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Im still out of luck, I want to reinstall my iPhone (not a transfer to another phone) and cannot find a way to preserve chats.

Signal Desktop app on Mac linked, shows chats, but all pics are missing and "Download Failed" if clicked.

And I'm not sure I can import from Desktop back to my erased iPhone...

> and you should just use terraform whenever possible

Or CloudFormation, cleaner, reusable, easy to read/write, less LOC than TF :)

> No, we have convenient online services in spite of the endless security theater that permeates consumer tech.

Disagree. No banking app can resist root access owned by attacker.

It will be exploited. Key word above - not tech savvy.

The only reason we have convenient banking, gov and streaming apps today is because of guaranteed and enforced mobile security by big boys Apple and Google. (Google being Ad company is another matter, not relevant here).

> My parents are getting old and they aren't tech savvy. The missing piece here is that I want my parents to have a computer they can safely do their banking on, without leaving them vulnerable to scams and viruses and the like.

Purists always forget this point :) What is best for 99% of people.

And dumb Euro bureaucrats.

Some asked DoD to use satellites to see the damage. Linda Ham declined the request.

"The imagery request was soon rescinded by NASA Mission Management Team Chair Linda Ham after she investigated the origin of it. She had consulted with Flight Director Phil Engelauf and members of the Mission Management Team, who stated that they did not have a requirement for imagery of Columbia. Ham did not consult with the Debris Assessment Team, and cancelled the imagery request on the basis that it had not been made through official channels." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disas...

> Some kind of failure in the lower engine area.

The girl in NASASpaceflight video linked at top said maybe one of the three oxygen vents blew up due to some kind of buildup. Location makes sense.

> recently switched to using AI to transcribe and write these summaries

Did users knew that conversation was recorded?

> It immediately defines OPA (for people like me who don’t immediately recognize it)

Outer Planets Alliance. Bloody terrorists they are.

Check out Firefox PPA.

> What do we do to fight it?

Switch to Apple, a.k.a Not an Ad Company.

Apple Containers!! Very new! https://youtube.com/watch?v=CYd9MC3L11o

> Firefox on mobile with full-fat uBlock Origin

I think uBO is not disabling PPA, does it?

- June 2024. Mozilla acquires Anonym, an ad metrics firm.

- July 2024. Mozilla adds Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA), feature is enabled by default. Developed in cooperation with Meta (Facebook).

- Feb 2025. Mozilla updates its Privacy FAQ and TOS. "does not sell data about you." becomes "... in the way that most people think about it".

This. The article plainly states that too:

"The obvious flaw here is that Kagi still records source IP addresses along with Privacy Pass searches, potentially de-anonymizing them"

They don't, no need, Android works for them. They don't on iOS too, iOS alt app stores did not hit US yet. They will, if iOS alt stores will become global thing, or the hypothetical "lockdown opt-out", that started the whole thread.

"Former Facebook insiders explain why the company is making such a big fuss over Apple's upcoming privacy change"

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/03/11/why-facebook-is-so-upset...

I have not heard similar tantrum from FB over Android. Makes sense as it is made by an Ad company.

> What you want is not relevant, because you have no choice.

You got this backwards. I chose Apple because of the choices they made and it suited me.

Small percent of sites will start breaking down in Safari, making small percent of users switch to Chrome. Process will start slow but will only go in one direction, and accelerate.

> and then let people make their choice.

Some apps are de-facto unavoidable, like Facebook, Whatsapp and X.

(Narrator) In one year Chrome market share hit 100% in Japan, and became the only browser websites are designed for.

Then Facebook will grant its app all permission entitlements, and will direct all users to opt-out lockdown for the app to work.

> ... freedom to use your phone however you want

I want to use my phone locked down hard and apps reviewed by Apple. I sleep better with things as they are. I suspect 99% of normal users are in the same boat.

What if you don't have Google account at all?

It happens a lot regardless of browser and accounts and incognito. It just pops up everywhere.

There is one! Mac only though.

Scroll down to "#credential_picker_container" here: https://pxlnv.com/blog/user-stylesheets-are-still-pretty-gre...

Safari in Private mode checks a lot of boxes! Great find!

Firefox vs uBO is cat and mouse game. Cats always win. uBO creator, gorhill, should write his own, $10 one-time purchase, browser app, this will be the end game :)

> worth noting it's automatically disabled if telemetry ("Send technical and interaction data to Mozilla") is disabled

When I was using FF, i noticed that updates often revert settings to default. What pissed me even more was that there is no clear "Disable auto updates" checkbox, I had to create policies.json file in Contents/Resources/distribution folder for that. This was hostile, I'd never win the battle with developers.

No idea, I'm Apple user in large part because of privacy and security it offers. Bonus - you get nice hardware :)

EDIT: have a look at ungoogled-chromium, I have it as a second browser on my Mac:

https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium

I did offered alternative, Safari, didn't I? :)

The trend Mozilla is going is clearly seen. these facts show the trend. That was the purpose of my post, to show the direction they have chosen.

I do get the frustration of not having safe choice at the moment. People lash out because anyone critical of Firefox removes the last safe choice they had. Subconscious reaction is to attack the messenger, instead of realising the grim state of things.

I'd suggest sticking to Apple at the moment, for the lack of better alternative. It has no skin in Ads game, it sells expenssive devices with pretty good privacy and security. Private Relay is big pain in the ass for Google and Facebook, btw.