@th3f4ult I like #PhoneBooths.

• not just the movie #PhoneBooth, but like the iconic #TelH78 (but I can also accept the #TelH90
  • Only disadvantage is that they are too small for a wheelchair so the #TelHb82 was created.

Personally, I want that classic German Phone Booth back, but better as in *
#Videocalling* and #FileTransfer and being useable as a #Phone with one's own #SIM card and having an #eSIM #VendingMachine to quickly buy #eSIMs on a SIM Card or change them around.

• Ideally add like a "bus shelter" or "rest stop" kind of setup around it with #FreeWiFi (#Freifunk)...

@iuvi AFACT, #SSH-Tunneling works as means to circumvent #VPN blockades from both #Russia and "P.R." #China because they both need that for their own #CyberCrime and #IndustrialEspionage operations.

• Personally, I'd recommend to use @torproject / #Tor and #TorBridges, which you can get at http://yq5jjvr7drkjrelzhut7kgclfuro65jjlivyzfmxiq2kyv5lickrl4qd.onion & https://bridges.torproject.org respectably.
• Ideally make yourself a flashdrive with @tails_live / @tails / #Tails and use that as a more secure option once you got yourself a handful of obfs4 bridges.
  • If you have friends overseas, they may be willing to host a Private Tor Bridge just for you. Unlike an #ExitNode this won't tarnish said IP reputation due to #abuse nor do they have to trust you (unlike a privately setup VPN)…

#VPNs like @mullvadnet are more useful when you need #UDP traffic for #VideoCalling like #JitsiMeet & #WebCall or just #Streaming i.e. #IPTV…

• OFC neither Tor nor a #VPN protect you against targeted attacks, espechally in "meatspace" and you should assess your own security needs and demands carefully.
  • If you already got "love letters" from local authorities, expect to be on their shitlist!
  • Russia is known to deploy #Govware and when you face targeted surveillance against yourself individually you'd have to expect them to only wait for a reason to kick in your doors.

So I do hope you already use #Tor and/or #VPNs…

• OFC this is #NotLegalAdvice!
  • be careful...

@ryusei well, #JitsiMeet offers #videocalling and #Screensharing.

- And that just works in-browser, no installation required on the user side!

@xgranade EXACTLY THAT!

#Discord is like #MicrosoftTeams a "Shitty #App that tries to be a jack of all trades, and thus is a master of none!" (Instead beibg mediocre at best…)

• #IRC, #XMPP+#OMEMO (#gajim & #moniclesChat), #PGP/MIME (#deltaChat), #Zulip and #RocketChat exist for good #TextChat.

• #JitsiMeet offers #Videocalling and #ScreenSharing and #Mumble offers #VoiceChat…

Instead if one #Bloatware, multiple smaller tools can do the same aspects better.

• People don't expect #Thunderbird to be a spreadsheet program nor do people expect #LibreOffice to be a good #Browser or #Firefox on it's own to be a good IDE to develop Linux Kernel Drivers!

The same goes for anything else...

@gafu @makake Genau dieser Unterschied ist absurd, gerade weil das Nutzerverhalten weniger asymetrisch denn je ist und immer symmetrischer wird.

• Leute machen heute #Videocalling, #Dateisynchronisation, #Backups, #SelfHosting und #Streamen auch selbst.

Sollte ich jemals ne #Immobilie besitzen werd' ich mir #Ethernet auf OS2-Faser legen - gern auch redundant mit seperaten Hauseinführungen...

@davep @mapto @yawnbox @Mer__edith Granted #MIL / #INTEL - espechally in the #USA - have bespoke pipelines (they tend to use @RocketChat ) and for #Videocalling there are many #WebRTC based options like #WebCall & #JitsiMeet …

• USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB!

You don't expect a Motorcycle to be good at hauling trailers nor do you expect a 40t truck to be perfect for cruising around mountain passes.

• Same goes for #Software & #Services!

@FinchHaven @yawnbox @davep except @signalapp chose to use #AWS (and @Mer__edith chose to not migrate away from it) as well as #Signal chose to bloat from #TextMessaging to centralized #VideoCalling.

There are better options and even if Signal refused to #decentraloze they could've easily outsorced the most workload to users with #P2P #WebRTC.

• If people accept nonexisting dedicaded Servers for AAA FPS games sold for $60+, then they certainly can deal with P2P videocalls in a "Free"* App…

• Free as in: Relying on big donations because the people behind it can't even do a #Shitcoin #Scam properly...

@Mer__edith There are options, it's just that @signalapp is too incompetent to do so (according to your wording) or rather chose not.to take these routes…

• Also you chose to integrate #bloat like #Videocalling and do #centralization instead of proper #PeerToPeer communications!

But since you don't pay me to fix it, it ain't my problem!

• So consider this the worst or best sales pitch. I'm shure you'll be able to tell me in case you actually care, cuz I do!