• Ulrich
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    I run my own mail server. I can’t do the same for whatsapp.

    No, but you can do the same for a wide variety of chat apps.

    it’s very easy to identify spam these days

    LOL then why is my inbox constantly full of spam?

    Platforms like SimpleX solve spam by requiring participants to have an invitation to message you. You can either send them a 1-time invitation or you can use a semi-permanent one that can be posted publicly and rolled as necessary without losing contact with anyone you’ve already connected with, so by the time it’s mined somehow and sold to some company, it’s already changed.

    For 2FA, per-account email addresses and authenticor apps are the best approach for privacy.

    LOL what? No they’re not. How does an email protect your privacy over just a username?

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      LOL what? No they’re not. How does an email protect your privacy over just a username?

      They said per-account email addresses, presumably meaning that when giving out an email address, you would use a different one for each service. That way, they couldn’t be used to link you across services, and you could easily delete one (and know who to blame) if it was abused.

      • Ulrich
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        112 days ago

        Yes, I understand how email aliasing works. Again, how is that more private than a username?

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          I don’t see a claim of it being more private than a username. Perhaps the person you’re arguing with views them as equally private, or is thinking of services that require some form of contact info. I can’t speak for them.

          • Ulrich
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            It’s right here:

            For 2FA, per-account email addresses and authenticor apps are the best approach for privacy.

            I can’t speak for them.

            But you just did.

      • Ulrich
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        211 days ago

        Zoomer spotted

        Haha, not even close

        Email >>>>> chat apps.

        Wrong again. But please, do go on.