Huh. I’ve played around with D a few years ago… don’t exactly remember his opinions coming to light, but I can’t say I’m surprised either.
Google’s extension of RCS does do e2ee, which raises the question of “what happens to security when you talk to a non-Google user”…
It does not. The fingerprint always only unlocks the device’s HSM (“secure enclave” in Apple speak).
Between your devices enrolled in the ecosystem, private keys are synced securely (AFAIK, they make it so that an existing device’s HSM encrypts keys using the pubkey of the new one’s HSM); for signing up using your device on someone else’s computer there’s a process that combines QR codes with Bluetooth communication.
Note that you pretty much can’t store them with Google or Apple; smartphone biometric sensors operate the on-device HSM, not something remote.
IIUC Apple syncs them using the most secure way they can, i.e. when you enroll a new device to your account the existing device, the existing device’s HSM encrypts keys using the pubkey of the new one’s HSM; and for recovery from being left with 0 Apple devices there might be (?) an escrow option that’s optional (?)
Air travel is quite polluting, of course I would expect such companies to have a PR budget focused on that kind of thing…
The fact that it’s thin and fading outwards makes it looks more like one of the crosshair options in FPS games
??? Channels are literally public by definition and viewable even without an account. That’s the whole point of channels. They’re more like blogs than messages.
My next web stack: chota.css, verga.js, poronga.html & pija.php :D
Banning channels is not the same as sharing private data
Look for used ThinkPads with Ryzen, I bought an L14g2 (5850U+16GB) for about 600 USD and it’s just amazing value
Moved most of my stuff there a while ago, has been pretty great.