Also a fan. Check out Qubes OS on the desktop in case you haven’t already.

You can use the Google-free Android forks.

Work texts go to the work phone. Work 2FA also on work phone. I use a hardware TAN generator for web banking.

Soon to lose the r from propping.

It’s the Internet. There are internets, but just one Internet.

Gotta show me the relevant RFC for BGP first.

GOS is limited by upstream support. Newer devices can be up to 6 years.

It’s metal ions. You can compensate for iron with manganese, but you’ll still get a grayish glass with reduced transmission.

There is less reason to demand certified blobs for WiFi because send power and frequency range is much lower. If there is no open hardware to run open source software I will stop buying it.

The Internet is a bunch of Autonomous Systems running open protocols like BGP. Packets have no passports.

So I will have to import hardware or cease buying smartphones altogether. MiFi router tethering with WiFi tablets and dumbphones are quite enough.

While this will happen eventually, and circumvention takes skills, it is fundamentally possible, for motivated individuals.

Just use a VPN then.

Haven’t seen any age verification in BGP.

To be fair, this already applies to any baseband blob.

Oh look, another one who’s brain has been melted by propaganda.

That’s a very unique fingerprint he’s got.

Reluctance to stop dealing with Russia is a single positive in the list.

No, Revolt checks neither of my boxes unfortunately.

End to end encryption between clients (also for groups) seems to partly address the issue of a bad server. As for self-hosting, any rented or cloud sevices are very vulnerable to an evil maid. So either in-house hosting or locked cages with tamper-proof hardware remain an option.