@menel @patrick and #Signal despite their #FUD and #MarketingLies is a very #cebtralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvieer system relying on #GAFAMs and their #API|s as well as neither allowing #SelfCustody nor #SelfHosting.
Not to mention it's toxic followers that avt like cultists!
@dzwiedziu @fj @signalapp not really, as the #Metadata #FUD cited by #Signal is mitigateable with proper measures.
Every claim that things like #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec can be solved with "Just use Signal!" is "#TechPopulism" at best if not being a "#UsefulIdiot"!
@osman If your #OpSec, #InfoSec, #ComSec and/or #ITsec relies on @signalapp and/or @Mer__edith risking jail or worse, you fucked up!
Seriously, to me #Signal stenches #Honeypot like #ANØM & #CryptoAG.
That's why I get people setup with it!
@hoernchen72 @fasnix @expertenkommision_cyberunfall EXAKT DAS!
Oft sind das #Betrüber die Menschen dazu überreden (#SocialEngineering / #SocialHacking) und/oder entsprechend #FUD machen.
Ist nix anderes als die #Schockanruf-Taktik, nur halt 'irgendwas mit #Cyber' und sei's nen Fake-#Popup.
Have decided to give #ZenBrowser another go, but with conditions:
In case anyone wonders, this [temporary?] change from my hitherto daily 
[#FirefoxNightly + #Sidebery + #uBlockOrigin + #FirefoxSecondSidebar] has nothing to do with the recent global #FUD wrt Mozilla's #TOU / #EULA, but instead is due to the aesthetic pleasantness of 
& the desire to use its #SplitTabView #TabSplitView #TabPaneView; two undeniable advantages over Nightly.
* the Zen subreddit is full of users posting that Zen spontaneously lost all their tabs, or all their pinned tabs, or all their unpinned tabs. In my own past months of using Zen with its native #Workspaces & tabs, it also happened to me, twice, & it is most exasperating.
Great write up on why the #EU should adopt #GNOME as a foundation for an alternative operating system to reduce reliance on American tech corporations and as a matter of strategic autonomy and control over digital infrastructure.
https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/28-prosthetics-that-dont-betray/
#GNOME is a polished modern and friendly than ever before. Its developers have adopted a more minimalist approach, while #KDE, historically at least, was more tweak-able.
In fact, #Linux on the desktop could have and should have been more ubiquitous. But #microsoft has historically waged war against it when the free software movement started picking up. Most notably the 2003 "Get the Facts"— a #FUD spreading disinformation campaign, comparing Windows to #Linux on cost, security, and reliability.
Back then the worst U.S. companies like microsoft could do was to threat to close a research center in a country in which the government was exploring alternatives. That was often enough for governments to abandon their plans. #Israel in fact is a great example of that submissiveness to U.S. demands.
There’s no doubt the U.S. is using its leverage this way. It’s never been a true competition for free software, and Linux on the desktop never stood a chance for sure. Though specific needs persist, organizational dependency on proprietary systems is a conscious choice.
I’ll pin this post and overtime will add short reviews of some of the amazing software built for GNOME I’m using or coming across.
@skeptator ich habe damit weniger Problem als mit der "#KontrolliertenOpposition" aus "#NützlichenIdioten" und #Slacktivisten die dazu #FUD'den.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-terms-of-use/
UPDATE: We’ve seen a little confusion about the language regarding licenses, so we want to clear that up. We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible. Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example. It does NOT give us ownership of your data or a right to use it for anything other than what is described in the Privacy Notice.
We (Ozians etal) *all* get that this Nuke debate is all Dust and Bullshit.
I'm not even against boiling water with billion dollar multigenerational toxic, own your arse, own your energy infrastructure, liability machines.
There are places , right now, on _this_ planet, where they can make sense.
Here is A thing though:::
Why don't any of those -electorate- Maps show where all of the waste will be stored, for fucking ever.
Or the costings and projections EVER include Externalities.
It is not like EITHER of those (social) engineering moments is a new concept.
It POLICY "One OH fucking One".
Build the waste processing Stream first. We sold the planet this poison WE should take it back. Then you can waste a half trill or so on old toxic , don't leave the room, it will boil over, water heaters.
I know I still have an old cricket bat AND a set of anti vampire stumps someplace here ....
For someone who swallowed the #antiwindenergy pill, I'm sharing this with family members who barely speak English.
The fact is that #windturbines aren't as bad as people think. The #OilIndustry uses #psyop and #lobbying to spread #FUD, as well as lies to demoralize people - LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES.
Certain #films and #movies are part of said #corporatepropaganda, like #Yellowstone and #Landman.
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_bug5DIQ
@GossiTheDog OFC, as they profit from more #CyberChaos and #FUD and a weak government.
@lispi314 @lauren @pixelschubsi yes, but we canbagree that very #centralized servers like those of @signalapp are way more susceptible to that compared to any halfassed #OniomService because it's trivialbto hust shove some #GlimmerGlass box on the fiber between a datacenter and their #upsream(sl and just "#bullrun" the selectively captured traffic...
With @torproject / #Tor it's much cheaper to actually attack and take down a #Server / #Service.
For an organization like #Signalcthat that gets their fans to #FUD about "#Metadata" it's shocking to see they didn't do an #OnionService to this day!
@malwaretech this reminds me of @tomscott 's classic video about the #FUD / #DigitalSnakeoil industry re: #VPN...
@dec_hl There is so sooooooooo much bullshit, #FUD & outright lies being spread about #Firefox lately. Don't want #AI in it? Fine, simply keep the setting disabled [as i do]. Don't want to be involved in the weirdarse ads thing mozilla did a few months ago? Fine, also keep that setting disabled [as i do]. Maybe Firefox will cease to be if gargle is forced to stop funding Firefox Search? Ok, if/when that happens, it would be time to find another browser, but it has not happened yet & might not happen at all, so running away screaming with hands waving in the air now, as many seem to advocate, is stupid.
My daily browsing experience continues to be magnificent with #FirefoxNightly + #Sidebery + #uBlockOrigin + #FirefoxSecondSidebar [for #WebPanels].
#Floorp 11 was nice to use for a while, but its replacement 12 is months late with minimal public info easily found.
#ZenBrowser recently progressed from Alpha to Beta status, but i stopped using it several weeks ago in frustration at the wild swings in browser design the Dev keeps trying. Certainly though it will be worthwhile revisiting once it reaches Stable phase.
Personally i will never ever use Chrome under any circumstances, only occasionally launch Chromium under sufferance, abandoned Vivaldi a couple of years ago, & also dislike Brave... so if the day does ever arise when FF is no more, the remaining choice will be odious indeed.
@MikeImBack
Yep. That’s a Cenovis ad. It’s basically a #FUD campaign to scare people into believing that without oil and gas your stove won’t work and you can’t shop online.
The stupid thing is: shit like this works. 
Nevermind that oil & gas are FINITE resources that will, inevitably, run out—that’s what non-renewable means, kids. If we don’t start building a society that isn’t totally dependent on it life’s gonna get super-hard all of a sudden.
@Freiheitsrechte sind @innn_it nicht die die so lustig sind und z.T. so #FUD absondern gegen https://epetitionen.bundestag.de ?
@MoneroTalk because people using #Monero don't do it #HODL or #speculate but as a genuine #payment system!
The value of Monero isn't it's exchange rate but it's #tech, #privacy, #fungibility, #speed and #scalability.
@AdeptVeritatis @MAKS23 "#nuclearEscalation" is a #soviet #FUD that is older than my parents, so I'd not give a shit about what #Russia under #Putin does.
@ashten Feel free to submit any evidence re: @trans_rescue to the dutch authorities to investigate...
