Nostr notes by Molytov

I have notifications enabled without showing any content so I ...

2026-04-09T22:13:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…vzsm
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I have notifications enabled without showing any content so I don't experience such persistent messages, but I've seen several comments from people complaining about Signal constantly trying to get them to enable notifications so I don't doubt that is the case. The user makes a conscious choice to enable or disable notifications and they have their reasons for whatever they choose; an app bombarding them with demands to have an option be set a certain way isn't respecting of their decision.

[FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone ...

2026-04-09T21:53:29Z

[FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database](https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/ )

It's important to keep in mind that any tool made to improve your privacy or security or anonymity has its limits, and your usage of it (especially for high risk situations) needs to account for it.

#privacy #signal #404media #anarchism #directaction

They keep being welcomed by people who insist that "we should ...

2025-06-05T17:36:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…dc4f
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They keep being welcomed by people who insist that "we should keep politics out of software" while never acknowledging the role of their own politics in the software they make and use.

The SimpleX brand account also promotes right wing slop, retweets ...

2025-06-05T17:30:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…fr4n
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The SimpleX brand account also promotes right wing slop, retweets posts from right wing accounts, and "love[s] Twitter and the role it plays in the world."

I find the silence and lack of any inclination to actually do ...

2025-04-15T19:59:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…27h2
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I find the silence and lack of any inclination to actually do something of the Democrats to be especially telling.

There's likely some level of "look how awful that ...

2025-04-10T13:32:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…ptjq
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There's likely some level of "look how awful that genocide is! Just keep paying attention to that one and not ours!" element at play there.

I recall at one point seeing something about the difficulty game ...

2025-02-10T20:30:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…pfft
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I recall at one point seeing something about the difficulty game developers face when altering game balance and items in response to player feedback - you can usually trust the player to tell you how they're feeling, but not them understanding exactly what is making them feel that way and why.

I think I'm seeing some of that here. Maybe it's a sign that there could be some lack of user control over fediverse exposure, publicity/privacy of activity etc, but critically also a lack of those options being intuitive, accessible, and not cumbersome.

Options for hiding one's presence from the general public completely should be an opt-in choice I think, but you also have to make that choice easy to find and change (or give the option when making the account - "Would you like to be discoverable, or would you prefer to be invisible?"). I think that accessibility is something fediverse platforms can really struggle with and desperately need to improve.

Drew DeVault is organizing a sit-in to protest and disrupt Jack ...

2025-01-16T17:48:45Z

Drew DeVault is organizing a sit-in to protest and disrupt Jack Dorsey's talk at #fosdem.

> I do not want to platform Jack Dorsey on this stage. To that end, I am organizing a sit-in, in which I and anyone who will join me are going to sit ourselves down on the Janson stage during his allocated time slot and peacefully prevent the talk from proceeding as scheduled. We will be meeting at 11:45 AM outside of Janson, 15 minutes prior to Dorsey’s scheduled time slot. Once the stage is free from the previous speaker, we will sit on the stage until 12:30 PM.

[No billionares at FOSDEM](https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares-at-FOSDEM-please.html )