I know exactly one person with endo

She’s pretty hot

Even does modelling

Sussy

I spent a couple hours setting up my accounts and keys and syncing them across devices so that I could access my secure email from any of them, importing them into K9 and thunderbird and publishing my public keys to a keyserver. Once I verified it was all working I realised that no one else I know uses PGP with email and it was a giant waste of time

Lived alone during COVID.

Went months

Splitting the republican vote sounds good to me

I dunno, he’s only in post because of a deal trump made to get him out of the presidential race.

Do republican congress people actually like him? or do they see him as something they had to do to get into power.

Now they are in power are they likely to stick their necks out for ol’ bobby brainworms?

He’s not exactly doing much to make them look good. He’s a constant source of controversy

Probs buy the hummus ready made and then put the herbs/olive oil on yourself.

Maybe toast some flatbreads if you’re feeling extra fancy

gotta be honest, i wasn’t a huge fan

Yeah, it’s like segregated chess championships. Are they even needed?

I encountered this half an hour ago.

It reminded me i didn’t have my VPN on

I turned it on, haven’t seen it since

End of software support is fast approaching and i got a good deal on a like new Honor Magic V5.

Also the screen was dying and the battery wasn’t far off either. It’s still a fantastic phone though

i wish i hadn’t just replaced my Note 20 Ultra now

I was thinking of RCS security apparently, but was mainly talking about what’s theoretically possible.

There’s nothing stopping someone creating a E2E encrypted SMS app. The medium doesn’t matter, only the data. You could have end to end encrypted carrier pigeons if you want.

Yep, you lock with the public key and unlock with the private.

You can’t unlock with the public, it’s one way only

don’t they also receive the public keys and can then also decrypt the messages??

A public key is used to encrypt a message, you need the private key to decrypt.

That’s why you have public key servers. it doesn’t matter who has the public key, all they can do with it is encrypt information that only the private key holder can decrypt.

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced I don’t understand how any encryption works because the intended recipient needs the key to decrypt it

The way it was explained to me that finally made it click was so:

Imagine you have a lockable box (public key) and a key (private key), the box is empty so you give it to your friend. it doesn’t matter if anyone sees the open box because there’s nothing in it. your friend puts something private for you in the box and locks it. People see the box as he’s bringing it to you but they can’t see what’s in the box because neither him nor the people watching have the key to the box; only you do. once it gets to you you can open the box with your key

But should intent excuse otherwise unacceptable content

Define unacceptable? It’s subjective. A lot of people had a problem with the cover for Nirvanas Nevermind.

It’s not misinformation. SMS can have end to end encryption if the messages exchanged between two people in a conversation are encrypted.

It’s an add on, in much the way PGP encryption works for email. the first handshake is unencrypted and includes each participants public keys, after that you can have it automatically encrypt each message

Why would i sell a perfectly functioning car?

To buy one that doesn’t fall afoul of regional emission restrictions, e.g. the ULEZ in london

what’s preventing selling of old ones?

Nothing, eventually they will find their way off the road through accumulated wear/damage. perhaps further down the road due to lack of access to fuel sources.

You don’t have to send your car to landfill if it still works. you can always sell it

you can configure some phones to encrypt all sms messages.

It’s a bit like PGP email though in that, despite it working, no one seems to use it