ReversalHatchery

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The one small issue I had was with the calls not appearing on my Android device when the phone is locked, but the call feature is still in beta so I guess down the line they'll improve it.

for that usually you need to enable a special permission in the system settings, something like "display on lock screen".
while you are there, also disable "pause app activity when unused", for yourself and your friends too, otherwise android will not let them receive notifications if you message them.

the perfect showcase about the security guarantees of E2EE. It's important, but it won't save you if "your" phone is programmed to snitch on you. same thing applies to screen reader AIs, and whatever you grant accessibility permissions or the assistant app role.

fun fact: on most googled phones the google assistant app is by default, without approval, set as the assistant app, and it has access to screen contents. I don't know if it has that access all the time, maybe only when you are baited to open it by long pressing the home button or trying to turn off your phone with the power button.

there's a quiz show on TV in my country. a few days ago they chose some marketing manager. they have dropped out at like the 3rd question, winning nothing. this is rare. Normally I'm cheering for players but I was gleeful for his loss.

the way it works is that the veracrypt container basically contains 2 encrypted partitions. if it can't decrypt the first one with the password, it will try the second one, but always pretend to try both so that the time it takes to unlock it does not give it away. by writing to either, you risk overwriting data in the other one (except that you can input both the hidden and main partition passwords and it will make sure to keep the hidden partition unaffected), but otherwise both partitions are fully functional

the way it works is that the veracrypt container basically contains 2 encrypted partitions. if it can't decrypt the first one with the password, it will try the second one, but always pretend to try both so that the time it takes to unlock it does not give it away. by writing to either, you risk overwriting data in the other one (except that you can input both the hidden and main partition passwords and it will make sure to keep the hidden partition unaffected), but otherwise both partitions are fully functional