TriStar

u/tristar@lemmyfly.org
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Re-rendering 4k videos (or of any other quality fwiw) with ads included would probably incur more electricity costs than they could ever make through the ads. TV could afford to do this since they transmit the same program and the same ads to everyone. Youtube targets them per user, so they'd need to render the same video, in high quality, every time any user clicks on it.

on WTF IS THIS? · c/privacy · 1 pts · 2y

what is it with chinese-made games and extremely invasive anticheats

on WTF IS THIS? · c/privacy · 1 pts · 2y

hijacking update channels is a possibility but as the other guy said very unlikely

I don't think it's paranoid to not want any intermediary to know what you're talking about, even if all you're talking about is innocuous things like groceries.

Besides, they don't have to "waste time" on anything. They've got computers to collect it all.

Of course, like you said, Signal or Matrix are potential solutions for that, but you still need to get both sides to agree on using them. SMS have the advantage that everyone has a phone number and can thus use them. Upgrading to RCS will secure this insecure-yet-very-popular medium.

Stop trusting your messaging platform and use this other messaging platform! Matrix can be less secure than Signal if used improperly