[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Thank you, it worked on Fedora.. and it works way better than the app, the app used to disconnect every now and then, but this method doesn't, interesting

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I use ProtonVPN on both Linux and Windows and the difference is night and day.. well... more accurately only on Windows because it doesn't even launch on Linux.. this what made me not invest much time on other Proton products ( because I know they're going to suck on Linux )

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

hehe, reminded me of this sketch

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

fair point, but like Edward Snowden once said: "perhaps the fundamental rule of technological progress: if something can be done, it probably will be done, and possibly already has been." he was talking about surveillance tech and programs.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What it archives though and afaik is intended for is the possibility of easily and quickly "erasing" the disk by just overwriting that encryption key a couple times, I don’t remember if that used a special tool or something but if that is useful to you it probably wouldn’t be hard to find more info on this.

first of, apologies for the late reply.. this reminds me of when I ( not so long ago ), used to overwrite random data into HDDs using Eraser, before selling my laptops or switching a company laptop, I hear SSDs are designed to last longer, so that practice ( of writing random data so it'll erase the sensitive data ), is "kind of" a time waste now.. but I guess it'll make it hard to retrieve that data, unless the attacker has some specialized software and hardware

Samsung is a reasonably trustworthy company, not from US/UK, not Chinese, so if they say they have a clean implementation of this I’d trust them

I wouldn't trust any company based only on their claims, they need to document ( explain how it works ), develop things in the open ( publish the firmware ), the schematics, even the CAD drawings.. like what the folks at System76 and Framework are doing..

That said, it sure sounds cool to have that level of protection, if only Samsung wasn't a shitty company already ( in my book )

Would be kinda a national security issue for them if it wasn’t seeing how Samsung is everywhere in gov an private sector in Korea.

I'm speculating here, but it wouldn't be far fetched if they designed a secure encrypted clean hardware for the government with military grade encryption as they like to call it, while the end users receives only enough encryption power to protect against normie threat actors like a spouse...etc companies have these policies where they provide a premium/quality products for businesses and governments but cheap or in many cases poorly made products to end users .. like Windows Home

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Telegram adds option to let users report content on app two weeks after CEO Pavel Durov's arrest After almost 2 weeks of CEO Pavel Durov's arrest, Telegram will start moderating private chats as well.

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/telegram-halts-end-to-end-encryption-for-personal-chats-two-weeks-after-ceo-pavel-durov-was-arrested-2594919-2024-09-06

this all seem confusing, there's no such thing as "private" chats on Telegram, only secret chats which are E2EE, well even their encrypting is questionable

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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I used PopOS, but once they announced they'll start focusing on their Cosmic desktop, I switched to Fedora KDE it worked to some degree until it crashed and I lost some data, now I'm on Ultramarine GNOME and it doesn't seem to like my hardware ( fans are spinning fast )

my threat model involves someone trying to physically unlock my device, so I always enable disk encryption, but I wonder why Linux doesn't support secure boot and TPM based encryption ( I know that Ubuntu has plans for the later that's why I'm considering it rn )

I need something that keeps things updated and adobts newer standards fast ( that's why I picked Fedora KDE in the first place ), I also use lots of graphical tools and video editing software, so I need the proprietary Nvidia drivers

Idk what to choose ಥ_ಥ ? the only one that seem to care about using hardware based encryption is Ubuntu, while other distros doesn't support that.. the problem with Ubuntu is there push for snaps ( but that can be avoided by the user )

security heads say: if you care about security, you shouldn't be using systemd, use something like Gentoo or Alpine.. yeah but do you expect me to compile my software after ? hell no

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

really? It's gold and white for me.. xD

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sony PlayStation 2

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

THANK YOU 🤍, I can't upvote this enough.. It's awesome and sounds human.. now I can git rid of my Googled phone.. 🥳

Edit: after a test run, it doesn't seem to have a way to change the language, and installing a different apk with different language removes the old one.. 😔

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Outdated and probably unmaintained, runs 32bit code, and extremely buggy... RHvoice is leaps ahead

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Is there a Foss TTS ( it's ok if it relies on local Ai ), I'm using RHvoice but it's really robotic ... It's painful.. 😅

Is there's something that could compete with Google TTS which is preinstalled on stock Android ?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

If not a Pixel with GOS, I would say the second best pick is a Fairphone with CalyxOS.. And don't worry about the updates, they'll provide extended support for as long as possible, which could be years, CalyxOS is also awesome

[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung phones

  • main reason: anti user freedom, and locking you in to their system, it's extremely hard to wipe out your phone in order to sell it if you have a Samsung account linked to your phone, and they make it hard to flash a custom ROM, imagine buying a phone with your own money and you still need the manufacturer consent to do what you want with it..
  • confusing and slow UI
  • Ads everywhere on the UI
  • bloated with games and useless apps
  • they don't take security seriously at all ( slow updates )
  • short update period
  • they lie in their marketing by giving big numbers ( battery capacity and camera quality for example )

And last but not least, they kill your apps

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LEVI

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