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They tried that, it’s called UWP. A lot of programs don’t want to be distributed through the microsoft store though, forcing them to use “old” .exe’s
The bootloader of your phone (if locked) is one of the most secure parts. It’s very hard to get into a modern phones bootloader. In contrast, finding an exploit in a running phone is a lot more feasible.
If a vulnerability was abused to get into your running phone, it will persist until the phone reboots, and the bootloader verifies the core parts of the operating system at startup. In order to persist past a reboot, malware like that would need a vulnerability in the bootloader, or a bypass for its integrity checks.
Alongside that, any background services (“daemons”) that got stuck or became slow over time are forced to restart. Operating system updates can be applied, and working memory is cleared.
In general, it’s just good advice to just reboot your phone once in a while. There’s no harm in doing so.
It really depends how the release turns out. Eye tracking is often used in social VR games like VRChat, and it can help increase peformance, but that often requires setup. The other “features” are not standard or completely lacking in PC VR, like “headset feedback” or adaptive triggers. These wouldn’t be used in any games even if the hardware/software was capable of it.
Compared to the Valve Index, the PSVR2 has a higher screen resolution, OLED, no finger tracking (different controllers), and inside-out tracking instead of base station tracking. It looks like a really good option, at a really good price (compared to other “consumer” PC VR headets like the Index). From what I can tell, you’re not really “missing” any major hardware features when using PSVR2 on a PC compared to an Index (depends on implementation, will be obvious at release). Although the lack of eye tracking when the hardware is capable is kind of a bummer.
Wait this one out for initial reviews, but if those are good, the PSVR2 seems like a very good option for PC VR (Although only “casual”, like playing games, social vr, etc. compared to “competitive” like very high level play at Beat Saber, shooters, etc).
Do note that this is just looking at PC VR exclusive headsets. “Standalone” headsets like the Meta Quest lineup offer similar VR hardware specs at a similar or lower cost. These come with the downside of having to “stream” from a PC rather than using raw display output (for games not natively supported on the headset). The privacy aspect of standalone headsets needs to be considered too. Most run a version of Android, which comes with just as much (or more) telemetry as an average Android smartphone.
As for being tethered, you get used to it pretty quickly. The main problem is that the cable is being used, and will break after some time. They are often expensive to replace, like on the Index. With standalone headsets, the cable is often USB-C and a lot cheaper to replace. I don’t know how replacement cables for the PSVR2 are handled.
Do NOT click the link. Instead, go to google.com yourself, go to your account settings, and “check activity”. If there’s anything suspicious (like an attempted login from another country), reset password and ensure 2FA is enabled. Otherwise, you can safely ignore/delete the email. (But still enable 2FA for better protection)
I don’t have a direct source other than the source code of the software they use: https://github.com/mautrix/signal
When using one of their “cloud hosted” bridges, the bridge software (that connects between Matrix/Beeper and other protocols) has to read all message content. Otherwise, it’s impossible to bridge to another protocol. E2EE becomes end (other users) to bridge (beeper) encryption.
With “local hosted” bridges, E2EE stays intact, but messages can’t be sent/received if the device hosting the bridge is unavailable.
In the future, with MLS (a different E2EE protocol), it could be possible to keep E2EE even when bridging to Matrix on cloud hosted bridges.
I thought you were referring to Lemmy as a whole. I haven’t visited the linked site, but judging by the post it’s probably AI.
Not the entire site, but definitely some accounts and communities.
You’ve read your last complimentary article this month.
I haven’t even read a wire article this year.
Saved 83%
And 100% of the quality/context.
Most “standard” messaging apps (that includes signal, telegram) use the “OS provided” push service. On Android, they use firebase cloud messaging, a component of google play services.
Degoogled Android means not having any notifications, unless the app supports UnifiedPush, runs in the background 24/7 (which drains battery), or runs in the background occasionally (which delays notifications).
If the app runs in the background occasionaly, you can “burden” the people on the other side by being slow to respond.
Idk man I don’t see Apple going all in on AI like Microsoft right now. You should give them at least a little credit for their own terrible ideas.
WireMin is a massive scam, please don’t use it. It’s been advertised on several Lemmy communities with unsolicited posts and comments, and it promises things it can’t do, like offer any type of privacy.
WireMin markets itself as a decentralized service. The question was “why use this”, so I mentioned the pros of using decentralized services. I did not ignore the question. WireMin should not be used. Other (truly) decentralized protocols like Matrix, XMPP, or anything running on ActivityPub have benefits over services owned by companies like Signal or Telegram.
However, most people are locked into a platform by their contacts, and their contacts choice of chat application. If most (or all) of your contacts are already on Signal, there’s no good reason to use anything else.
Ah look at what we have here, reposting memes on the twitter account. You are the developer of WireMin, this is a blatant advertisement disguised as a review.
Oct 27, 2023 at 3:51 AM UTC: https://lemmy.deadca.de/post/94628 | https://lemmy.world/post/7388906 | https://archive.ph/f8fY5
Oct 29, 2023 at 4:04 AM UTC: https://nitter.net/WireMin/status/1718478766547324992 | https://twitter.com/WireMin/status/1718478766547324992 | https://archive.ph/u8XxG
As a 3-month user of WireMin, I am quite familiar with the ‘Spaces’ feature; it is definitely their standout feature. Here are a couple of things you can do in the WireMin Space: *proceeds to list off features*
This is not a review of WireMin, this is blatant advertising. Advertising of a service that is a scam.
There is a great benefit to using decentralized services. They cannot be taken down by any entity, and control over data is in the hands of server hosts, rather than one company. Once running and popular enough, a decentralized service will continue to exist. With so much infrastructure owned by so many different people, no single person can “decide” to take it down.
That said, WireMin is still a scam, please read my other comment for more info. Use whichever chat application works best for you.
(I can’t believe I’m replying to a spam account) In case you can’t read my linked comment:
It’s not open source. There’s no way to actually verify any of their claims.
As others pointed out: “Contact Us” with gmail, facebook, twitter, or instagram. Any company (or individual) remotely advocating for privacy would be using (semi-)private services, even when advertising their own alternative.
The terms of service / privacy policy includes:
WireMin establishes a self-organizing network only by a number of active instances of WireMin apps. WireMin, as a protocol, utilizes advanced security and time-tested cryptography to provide a private messaging tool and social network. All of those are achieved in a democratized network without relying on a cloud service or back-end server.
No single bit of user data will be collected. WireMin is not even capable of doing that.
No user information will be provided to us, not a single bit.
however, it also contains
WireMin collects minimum device information
and
Occasionally for WireMin App on mobile devices, an additional device notification token (e.g. iOS devices) may be collected, to enable push notifications. Again, that information is collected without exposing user identity or the device’s IP which eliminates the possibility of user tracking.
It is impossible to not receive user information, and impossible to receive such notification token without knowing the device IP. User/device info gets provided to the app developers when someone downloads their app from the app store or play store. To actually use the push notification token, it requires server infrastructure. A push notification token is useless without having a centralized server to use it. Not having any servers means you can’t use the token, and having the token spread across different servers to remain decentralized would be dangerous, as the token could be used to fake notifications from the app.
Added to that, the blatant spam and advertising that’s happening in posts like these or comments under other posts related to chat applications. Your post is part quoted “update log” and part advertisement written as if it’s a review.
WireMin is a scam, unable to deliver on their promises. I already explained this on one of the previous ads that was posted: https://lemmy.deadca.de/comment/599111
Please use FOSS decentralized software, such as Matrix.
If they don’t link to the advertisers page, they’ll lose advertisers, which is the last thing YouTube would do. Legally, a video-embedded “Advertisement” indicator could work, but the link to the advertisers page remains.