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  • So for context, I actually drink, more than I probably should. I have a well stocked home bar, and trying or inventing new cocktails is almost a hobby for me and my partner.

    I also come from a country with a veeeeeeery ingrained alcohol culture.

    I’d still vote for an alcohol ban. Yes this is hypocritical when looking at my current habits. I don’t really have a point here, beyond saying that, even if banning alcohol is unrealistic, drinking alcohol being gone from the world is still a good idea in principle, the same as with tobacco.




  • I think the text is somewhat dubious in its arguments, but this (and the arguments built on this assertion) is just plain wrong:

    [Signals servers have] a few important pieces of data;

    Message dates and times Message senders and recipients (via phone number identifiers)

    Signal clients implement the Pond protocol. As a result, Signals servers know who a message is for (obviously, how else do you get the message) but cannot know who it is FROM.

    I’ve been playing around with implementing a secure/private messenger demo for myself, and have been consistently impressed with how privacy preserving Signal is when reading their papers and code. I wish it was selfhostable, but apart from that, it’s great.

    The server would be NICE to be OSS, but ultimately, privacy breaches are prevented client/protocol side.