Interesting, it says "Payment Method: No Card / Privacy First" on their website.

Clever name though

As I understand it, while they can't see the contents, the Metadata is still exposed.

• Messages in iCloud are E2EE protected only if iCloud Backup is disabled or if iCloud Backup is enabled with Advanced Data Protection (ADP). Otherwise, Apple stores a copy of the encryption key, allowing Apple (or authorities with a court order) to access your messages.

• Probably obvious, but messages sent over SMS (green bubbles) are not E2EE.

• Telegram uses a proprietary encryption protocol called MTProto, so who knows if it can be trusted.

I used Session for a couple of years, but switched back to Signal because it did a poor job with media sharing.

It's been a while since I switched back, so maybe it's fixed now?

You have to adjust your number, since this happened 5 year ago 😅

Freetube connecting to local invidous node.

I spun up my own invidious container and that has made my connection far more consistent.

Yeah, the phone never works right in my dreams and I'm always very frustrated 😅

I ran into facial recognition at the airport recently an opted out, but what are the likely and worst case consequences of allowing yourself to be profiled?

I've heard of false arrests because of it, but it seems like those issues while be resolved with time.

I'll be fine...