There’s a lot of reasons why I think Signal on an iPhone may not be as private as on a FOSS Android ROM.

First thing is that you are probably getting your notifications from an Apple server. While Apple cannot see the message content, it os possible that they are still collecting some metadata, as when is the user receiving messages, etc.

Second, the usage of keyboard. I cannot prove that Apple is keylogging your every keyboard stroke, but I don’t think anyone can disprove it either. On Android, we always ask users to use a FOSS keyboard, as some keyboard apps look at the screen and read messages to “provide better text prediction”.

Last is app usage metadata. Apple is still storing all the information about how many times you unlock the phone and how much you use Signal, how many times you open the app in a day, when and (maybe even) why you open the app. Which photos you are sharing through your photos app with Signal, such information is also valuable.

I would say most of your conversations are private, as Signal’s developers are very knowledgeable and they know what they are doing.

But if you have a skeptical mind like I do, or even like most people here do, I would not trust them a bit because of their proprietary code. You cannot be completely sure what they are doing. You just have to trust Apple, which most of here don’t.

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This guide can you help you expose your services in a relatively safe way.

Thanks! I will definitely look into it.

Bro, you’re awesome!

Why not start a full fledged blog site? Using Jekyll is pretty easy and free to deploy.

My app is nothing compared to the features Open WebUI. I just wanted to make a simple native app. Honestly, I made this just because I wanted to see if I can make something like that.

Also, Open WebUI is slightly complex for someone who is not into self-hosting. My app is for someone who just installs Ollama on their laptop or any computer and has exposed it to on the local network.

That’s odd. I did test it on Mint.

Can you run it via a terminal and tell me if it shows any errors?

If setting up official docker container looks hard, check out linuxserver.io’s docker container for Jellyfin. Even HWA is very easy.

I have used an old MacBook Air as a home server with Fedora for about 2 years. Fedora with Podman can be great, especially when you can use Cockpit (a GUI for managing containers), which is pre-installed and perfectly integrated.

Another option is to use TrueNAS. I can also recommend OpenMediaVault.

For exposing your services on the internet I suggest caution. If your ISP does not let you forward your ports, you can read this. https://blog.aiquiral.me/bypass-cgnat

Why not?

Why not just use Matrix?

Left 4 Dead 2 has a split-screen mod.

He gives terrible reviews.

Because, you won’t have to guess where to download the app. And you can get a completely FOSS version. And if not using google services, unified Push can help you with notifications.

This is c/opensource

Logseq is a good alternative.

You should consider using Molly, a fork of Signal with Unified Push.

Just looking at that dense crowd while not using terribly large amount of resources is great feeling.

Making a work profile using Insular or something? Or maybe create a different user?

I believe you can still access internet-banking, without the need for an app?

Maybe, setup MicroG. If the your bank app just redirects you to google play store app, I think Aurora Store might be able to fool it, considering you disable or remove GPlay using adb or something.

If that were the case we would not have gotten more and better Batman films either (I am talking about the animated ones).

They could restart the story, overhaul the gameplay, etc., and give Marvel’s Spider-Man a modern competition.

Personally, I am very hopeful. But that’s just me. I am also very hopeful about AC Shadows, even after watching their shitty trailers. Lol.