I have self-hosted Matrix for a couple of years. I eventually settled with xmpp/ejabberd/conversations. It is easier to maintain and less resource intensive, especially if you want to go the federation route.

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Many devs of FOSS Android apps won’t be willing to disclose their identity, and there will be no market left for them. Which means abandoning the maintenance of their apps.

And so, where is the problem?.. Your message is scanned. If it is illegitimate you can’t send it. What is the problem?

Let’s not bury GrapheneOS too fast!

There’s no such thing as total privacy. When you walk in the streets, people can see you and that is no problem. Same goes online. You have to reach YOUR balance between privacy and convenience. I have reached mine with two excellent tools that are GrapheneOS and AdGuardHome. Of course I have also excluded privacy-invading apps such as WhatsApp or Google search. I suppose I evade 80% Big Tech usual tracking and I’m happy that way.

Vanadium

Can you consider acquiring a second phone dedicated to the trips back and forth?

I run Immich which makes me really happy. Maybe you should give it another try…

They have not voted yet… Leave them the time to build a concrete plan…

This petition is full of inaccurate claims.

The end-to-end encryption will be abolished and the EU is proposing using pre-installed backdoors to electronic devices, giving the authorities access to all data. Confidential medical files, legal documents, contracts and other agreements, including private letters.

I don’t quite understand their solution. I’d wait.

I won’t say no. There are ways to implement a control without intrusion in the privacy of the average Joe.