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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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The Best Password Managers in 2024 (blog.thenewoil.org)

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2023 was a record-breaking year for cybersecurity in a bad way. Ransomware payments hit a record high of $1.1 billion, which is likely to...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was really disappointed about standard notes' plans. Took me forever to get everything set up to self host, only to find I couldn't even use markdown unless I bought a license? Silly.

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

Yeah, the value of buying a hosted service should be the fact you don't have to worry about hosting it yourself. Not a tiny piece of Javascript that was grabbed from a third party developer anyway.

I can see what they're trying to do, but the experience leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.