True. But it’s still up to us whether to use those “memory enhancements” on other, non-consenting people.

I think it’s way too precise and permanent to compare to human memory.

Even if it’s private and independent, I would feel uneasy with that. I might want to store and analyze the recordings of my life - but would people that I caught on camera want the same?..

I meant that the DPI can easily detect the fact that the connection is indeed Wireguard or OpenVPN.

I’m kinda concerned that they don’t give any server selfhosting instructions. And the F-Droid page warns:

NonFreeComp (the application includes non-free components): The app contains libraries of Google Mobile Services, Play Services, Firebase, Google Maps.

NonFreeNet (this application promotes/depends a non-Free network service): The app connects to Google servers (Play Services, Firebase (cloud messaging), Google Maps).

I find Pipepipe way more convenient for Youtube. However, Grayjay is what I use to have convenient Spotify on mobile.

I don’t think this is a good idea still. First - the very fact that you bought crypto can be suspicious. Second - then your anonymity depends on the assumption that Monero wouldn’t have flaws found in it later, which is just not a good approach with any technology, no matter how well-regarded. And third, most mundane - introduces yet another place from where your ID can leak.

using it purely for tunneling without detection by my ISP. Anonymity would be more of a bonus.

I feel like people like you and me end up helping people who actually need anonymity - by creating a larger crowd :)

can’t go online if your webcam is off

I think spoofing a webcam should be pretty easy.

I wonder if Tor and I2P’s other hops could eventually be obfuscated like bridges are now, so that a network could entirely exist within plain sight without being as blatant.

Thus this feature is a “nice-to-have” that should not be relied on.

No. That’s why I wouldn’t trust protections that depend on something serverside, like encryption in the web client.

…Yes, I just said that.

The comments below say “local transit app”, but I don’t get it - those could be proprietary and pretty invasive. So instead, I use the “undesired” maps in the browser. Both for when public transit arrives and for more up-to-date information on businesses.

Doesn’t seem to work on my phone, even thouvgh I have given it the permissions it asked…

I checked that (together with the clearnet link) a few times recently, got a nondescript error like “sorry something went wrong” every time.

Conversations is a good client for mobile. Pretty much on par with Whatsapp in ease of use.

I prefer it because of resilience. A centralized service can be weakened, geoblocked or shut down by proposals like Chat Control. Decentralized protocols are much safer in such an environment, especially if there is variety in clients and servers.

Not necessarily. Some of them are able to use UnifiedPush so no need in a background service, and some of them (like Conversations) have background services whose battery use is negligeable.

Similarly, there’s Signal-Cli. Normally, Signal only allows signups from smartphones, which is weird, because not all smartphones can run privacy-preserving OSes while pretty much anything can run Linux. This one is the only client I’ve seen that allows desktop signup. IDK if they broke it now, but worked a while ago.