folks who don't read them.
And me. :)
Do you know what's up with the National Cooking echo? I talked with some people in there a little, and they are a friendly bunch, but they finish every
message with a recipe! It's charming, but I wonder if I'm breaking tradition
by posting in there because I don't have any recipes?
On 01-06-21 16:46, Shitty wrote to Vk3jed <=-
QWK is hilarious. I know I just heard people talking about having Y2K problems with their BlueWave reader. I tried QWK back in the early 90s when it made a lot more sense to use it. But nothing beats Mystic's
FSE!
On 01-06-21 20:01, Shitty wrote to Netsurge <=-
It would be highly unlikely, but hilarious if some of these guys showed
up on Scinet, or any other net besides Fido. I think me & Atreyu & Bob Roberts are about the only ones you'll find on here in addition to
Fido.
We have others. Like I've said before, I'm the RC of region 12, but apart from 1 or 2 echos, I don't participate in the
cesspool.
There's not really an application per say, you just create a QWK account on Vertrauen (vert.synchro.net) and then create a QWK network on Mystic usingBlack Panther's instructions available on his BBS at bbs.castlerockbbs.com(look for the file ms-qwk12.zip).
So I've seen this a few times - where their are folks in fido, as hubs, *Cs,dont like fido but are still hubs, *Cs.
So I've seen this a few times - where their are folks in fido, as hubs, *Cs, dont like fido but are still hubs, *Cs.
Why do you do it?
Re: Re: Echomail
By: Shitty to Dumas Walker on Fri Jan 08 2021 01:36 am
Do you know what's up with the National Cooking echo? I talked with som people in there a little, and they are a friendly bunch, but they finis every
message with a recipe! It's charming, but I wonder if I'm breaking tradition
by posting in there because I don't have any recipes?
There are like 3 echos that are all cooking. I think 2 of them are just recipes, but COOKING has these really in depth conversations about food that never imagined. I haven't gone thru the posts there much yet, I will eventually.
The constant posting of Meal Master recipes is fun. Some of the things they post look really complicated to cook. If I have to make a sauce separate fr the food, I'm out.
Bob Roberts
... To live is always desirable. Eleen the Capellan, stardate 3498.9.
On 01-06-21 16:46, Shitty wrote to Vk3jed <=-
QWK is hilarious. I know I just heard people talking about having Y2K problems with their BlueWave reader. I tried QWK back in the early 90s when it made a lot more sense to use it. But nothing beats Mystic's FSE!
I don't like messaging online for several reasons. That's even more true wi modern web forums, but it's still somewhat true with BBSs. In the case of BBSs, ease of navigation is the main issue - the interface is designed for reading via a slow modem. The other issue is you're at the mercy at network dropouts, lag, etc.
... If it walks out of your refrigerator, let it go.
=== MultiMail/Win v0.51
I only got a buzz when I figured out that I could bit-bucket
one of them from my board and any boards that get the echo from me. :D
What's bit-bucketing? Like a blacklist of their username?
+1 on this, and I offer FTN feeds for it for those who have issues getting it via QWK.
Excellent! I'll try the QWK instructions first, but I haven't applied to Dovenet yet.
Do you know what's up with the National Cooking echo? I talked with some people in there a little, and they are a friendly bunch, but they finish every
message with a recipe! It's charming, but I wonder if I'm breaking tradition by posting in there because I don't have any recipes?
I know - I should ask THEM, but each time they toss a recipe at me I feel like
I should quietly tiptoe backwards on out of there! The only recipes I have are
the ones on the back of the mac & cheese box.
The nice thing about being in a net other than Fido is being in a net other than Fido. I really don't want some of those faces in here.
There are like 3 echos that are all cooking. I think 2 of them are just recipes, but COOKING has these really in depth conversations about food
The constant posting of Meal Master recipes is fun. Some of the things they post look really complicated to cook. If I have to make a sauce separate from the food, I'm out.
On 01-08-21 17:46, Arelor wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I think messaging online is quite bearable with BBS.
I am the sort of person who always sets a dedicated desktop, local
client for everything if possible, be it email, calendar managing or whatever. Mostly, it is because web interfaces suck and deserve to burn
in hell alongside their designers.
However, BBS interfaces are so minimal and uninstrusive once you learn them, I haven't bothered to get a local client installed. Old good Columbian Kermit suffices.
Lag and drop-outs are not what they used to be. I have had some bugs in the BBS I connect to kill my messages, though, by hanging as I was
writing them, and that is crappy.
The constant posting of Meal Master recipes is fun. Some of the things
they post look really complicated to cook. If I have to make a sauce
separate from the food, I'm out.
Do you mean they are just tossing me some random recipes from a book? Like using recipes as taglines?
I think it's part loyalty for something that I have been part of for almost 30 >ears but a bigger part of it is preventing the lunatics from running the asylum
They can yell and stomp their feet all they want, if the level headed people a
e running things then you know that can't bring the whole thing down.
Glad that you and Nick and a few others are still around being the level headed ones.
On 01-09-21 21:34, Netsurge wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
Wow, I have been called a lot of things in my life, level headed isn't
one of them. I'm going to share this post with my wife.
Glad that you and Nick and a few others are still around being the level headed ones.
Glad that you and Nick and a few others are still around being the level
headed ones.
Wow, I have been called a lot of things in my life, level headed isn't one of them. I'm going to share this post with my wife.
The few that love to troll me in Fido always believe in the fantasy that being a ZC is some sort of godly power, free membership to a secret society orthat one has a Napoleon complex. One even tried to troll me on Fsxnet.
Your wife will probably quickly point out that the scope of that
opinion does not extend beyond the computer box. :/
The few that love to troll me in Fido always believe in the fantasy tha being a ZC is some sort of godly power, free membership to a secret society orthat one has a Napoleon complex. One even tried to troll me o Fsxnet.
Which reminds me, are we all ready for our next trip to that "other" place o Elon's ship?
I'm wearing clean boxers if that helps?
I'm wearing clean boxers if that helps?
I'm wearing clean boxers if that helps?
Remember, the saying to enter the "ship" is: The rain in Spain falls mostly the main.
I'm wearing clean boxers if that helps?
That's an upgrade from wearing three socks.
Glad that you and Nick and a few others are still around being the level headed ones.
Wow, I have been called a lot of things in my life, level headed isn't one of em. I'm going to share this post with my wife.
The few that love to troll me in Fido always believe in the fantasy that being a ZC is some sort of godly power, free membership to a secret society or
that one has a Napoleon complex. One even tried to troll me on Fsxnet.
So thats four of us that make up the ZCC... zone coordinator counsel. The echo of which consists of, ZC1 consuming vodka or ZC2 vacationing on his boat trading banter about shitting in a cardboard box at sea.
The one troll I am aware of has also taken to trolling me via netmail (some) and I see where he has invited you to ask a soon-to-be former President to join us.
I need a Cheeseburger.
I am sorry in advance for any violence that might lead to. :)
There are two things that would happen if I nodelisted Trump. An inevitable influx of newcomers to BBS's that everyone wishes for but
also an inevitableinflux of negative media attention or law-enforcement attention to Sysops.
There are two things that would happen if I nodelisted Trump. An inevitable influx of newcomers to BBS's that everyone wishes for but also an inevitableinflux of negative media attention or law-enforcement attention to Sysops.
You might get what you ask for now that Parler has been wiped from the face the earth.
You might get what you ask for now that Parler has been wiped from the
face of the earth.
Wiped, how? I just checked it out a few minutes ago. It's still
active. It may be booted from Amazon, Apple and GooglePlay, but
the .APK is available for download direct from the Parle website
- at the bottom of the page.
Wiped, how? I just checked it out a few minutes ago. It's still
active. It may be booted from Amazon, Apple and GooglePlay, but
the .APK is available for download direct from the Parle website
- at the bottom of the page.
But getting blacklisted by Google, Amazon, & Apple is the end of the road fo any app-enabled business. Nobody's gonna install anything that gets download from their website. (Not enough people anyway.)
There are two things that would happen if I nodelisted Trump. An inevitable influx of newcomers to BBS's that everyone wishes for but also an inevitableinflux of negative media attention or law-enforcement attention to Sysops.
You might get what you ask for now that Parler has been wiped from the face the earth.
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Hello Netsurge!
** On Sunday 10.01.21 - 20:48, Netsurge wrote to Atreyu:
You might get what you ask for now that Parler has been wiped from the face of the earth.
Wiped, how? I just checked it out a few minutes ago. It's still
active. It may be booted from Amazon, Apple and GooglePlay, but
the .APK is available for download direct from the Parle website
- at the bottom of the page.
Wiped, how? I just checked it out a few minutes ago. It's still
active. It may be booted from Amazon, Apple and GooglePlay, but
the .APK is available for download direct from the Parle website
- at the bottom of the page.
Tick. tick. tick. Amazon is removing them from AWS tonight. Midnight pacific, about 2 hours from now.
Good riddance.
Wiped, how? I just checked it out a few minutes ago. It's still active. It may be booted from Amazon, Apple and GooglePlay, but
the .APK is available for download direct from the Parle website
- at the bottom of the page.
But getting blacklisted by Google, Amazon, & Apple is the end of the road fo any app-enabled business. Nobody's gonna install anything that gets download from their website. (Not enough people anyway.)
Good riddance.
What's so wrong about Parle? No ads, not tracking.
This just comes to show how moronic society is by locking
itself up in vendor App markets. In Android you can at least
get your applications from different repositories, but on
iOS you are pretty much stuck with what Apple deigns to
offer you.
Seriously, you can't even install software you write
yourself into your iOS unless you create a dev account with
Apple and pay, pay, pay!!!!
What's so wrong about Parle? No ads, not tracking.
Parler does not form part to the Big Tech cult where you
either sign the party line or get destroyed.
Brace yourselves, your favourite book forums are next.
BUT.. users don't pay for the iOS. Maybe Apple's approach can
be viewed akin to a sysop operating a bbs. If you don't like
what the sysop is doing, you can't force the sysop to give you
co-sysop privileges. The option is the freedom to go elsewhere.
In the meantime, Apple prides itself in thinking that they
provide a reliable OS that "just works" with all their products.
If JohnnyApple comes along with his "app" and it messes up
everybody's screens or breaks something else, that would be no
good.
Hello Arelor!
** On Monday 11.01.21 - 04:42, Arelor wrote to Ogg:
What's so wrong about Parle? No ads, not tracking.
Parler does not form part to the Big Tech cult where you
either sign the party line or get destroyed.
Yep.. I can see that.
Brace yourselves, your favourite book forums are next.
Do you mean the online places like GoodReads?
Actually, I see that there could be a fine consequence if Amazon
extends its reach to books. If they de-list the titles they
don't like, the market shifts to the independent retailer who
has a fine relationship with the publisher.
Amazon would be cutting its own throat. That would be fine by
me. ;)
What's so wrong about Parle? No ads, not tracking.
Amazon would be cutting its own throat. That would be fine by
me. ;)
Nonononono you donñ t get it.
Amazon delists the books that don't follow the party line.
Then Google delists your independent shop from its lists of
results unless you remove the book from sale.
They don't want the book out of Amazon, they want the book
destroyed.
What's so wrong about Parle? No ads, not tracking.
Not even worth a response, yet here I am responding.
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Google is not the only search engine out there. Independents can
encourage people to shift to DuckDuckGo, for example.
The Google search engine right now doesn't even find the many
sources of a particular book when independents use the web/
shopping services with http://bookmanager.com (I'd use it if I
had the $5K start-up price) It's up to the independent seller to
market their own site.
They don't want the book out of Amazon, they want the book
destroyed.
I believe you. But then they would have to influence one of the
biggest distributors out there: https://www.ingramcontent.com
Amazon and Indigo both obtain stock through them. I know. I've
had packing lists and invoices included in error in *my* orders.
Such derison is hardly worthy of a respectable person.
Atreyu wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
The one troll I am aware of has also taken to trolling me via netmail (some) and I see where he has invited you to ask a soon-to-be former President to join us.
He figured out how to send Netmail? Inconceivable!
There are two things that would happen if I nodelisted Trump. An inevitable influx of newcomers to BBS's that everyone wishes for but
also an inevitable influx of negative media attention or
law-enforcement attention to Sysops.
But getting blacklisted by Google, Amazon, & Apple is the end of the road for >any app-enabled business. Nobody's gonna install anything that gets downloaded >from their website. (Not enough people anyway.)
Any service that has a web interface can still be accessed from a not-so-smartphone. Most Apps seem to be condensed versions of the web interfaces anyway.
This just comes to show how moronic society is by locking itself up in vendor App markets. In Android you can at least get your applications from different repositories, but on iOS you are pretty much stuck with what Apple deigns to offer you.
Seriously, you can't even install software you write yourself into your iOS unless you create a dev account with Apple and pay, pay, pay!!!!
Its another reason why Fido is a dead-end... no app. Hotdoged "maybe"
came close but is still a buggy techie mess. Telegram gating is a joke.
But getting blacklisted by Google, Amazon, & Apple is the end of the road f >any app-enabled business. Nobody's gonna install anything that gets downloa >from their website. (Not enough people anyway.)
I bet those die hard against "big tech censorship" would. Then again, I would expect most who are really serious about it to be on the "dark web" so maybe not. :)
* SLMR 2.1a * Gimme three chili dogs and a malt.
Its another reason why Fido is a dead-end... no app. Hotdoged "maybe" came close but is still a buggy techie mess. Telegram gating is a joke.
The president would need to make his own phone first - a phone that can compete with Android and Apple - call it "TrumpPhone." Then he can prepackag it with the TrumpStore, and then people could download the "Free Speech APP, but this phone would have to be better than Android and Apple.
The president would need to make his own phone first - a phone that can compete with Android and Apple - call it "TrumpPhone." Then he can prepackag it with the TrumpStore, and then people could download the "Free Speech APP, but this phone would have to be better than Android and Apple.
Such derison is hardly worthy of a respectable person.
Who ever said I was respectable. Nick, tell him.
I don't get the ToS excuse somebody mentioned around. Big Tech is performing ideological, coordinated supression. It is not different than being kicked out of a game service that cites hate-speech-rules because you have an African eating a watermelon as an avatar.
They don't want the book out of Amazon, they want the book destroyed.
I bet those die hard against "big tech censorship" would. Then again, I would expect most who are really serious about it to be on the "dark
web" so maybe not. :)
Geez can't you run your dictatorship network for ONE SECOND without my help?
I'm busy eating a Cheeseburger.
What everybody is doing is building phones based on Replicant or Lineageos.
I'm not sure if any phone can realistically compete with Android or
Apple at this point. We all know G00R00 just flat out ***REFUSES*** to
add any cowbell despite MANY repeated nagging requests so MysticPhone is out of the question.
They don't want the book out of Amazon, they want the book destroyed.
Such derison is hardly worthy of a respectable person.
Who ever said I was respectable. Nick, tell him.
What everybody is doing is building phones based on Replicant or Lineageos.
They're doing this because of the app regulations?
My wife told me that she's boycotting WhatsApp, due to some privacy issue that I don't understand, and she's trying to get all her friends to switch to some other system - Telegram I think.
But I don't know what the big deal is. If big tech wants to spy on our internet calls, why not just let them?
In the meantime, Apple prides itself in thinking that they
provide a reliable OS that "just works" with all their products.
But I don't know what the big deal is. If big tech wants to spy on our internet calls, why not just let them?
In the meantime, Apple prides itself in thinking that they
provide a reliable OS that "just works" with all their products.
Well now they're breaking two of their core principles: "just works" and "what you do on your phone stays on your phone."
You may be both in the dark web and here.
In fact, you may be very active in the dark web and show in the clearnet from time to time to tell people who nice the dark web is.
The dark web is very nice btw.
They don't fare well because they lack Google integration. That means lots of business apps won't work. You can install Google cruft on it but that defeats the point imo.
Last time I set a Lineageos phone, I lost it. My fav mare found it in the pasture and decided to play soccer with it. RIP phone.
My wife told me that she's boycotting WhatsApp, due to some privacy issue that I don't understand, and she's trying to get all her friends to switch to some other system - Telegram I think.
compromised when your data is exfiltrated. Signal doesn't decrypt anything; it's all end to end and private, so even if your data is exfiltrated, it's not useful (until we can break the encryption which would take a lot of effort and money).
IIRC, it had a rotary dial on it! It used an SBC or or some other small project board as its base.
I filed it away somewhere under things I would like to try someday but I amnot sure where that info is now. :)
In short, that means an application that was supposed to be ahead of others when it came to privacy and not spying on you will now be spying
on you.
They don't fare well because they lack Google integration. That means lots of business apps won't work. You can install Google cruft on it but that defeats the poin
imo.
Last time I set a Lineageos phone, I lost it. My fav mare found it in the pasture and decided to play soccer with it. RIP phone.
Not too long ago there was someone who had a build a cell phone kit. They originally came up with the idea just to see if they could build one for themselves and the
started offering the instructions (and most of the
parts) as a kit.
IIRC, it had a rotary dial on it! It used an SBC or or some other small project board as its base.
I filed it away somewhere under things I would like to try someday but I am not sure where that info is now. :)
* SLMR 2.1a * What do you mean, QWK?? It took me over an hour to read!!
In short, that means an application that was supposed to be ahead of others when it came to privacy and not spying on you will now be spying on you.
Yes - that sounds familiar. Many people won't care, and this is totally fine with Google I'm sure. But not me! I'd do just about anything to stop floatin my number around, including delete WhatsApp.
I found out what my wife's complaint is about: she said WhatsApp changed theirprivacy policy and now they will share their users phone numbers withaffiliates.
This is NOT what the internet was created to DO - and in
fact, the inventor of 'the internet' is pitching a new idea/
way of doing things. I wish I were a REAL computer fanatic
and could post an article talking about that right now.. but
I don't have it here. :P
It was an interesting podcast point, tho... and he want's to
design a new way for developers and users of 'the internet'
to do things and have it be separate from the current
'internet'.
I think using phone numbers for account identification is a
moronic idea which only makes sense for the sake of
simplifying helpdesk when your userbase has no discipline to
use a username and a password. The model really release the
customer support burden A LOT at the expense of requiring an
important piece of information from the user that should not
be necesary to operate the service.
Oh.. don't tell me - the "inventor of the internet" now wants
to invent the BBS?
Oh.. don't tell me - the "inventor of the internet" now wants
to invent the BBS?
It's kind of a big deal, IMO. Just [much] more of the same, that we've come know of FB and Google and Amazon's of the world... between those and Apple, just don't know how safe it is to USE those services anymore. Literally.
Oh.. don't tell me - the "inventor of the internet" now wants
to invent the BBS?
I forget what the company is called. Basically he wants to
be the holder of all your personal info, and then you
authorize individual apps or companies a temporary license
to access that personal info. So maybe your address and CC
info is stored there, and when you want to check out you
"approve" the store accessing that info, but only once.
I think using phone numbers for account identification is a moronic idea which only makes sense for the sake of simplifying helpdesk when your userbase has no discipline to use a username and a password. The model really release the customer support burden A LOT at the expense of requiring an important piece of information from the user that should
not be necesary to operate the service.
If the "license" to access my personal info translates to
dollars into my PayPal account (or something like that), that
might be fine. So.. if I get paid for every cookie and tracking
info that that is gleened from my usage on the net, then I might
like that.
I forget what the company is called. Basically he wants to be the
holder ofall your personal info, and then you authorize individual apps
or companies atemporary license to access that personal info. So maybe your address and CCinfo is stored there, and when you want to check out you "approve" the storeaccessing that info, but only once.
If I understood it correctly, its a little deeper than that. Whatsapp
will now be sharing your telephone number AND metadata across any app/service that Facebook owns.
Some sort of blockchain scheme, I assume?
If I understood it correctly, its a little deeper than that. Whatsapp will now be sharing your telephone number AND metadata across any app/service that Facebook owns.
I can tell that it's an invasion of privacy, although probably legally disclosed in their privacy policy. But what harm can it do if big tech finds ouabout stuff I ordered or that I used Google maps to find a place?
Some sort of blockchain scheme, I assume?
Not sure. The company is Inrupt.com.
It's based on solidproject.org.
My wife told me that she's boycotting WhatsApp, due to some
privacy issue that I don't understand, and she's trying to
get all her friends to switch to some other system -
Telegram I think.
But I don't know what the big deal is. If big tech wants to
spy on our internet calls, why not just let them?
But I don't know what the big deal is. If big tech wants to
spy on our internet calls, why not just let them?
Oh.. that's the old "if not doing anything bad, then nothing to
hide" argument.
But I don't know what the big deal is. If big tech wants to
spy on our internet calls, why not just let them?
Oh.. that's the old "if not doing anything bad, then nothing to
hide" argument.
Oh.. that's the old "if not doing anything bad, then nothing to
hide" argument.
Everyone has *something* to hide or to be ashamed of.
A good presentation of "what the big deal is" and "why not let
them" is in this TED talk:
Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters
https://youtu.be/pcSlowAhvUk
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