No, I meant no 2FA via YubiKey or other to access the actual app on your device.

They do explain that a bit more in the article and if I remember correctly at the end they linked to a more detailed study about that.

Not sure at that level actually although if Google could prevent it they should not have banned it from their app store, they do recommend disabling similar apps though as the other may well block before this one can act.

And of course displaying in bright sunlight. Well colour e-Ink is improving so who knows what may arrive back on the market in the future.

I’ve been through Android Wear OS, Pebble, and now an Apple Watch and I can honestly say the Bluetooth is not the problem, it is more screen on-time that chews the battery. So I’d rather look at the screen technology. Another thing thing is Wear OS specifically is heavier on a battery than proprietary OS that Huawei and Samsung use - notice they get a lot more battery life than Wear OS?

In my own case I use my watch a lot for grocery shopping so presence of a suitable and ideally my favourite app, was what it came down to. So I had to really choose between Wear OS and Apple Watch. The latest Ticwatch Pro is about the best out of the Wear OS watches though.

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23988889/replacement-for-facebook-chat-api-in-v2-0. “Easier” for WhatsApp yes they would not have to have negotiated to extend and existing standard along with others. That still does not make it right - we’d have no common standards if everyone just did that, and essentially e-mail would not exist today.

Yes these are really meant for those who don’t like using command line.

Oh this is good news! I just moved back to iOS and realised Android is very spoilt for mobile apps for all the alternative social networks.

Don’t think LessPass tracks additional info apart from password algorithm, nor built in 2FA?

I’ve been wishing for a long time that “popular amongst the masses” sites had to be federated as that way anyone would be able to stay where they are and still follow you. But seeing FB, Google, and others shut down their XMPP that’s not going to happen unless legilstated I guess.

Maybe this is only my problem but my IRL are not FOSSheads or even really passionate about tech like I am, so I realised I could not rely on them following me in the Fediverse, and I’ve built up new followers and online frioends wuith those who share interests similar to mine. Certainly Mastodon has been my most successful with my follower count soon over takling my Twitter follower count, and I get way more engagement on Mastodon. Obviously follower count groiwes also with me engaging with others.

I have seen a few of my IRL coming across this last month but it seems that was due to privacy issues more than FOSS and tech. So it may be worth promoting to IRL the no ads, privacy, etc advantages.

Where a few more IRL went to is MeWe, which is not federated at all, although is privacy respecting. Because it has a centralised interest based group directory it is easy to be found, and I have a bit over 40,000 followers in one of my groups there. It’s not the ideal but it has pulled quite a few people away from Facebook itself.

The pity is we don’t know much about the study as it was not published. A good study would have likely tested three or more catagories of news. The study originates from an environmental organisation hence why that topic was probably chosen as they know something about the quality of that news.

“Loki” is a protocol that establishes a user-operated decentralised payments and private routing network using cryptography and peer-to-peer networking technologies. The “Loki” protocol is defined in a whitepaper which outlines the structure and function of the network on a broad conceptual level. An implementation of this concept is written into the ‘loki-project/loki’ software. This software was derived from the Monero project, another cryptocurrency project. The ‘loki-project/loki’ software is completely open-source, and is made available for anyone to use WITHOUT WARRANTY. It is left to users of the software to review its code, assess its strengths, weaknesses, and security, and determine the software’s suitability for their use cases. Contributors and distributors of this software cannot be held liable for any loss incurred in association with its use.

The ‘github.com/loki-project/loki’ software is currently the only known software that is compatible with the “Loki” network. However, anyone is able to create alternative implementations of the Loki protocol, whether these alternative distributions are based on the existing software or not. So long as the rules of the network are followed, users of alternative software distributions can interact with other users on the “Loki” network without restriction.

At times, the users of the “Loki” network may decide to change the network rules in order to meet some end. Such changes are often referred to as a ‘hardfork’ or similar, and if successful, they will render older software versions (or incompatible alternative versions) non-functional on the new network.

So it is open to use but worries me a bit that they can change it and break backwrd compatibility. I do see a difference between Loki and say ActivityPub and XMPP that is established through a standards bodies such as W3C, and incrementally updates.

I have no idea if they have their own algorithm but they donate money from searches to non-profits for planting trees - so it is relevant to them.

Yes real pity that it was not actually published as I also find no reference to the study, just the quotes given by the professor.

Google stood out amongst all others but what I suspecting is that other search engines are getting better. Ecosia may have an edge too on this topic as that is something they support.

But I think it also shows that we got so used to using Google we assume everything will stop working without it. The shiny new parts of Google seem a bit tarnished nowadays and I suspect they are not innovating as much. What with union issues now etc, Google is not the Google it once was when it started up ;-)

I Use a Bluebeards Revenge brush which I discovered the other day is synthetic. It has a good backbone so it ideal for the harder types of soaps.

I can’t recall exactly but about 6 months at least. I’ve been Tabac Original for about $12 to $13. It lathers very quickly so I don’t need to use a lot.

Possible also that iOS has iMessages and maybe not many are open to the bigger ecosystem.

Yes they can work together, but WebRTC is mainly used in Jitsi and others for streaming video and audio. I think the shortcoming may be lack of presence, or chatrooms or something in the protocol?

But right now it’s not a solution for all devices - that really holds it back.

Yep and an app does not take a year to develop. The better the dev, the quicker they can put the app together especially if the protocol is well documented and supported already.