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Idk. But the Tor Project is doing quite well financially I think.

They talk about it in their blog post which I have linked, go read it.

Sorry, you very likely misunderstood me. The nodes are operated by other entities mostly independently (if we exclude the software), the Tor Project and in this case the Session foundation manage the index, get to decide which nodes to in-/exclude, etc.

As far my legal understanding goes, Ireland can not add exceptions or rewrite the GDPR for themselve. They have to comply, and even if they are not part of the EU, they still would be subject to the GDPR when processing Europeans data due cross-border regulations from my understanding.

As soon as data is related to a data subject as defined in GDPR article 4, its personal data.

Just because some government authority or else say something different, doesn’t mean it’s the case. You could go up with this to the European court which I think has the final say.

Infrastructure can’t be run on thin air, Signal isn’t peer to peer, so infrastructure is essential.

It’s not a stretch. Session is as decentralized as the Tor network. But just as with Tor, it has centralized people who manage the decentralized nodes and develope the software for them and the network.

Sorry, but you’re inherently wrong.

Well, when talking about server costs, (…)

We’re not.

Threema somehow has been running on a 5€ lifetime license and business customer subscribtions for over a decade.

Most users doesn’t even donate 1€ when using free messengers.

If your nonprofit only has 65k, don’t hire multiple devs and provide nice-to-have features that lead to high ops expenses in servers and storage. It’s called minimal viable prpduct for a reason.

They don’t offer ANY “nice-to-have” features 😭 You can’t even edit send messages, which I consider to be a basic reasonable feature (which is technically difficult to implement when having E2EE, etc. in mind)

Look at the amount that Signal spends.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

Session is decentralized.

I’m from Germany and don’t have WhatsApp :D But I totally understand what you mean, it’s terrible.

Well, people support it. In the end people are supporting their own doom.

The double moral of people like you is amazing. /s

Edit: You all think you’re the Robin Hoods? Steal from the “rich” and take it for urself, and then complain when the “rich” doesn’t respect ur rights ✨

If you would have read the article, you would know that they go after everyone involved. There is nothing wrong about going after the users, if you use an illegal service to do illegal things, you’re just as guilty as the provider.

It infringes the app owner/developers rights, including copyright. They’ve resold paid apps from the Google Play Store which is highly illegal in many countries.

Fyi, those consent banners are illegal in the EU.

See: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/other/report-work-undertaken-cookie-banner-taskforce_en

You can file a complaint with a data protection authority: https://noyb.eu/en/your-right-lodge-complaint-article-77

You have the right to file a complaint to a applicable data protection authority.

Just because something happens in a GDPR region, doesn’t mean it is legal. I see GDPR violations everyday.

I would strongly recommend against it, from a security and data protection perspective due: “No warranties or guarantees of security or updates or even stability! Note that Iceraven Browser includes some unstable code written by Mozilla, with our own added modifications on top, all shipped with the stable version of GeckoView engine. Hence, the browser may contain bugs introduced upstream. Binaries are currently built automatically by our Github release automation. These binaries are signed with a debug key. When we finally publish this somewhere official like F-droid, we will sign the apks with a proper key suitable for public release. Due to the current way we create the releases and sign them, you may not want to rely on such “alpha” quality software as your primary web browser, as it will have bugs. So, use this browser only if you are comfortable with these limitations/potential risks.”

Source: https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser

• APKpure is a shady and illegal website. Don’t use it.
• Waterfox must be published by BrowserWorks Ltd. (the company behind it) on F-Droid to be available there; the creator repeatedly confirmed that he plans to do so but has never kept his promise about when it will happen. So, I’m sure it will happen at some point, but at worst it could be years before it does.
• Fennec is a fork of Firefox with proprietary code removed, UnifiedPush support, and removed third-party tracking code. It’s by F-Droid themselves.