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victorio115 wrote (edited )

Reply to Feature requests: Put them in here. by Rambler

  • Ability to mark a post as "Not Safe For Work", "Not Safe For Life" and "Spoiler".
  • Ability to mark a forum as "Not Safe For Work".
  • In case of the body of a post, or a comment contains a ![](), it should show an Image, or a link with a button to display the image.
  • Ability to restrict posting on a forum, where you are a moderator.
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Rambler wrote

Reply to People who have ever used Ruqqus, What was the best, worst, or funniest experience using that site? by victorio115

I never used it much, lurked. Definitely swiped a meme or two from there.

Wasn't a big fan of how clunky and JS dependent the site was, and how little these 'alternative reddit' type sites did little to protect end-user privacy. Pretty much what I said could be applied to the same question if it was about Voat, but Voat had a better interface. Two sites I had accounts on but rarely logged into.

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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

Reply to comment by BlackWinnerYoshi in ITS HAPPENING NOW!! Mysteriously a leading 'total privacy' email network has been forced dead offline for 8 hours! FASTMAIL dead world wide!! Fastmail is an enemy of NSA/FBI/MOSSAD and many nation states. Nation-State level attack! by smartypants

How friendly to free speech is riseup? It certainly doesn't present itself as such.

For example, would it be less likely to kick off somebody using their email service in a flyer they don't like than Protonmail? Everybody gushes over these little services, yet the first change they have of calling you a racist for something you didn't even do with their service, they will cut you off.

What's the point of feeding communists, who hate me, all my data voluntarily?

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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

Reply to comment by Rambler in ITS HAPPENING NOW!! Mysteriously a leading 'total privacy' email network has been forced dead offline for 8 hours! FASTMAIL dead world wide!! Fastmail is an enemy of NSA/FBI/MOSSAD and many nation states. Nation-State level attack! by smartypants

It's registered in AU and they have operations there, but they claim the "main servers" are in the US.

The CEO griped that secret code added to their platform, required by the law, could foul their operations or get accidentally fixed, so they certainly think they're subject to it.

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Rambler wrote

Reply to comment by dontvisitmyintentions in ITS HAPPENING NOW!! Mysteriously a leading 'total privacy' email network has been forced dead offline for 8 hours! FASTMAIL dead world wide!! Fastmail is an enemy of NSA/FBI/MOSSAD and many nation states. Nation-State level attack! by smartypants

Is it based there, as in, that is where the company is registered?

Or is it based there, as in, that is where the servers are?

If that's just where the company is registered, no big deal really. (As far as I know) If the servers / infrastructure for the service is there, then that is more worrisome.

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BlackWinnerYoshi wrote

Reply to comment by dontvisitmyintentions in ITS HAPPENING NOW!! Mysteriously a leading 'total privacy' email network has been forced dead offline for 8 hours! FASTMAIL dead world wide!! Fastmail is an enemy of NSA/FBI/MOSSAD and many nation states. Nation-State level attack! by smartypants

Fastmail location is not really a problem, but there are others that make it the second worst e-mail provider, the first one being Hushmail. I would only use it for its JMAP thing ltt.rs supports, but most people use IMAP instead, so why bother? Just use Riseup (or Disroot if you don't have the invite code) - you don't even have to pay for it!

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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

Reply to ITS HAPPENING NOW!! Mysteriously a leading 'total privacy' email network has been forced dead offline for 8 hours! FASTMAIL dead world wide!! Fastmail is an enemy of NSA/FBI/MOSSAD and many nation states. Nation-State level attack! by smartypants

Fastmail is based in Australia, which subjects it to the "Assistance and Access Bill" which introduces secret warrants, gag orders, and backdoors. Like VPNs in similar jurisdictions, you can not take seriously any claims to deleting logs or other privacy trust.

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BlueHat wrote

Reply to Social Media Sites Undoubtedly have Shared Blacklists, and You may be on One. by HMTg927

I don't think there's any permanent solution to service providers deciding to not provide you with a service. One could hack their way through by applying workarounds where possible, although that's only temporary. Anonymity networks generally solve the tracking problem, but they come with their own issues. It's impractical to use darknets for daily tasks, especially when you have a slow connection, plus the lack of mass adoption.

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