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Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Personally, I care about the phone number requirement not because I don't want to reveal it to Signal servers, but because it limits access to Signal for people in countries that block their SMS service - registration messages just don't arrive

Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is important context. Signal needs to make phone numbers optional...

Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Not much point in using SSDs in a NAS if it's there just for holding your files

Toshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenters in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Use HDDs for linear read/write (files) and SSDs for IOPS (databases)

Teenage girl kills classmate and herself in Russia school shooting in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Wtf is this comment trying to say?

MultiPurrAudio, an MP3 folder player which is based on VLC and fully made in Python, the source code is 100% open source, and it works on any operating system!! And it also has a cute mascot. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Cute

Suicide Squad Isekai Anime New Teaser Trailer in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My main fear is that there'll be nothing more to the anime than Harley. Even Joker seems to be secondary...

"Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf" New Visual for December in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Looks like her ears are fluffier this time...

Firefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech News in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Firefox's been killing it recently

we've been anonymous in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

She was just following orders…

the japanese set a high standard for everyone in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Someone, show Code Geass to Charles

Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Make phone numbers optional and add a setting to allow/forbid accounts with no phone number to message you. I bet phone numbers have zero effect on the level of spam.