Technically you’re not wrong. But phreeli and calyx exist too though, so its hard to say.
I’m not sure what you mean by DIY, how do you diy your own telco network? Currently I’m doing my best but it takes multiple services and gives me suboptimal results. That’s part of the appeal here.
Skepticism is welcomed, as is your comment. But I’m not sure where to go from there.
So you want SMS inside of their app? That’s one of the features I like, that I’m not tied to their app. Messaging and calls are handled through my standard phone apps. The Cape app is for account management and settings, and the secondary SMS numbers.
Oh, that is actually a negative I came across. The secondary numbers don’t notify outside of the app. So that limits how they can be used - basically if you are expecting a OTA code then go look. But in their defense that feature is currently a beta test.
Speeds are OK. Nothing to scream at but also nothing where I noticed an issue. I have yet yo try to consume media on it though. My speed test came back at 10 Mbps but that’s what my other carrier is giving me.
Yes RCS is on the roadmap for this year. So hokdin breath there. I want it, but don’t currently have it so its clearly not a deal breaker to me.
You might want to look at just pulling the sim card (assuming its physical).
For long term (meaning transfer of vehicle) you might want to buy a second head unit. When you sell the car have it swapped out so none of your history is in it. Because even if you remove the sim it will still collect data, just not be able to send it back home.
There’s a lot of variables in threat model and budget though so I just mention these as options, not necessarily recommendations.
I’ve owned and driven multiple Hondas from those decades and still have an 00 model today as well as a modern model.
I don’t disagree with the prior comment, it is true. But at the same time its only part of the entire picture. My new model drives so much better. Engine is smoother, it handles better, it’s more comfortable etc… So take it all with a grain of salt. There’s a flip side to every coin.
Yes the shortcoming is always with the weakest link.
But most of my mail is inbound, so I have control over that. Plus I created sieve filters to automatically tag and organize my mail, including deletion of unimportant stuff like newsletters. Top that with a personal domain and I have everything how I like it.
Anecdotally, in the many years I’ve been with Proton I’ve gotten maybe 2 or 3 spam emails, and they went to the spam folder.
This is why despite me self hosting some things I don’t rely on vaultwarden. I’m a flawed person and my family has no idea about anything. I don’t need to stretch my imagination very far to think of a handful of reasons why it would fail my situation. I’ll gladly pay for a password manager to not have to deal with that.
They most likely won’t work. Just speculation, but I would imagine most software that “needs” information like GPS don’t care that its on or off, they care that they try to pull data and there is none.
At least they acknowledge that cookie consent does nothing and paywalls are ridiculous.
I tried, but my wife put a stop to it.
Finally!
Man I really wish people could report on Proton in a neutral manner. I think this information is really important, but the article is so skewed towards Proton being a deceptive company that I lose the real details reading it.
And the author makes claims like it being a pattern because Proton Mail says it can’t read your emails but they can read the plain text inbound emails before they encrypt them. Um…of course anybody can read unencrypted plain text emails before they get encrypted, and Proton straight out states that.
I think this is an issue, but given that there was no statement given by Proton or a sentence saying I reached out to proton but they declined to answer, I will need to wait for more information to have an opinion.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve not yet delved into reading it in depth but appreciate your goals and the fact that you documented it all.
Do you have to verify your identity? I know in the past you had that option but didn’t have to do it. But they just changed their terms of service so is this part of that?
Excellent. You’re essentially confirming my initial feelings and experiences.
I’m testing group messaging now. I’ve had some issues with that on my VoIP number so that’s a big pain point for me. Waiting to hear back from people on if anything becomes unthreaded (especially from iPhone).