akimbostrawman (u/akimbostrawman)

akimbostrawman commented on “Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number ericdaigle.ca/posts/super... · Posted by u/e_daigle

maqp · 14 hours ago

SimpleX front page lied by omission about it having no identifiers. The fine print threat model did not mention the server has access to your IP addresses, and the mitigation to create "decentralized" system of users talking via separate servers ran into the problem of there being two VPS companies hosting the entire public server infrastructure. These issues were major as SimpleX advertised itself as an improvement over Cwtch, which should've meant superset of metadata had been protected. But that obviously wasn't the case.

The CEO vanished from the discussion (again) so my proposals to improve ease of use of Tor never reached them. You can catch up on the discussion at https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/simplex-vs-cwtch-who-is-...

akimbostrawman · 2 hours ago

>so my proposals to improve ease of use of Tor never reached

Probably because it has always been trivial to proxy Tor with build in and supported socks5

akimbostrawman commented on “Super secure” messaging app leaks everyone's phone number ericdaigle.ca/posts/super... · Posted by u/e_daigle

heavyset_go · 13 hours ago

Check out the developer/owner's social media, the chats they're in, and their responses to others and you'll see. They're much more interesting in crypto and politics than they are acting professional in public and towards others while representing their project and company.

It's not hard to do so, so if they're having difficulty doing that, what other simple things are they having difficulty with? Why would anyone hinge their safety and well being on the whims of such a person?

I say this as a person who bought into the initial concept, and who has used it myself.

akimbostrawman · 2 hours ago

>They're much more interesting in crypto and politics

I have yet to see any of that while just using the app. Do you think people owning a project should not be allowed to have and share there options about anything but the project?

akimbostrawman commented on 8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-bro... · Posted by u/takira

mat_b · 8 hours ago

I don't understand why so many people are using / trusting VPNs

"Let us handle all your internet traffic.. you can trust us.. we're free!"

No thank you.

akimbostrawman · 2 hours ago

ISPs are so heavily regulated that the will give any federal or government agency free access to future and past internet connection information that are directly tied to your real identity.

Meanwhile reputable VPN provider like mullvad offer there service without KYC and leave feds empty handed when they knock on there doors.

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-was-subject-to-a-sea...

akimbostrawman commented on The web runs on tolerance shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/... · Posted by u/speckx

amatecha · 7 days ago

What left-wing extremism was that, exactly? Extreme upholding of human rights and equality? Extreme kindness and respect for fellow human beings? Extreme acceptance of people from all backgrounds, religious beliefs and sexual orientation? Extreme letting people live their damn life in whatever way they want as long as it doesn't harm others? Yeah, who wouldn't want to push back on that, sounds terrible eh?

So on this so-called extreme left, what exactly was/is so bad? You are expected to be nice to people when you meet them? You should consider the feelings of other human beings before you act? You had to rename a git branch because most of the people on your team agreed it's kinda lame to use a reference to slavery in a technical term? I've always wondered what people think the "extreme left" is and why they even remotely think it's somehow just as bad as the fascistic bullshit that sadistic, fear-driven socipaths keep working towards.

akimbostrawman · 7 days ago

>Extreme kindness and respect for fellow human beings?

I hope not towards people that disagree with you or are labeled with an ism since they are monster.

>Extreme acceptance of people from all backgrounds, religious beliefs and sexual orientation?

Does that include Jihadists and child molester/groomer?

>So on this so-called extreme left, what exactly was/is so bad?

That is left as an exercise for the reader if you manage to answer truthfully.

akimbostrawman commented on The web runs on tolerance shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/... · Posted by u/speckx

Artoooooor · 7 days ago

Maybe you are hateful and intolerant to ads!

akimbostrawman · 7 days ago

So he better stops because as we know hate is always bad and often even illegal. Love the ads now!

akimbostrawman commented on The web runs on tolerance shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/... · Posted by u/speckx

didgetmaster · 7 days ago

This guy lost me when he started talking about diversity issues instead of tech. I couldn't care less about the race, gender, or sexual orientation of the person(s) who created the hardware or software that I use. Does it work? Is it easy to understand and use? These are the things I am interested in.

I am reminded of an early cartoon of a dog sitting at a computer saying 'On the Internet, no one knows you are a dog!'

akimbostrawman · 7 days ago

>I couldn't care less about the race, gender, or sexual orientation of the person

But that makes you a bigot and you know what happens to bigots so put on the shirt, label in your bio and change your speech or HR will have a field day with you. Welcome to the "tolerant" side.

akimbostrawman commented on Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros cnbc.com/2025/12/08/param... · Posted by u/gniting

ngcazz · 8 days ago

No matter who wins, we lose.

akimbostrawman · 7 days ago

We? I would hope everbody on hackernews knows how to access movies without funding Hollywood.

akimbostrawman commented on I wasted years of my life in crypto twitter.com/kenchangh/sta... · Posted by u/Anon84

akimbostrawman · 8 days ago

anything but monero is indeed a waste of time

akimbostrawman commented on Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds bbc.com/news/articles/ckg... · Posted by u/petermcneeley

OKRainbowKid · 9 days ago

Plenty of people are complaining, and we currently have a right-wing government. Your username is quite apt.

akimbostrawman · 9 days ago

>currently have a right-wing government

just no. Maybe next election when the AFD wins which also happens to be against this.

akimbostrawman commented on Wave of (Open Street Map) Vandalism in South Korea openstreetmap.org/user/Ke... · Posted by u/shortrounddev2

lolc · 9 days ago

Ask Wikipedia how they are dealing with this shit. Openstreetmap is a rather unlikely target, so it's news.

akimbostrawman · 9 days ago

they aren't because they are long fully captured