I’m not sure about which metadata is collected by Element, but it might be possible to correlate data, for example through fingerprinting. So it might be possible to know who the parties communicating with each other are and when and with whom they have communicated with, even though they did not provide phone/email.

With Signal, as far as I know and they claim, that is not possible. The only data Signal has is your phone number, when you’ve signed up and when you last logged in.

So with my limited knowledge I’d say Signal is much more private for personal communication. Especially if you’re not tech savvy and take additional measures.

And Lemmy is a social message board. There is no expectation of privacy here.

Element sadly collects metadata.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to see that you’re taking some steps now.

But… you hadn’t even installed Signal yourself? So you didn’t even know how many of your contacts are already on there? Wtf dude?

“I will delete my WhatsApp on -date- because I can no longer justify using a product made by a company, Meta, that is in such stark contrast with my ethics.

You can reach me via Signal, a messenger that works just like WhatsApp. It is very easy to set up, but I will gladly help you do so.”

What are they going to do? Not talk to you anymore because of a little piece of software that is so easily replaced? If so, is it even worth talking to them?

Have you tried getting used to plain water? I did a few years ago and now I don’t have to buy water or maintain a device and buy cylinders constantly.

And people can decide for themselves. Just as the author can decide to include/exclude things they deem appropriate.

Ok, I agree with that. But it doesn’t work like that for other decentralized solutions either afaik. If you move from one instance in the Fediverse to another you will not retain your username@instance

So what’s the difference for the user?

You totally can. Get your own domain and combine it with whichever email provider you like.

TIL

I thought it meant granular modification as in rice grains.

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I’ve been waiting for them to update the hardware of the Omni’s but they are taking their sweet time.

As it stands I won’t buy a router for that price that is like 5 or 6 years old (or even older?)

I expected so much more from a website called “techwavearena” /s

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If it wasn’t for RouterOS which is closed source and has such a dated ui/ux…

but not really modern hardware

That is kind of an understatement, I believe the hardware is now at least 8 years old if I’m not mistaken, and to me the biggest deterrent right now. If they updated the hardware to relatively modern standards I wouldn’t mind the price tag and probably buy one immediately. As it stands though, no chance.

Thanks for taking the time to explain it so thoroughly. It’s appreciated!

TIL, thanks.

Although now I wonder what the difference and purpose is of having these two formats:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WjABILVAz5Y https://youtu.be/WjABILVAz5Y

I guess it’s a little shorter but the regular link isn’t long by any means.

Can someone tell me what channel the video is from?

The post is a tracking link and I can’t find the video searching for the title.