Does the verdict mention anything about the DNS service itself (buying a website through cloudflare and setting up records)? Or is it just concerning the public DNS resolver (1.1.1.1?)
Android is Linux-based but it has a modified kernel. It might be subtle but the entire design philosophy of Android is mobile first, which is very different of Ubuntu or Arch.
But there the similarities end. AWS created custom firmware and ripped out anything remotely related to running a consumer device, replacing it with software designed solely to create a secure connection between the device and desktops running in the Amazonian cloud.
If they are going to rewrite the firmware, remove most of the features, why even bother with an OS designed for touch screens and partially written in Java? Can't they fork one of the 22 ARM Linux distributions?
I'm curious why it runs android instead of Linux.
This reminds me of Sky Castle (except it's middle class instead of rich doctors/lawyers).
As long as it's free or very affordable. If that's not the case, more should be done to incentivize high school students to pursue post-secondary education.
He left in 2017 so I think whatever contract prohibiting it would have expired by now
Phone numbers will still be required to sign up, you only won't need it to add a contact.
SMS is dead, so they will need to move on eventually. Most carriers are moving towards high data plans now. I mainly use it for verification, although I'd rather use more secure methods.
The article says it's to limit spam. I don't feel platforms like Lemmy (or the other platform) are particularly spammy though. On the other hand I get a lot more spam on Whatsapp, even though it's phone number bound.
Signal is pretty good in terms of limited spam, but I'm curious about the impact if they A/B test the removal and see how much spam would arise. Obviously that could only be implemented after they remove the need to add contact via phone number.
But the protocol has already been published and there's not much changes needed (except maybe the quantum layer?). Charging a custom license would only push the others to develop a different protocol, one that might not be as private compared to Signal.
The cost of these registration services for verifying phone numbers when people first install Signal, or when they re-register on a new device, currently averages around $6 million dollars per year.
That's pretty crazy. Wonder which third party providers they are using. Maybe the identity verification methods we have today is due for some significant changes?
A slap on the wrist. Didn't even look into what was discussed either.