@tikibunnyimports @nezuko_2000 Certainly would pass through German #TechInspection for not having seatbelts nor being mounted properly.

• Also having >3 seats or >1 row makes it not legally a truck in #Germany anyway, which misses the point of it.

@GreenFire I'm not shure re: #Norway.

All I know that there are exactly 0 legal conversion kits in #Germany because "#TechInspection says no!"

@tikibunnyimports Yeah, @fuchsiii faced similar issues with her #Datsun1200 minitruck because that never got sold in #Germany so there never was a Type Number (TSN) issued for it, making it basically impossible to just get an #insurance booked with a few clicks like with my #CorsaD 3-door...

• She managed to get it insured as a "truck" because it only has 2 seats and a a long bed, so ">50% vehicle capacity is dedicaded to cargo"...

Still, it did took quite some time for the #DMV to punch it into their system, since it's got no pollution classification, no HSN/TSN combo to drop-down, the vehicle hat greek papers and a non-standard #VIN (they literally took the VIN from the plaque inside the frame that #TechInspection wrote down!)...

• Sadly the #TechInspectors didn't buy the fact that the 13" spiky rims were an original premium option so no historic license plate - yet.

Now granted, a 1985 Tatsun 1200 LGBY does have unfiltered driving as in:

• Manual choke
• No catalytic converter
• naturally aspirated with carburator
• no ABS, ESP, Airbag, eCall
• No navigation, radio, phone mount, bluetooth,
• no climate controls (except a fan & heater ans well as windows)

The most it has are electric wipers with a literal bag of fluid, indicators and lights.

Obviously, we're dealing here with real #ExoticCars in the truest of forms, because it's less of a hassle to get a Bugatti or Koenigsegg registered: They already come with COC papers and stuff from the factory and propably even have a toll-free hotline for DMV employees to authenticate the papers and check that the car ain't stolen. (Cuz stuff like that did and does happen with many vehicles!)...

@GrapheneOS It doesn't change the fact that #security requires #transparency and thus full access & reproduceability from source.

To give you a good example, source-available #Tarsnap demonstrates that stuff is truly securely encrypted by enabling #SelfCustody of keys and thus show they can't decrypt anything!

• You may call me paranoid, but having 'massive trust issues' saved not only my own life more often than I'd be able to disclose so you may see this as a 'survivorship bias', but we'll only see #MassSurveillance becoming impossible when people ain't just users of some big-ass platform that can be easily targeted once it becomes inconvenient for it's host nation, but actually push for #decentralization and #TechLiteracy.

"Just use A, B, C & D, E, F" is the real threat as it sugfests people a false sense if security.

• Just like a dresh #TechInspection doesn't prevent one to hose an engine due to lack of oil!

Collecting any #PII IS the illicit activity NO MATTER the excuse...

• You may choose ignorance but like with #LavaBit, #EncroChat & #ANØM I tend to turn out to be right all along.

Sooner or later the #Enshittification of #Signal will reach a point where you'd rethink and consider apologizing...

@Mr_Hat_2010 @lethalbit Exactly.

Compare that to mandatory #TechInspection for motor vehicles in #Germany where I can get the datasheets for what my car must have from the manufacturer as per compliance certification and only need to pay some certified testing center less than €100 to get them to verify compliance and have said test engineer sign that in lieu of me lacking mandatory certification and test equipment to do it myself.