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I've been using Authy for a long time and have never come across SMS for security. When would that be triggered?

We tried it out yesterday and it's ridiculous how convoluted it is and how difficult to do simple direct messages and groups. Groups couldn't be joined, I either couldn't find people or they couldn't find me. I really found the system intriguing but I can't imagine less tech savvy people to join as is.

Is there a way for users to block individual users to reduce some of that noise?

At least in our social circle, the move from WhatsApp is already underway and won't be reversed. Even if they cancelled their plan, Facebook is a platform that must be avoided and this "incident" finally helped getting that message across.

See Canada for an example of an independent federal institution overseeing the elections, see https://www.elections.ca

In a way, except that there is no link between my usage and a payment, do you know what I mean? If I paid even $1 a month, I could sleep well knowing they're promising me X in exchange for Y. With a donation it just feels like I'm rewarding them for their high level promises/values. I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking it.

Sorry, this might be a dumb question but what do you mean by "oldskool" phone?

Smile is nice, I wish they offered it in Canada.

Thank you all for shining a light on this. I didn't know this was so bad. I'm simply annoyed that some social groups use Facebook to organize, our neighborhood group, the parenting class, so I just can't be a part of that and try to move individual people, like my immediate neighbors, onto other platforms. But "bills, ordering food, govt services, parent teacher communications", that's extreme.

At least for bills and govt services I wonder, who approves something like that?

> Asking to leave WhatsApp is like cancelling your contract with your ISP and going offline just because you don't like the company.

Not "going offline" since people are obviously looking for an alternative. More like switching your ISP because you don't like the company.

Exactly my thinking. It's just too obvious to me. Now that it's too late they're playing the "moral" card.

That's why I'm still sceptical of Signal. It's free as well, paid for by donations but still. At the end of the day I'm not the one paying directly for the service I'm using.

> 4. If your password manager logs your sign-in access patterns along with your IP addresses (even from behind your fancy VPNs), you are screwed.

Can you explain why one would be screwed in this case?

I recently made my own oat "milk" and it was surprisingly tasty, too. I'd like to switch to it completely but haven't had the time to find the perfect recipe for us. So it's mostly unsweetened soy milk for us. As far as I know, emissions from producing soy milk are far lower than those of dairy but correct me if I'm wrong.

Can you explain what you mean please? How does a doctor/hospital/insurer benefit from putting Covid-19 on the death certificate?

Love the idea, it's exactly what we need. I go on long walks and I'd like my partner to know where I am so she knows when I'll be home or to surprise me along the route.

So far we've always shared via Whatsapp which recently stopped working for some reason. But I also don't want to use Google maps or Whatsapp for privacy reasons. If you could find a way to make 100% sure Google won't "intercept" the location and store it anyway, that would be great.

I'd use it probably 3-4 times a week. I'd be happy to pay for it but please don't do the standard 10 bucks a month thing, I won't even bother then. How about a model based on usage? 10c/hour or something for the one sharing? (Being shared with could be free). If I had to commit to a subscription, I'd probably not sign up if it's more than 2 bucks a month.

Thanks for sharing and for the lack of a better way to express what I'm feeling, sorry for your loss.

The federal state of Lower Saxony actually, and it's only about 12% [1].

[1] https://www.volkswagenag.com/de/InvestorRelations/shares/sha...

This is pretty much exactly how I felt. One day I just went to a walk in clinic and talked to a doctor. From there, everything got better.

Nice, this is exactly what I needed. I had my one liners in Notable to look them up but this is way more seamless AND it integrates great with Notable at the same time with the UAL folder in the Notable notes directory and a slightly more complex UAL "edit" to add the Notable metadata.

Seeking professional help was the single most productive step towards dealing with my mental health issues. Fore that was talking to my family doctor and starting regular counseling. From there everything else got easier. Hang in there. Talk to someone, just get it started and good things will happen.

You don't need multiple servers to achieve what you described.

Does anyone know how to learn more about one's DNA for the purpose OP suggested, in a way that respects privacy?

There are actual safety and environmental concerns that I wouldn't dismiss as "claiming to be fighting for the environment".

I do agree though that even I used to be completely against nuclear power because of the unsolved waste problem. However in light of the last 25 years not having brought enough progress to prevent an environmental collapse I'm inclined to accept that now, as yet another thing we'll just have to figure out at some point.

Any plans to make it available in Canada?

Looks interesting. How would I program it, do I need a FTDI board?

Also I wish it was available in Canada.

And the last sentence indicates the author explicitly reached out to Amazon for comments.

Very fragile. It always baffles me how close to the ground airplanes fly during take-off and landing and how there aren't lunatics messing with them more often. In the US there are places where it is legal for a regular Joe to stand underneath an airplane on approach, 200ft off the ground with the type of gun/rifle that could cause serious damage and bring it down.

Uta is not uncommon, the other two I haven't heard yet though.