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That’s rough. Signal is the only app that can actually be trusted to resist state monitoring because it has a successful history of it.
I guess another option to throw into the pool is https://docs.cwtch.im/ then. It’s new though, and not as easy to use.
And just FYI, use case is simply texting with friends and family, while avoiding state monitoring.
Signal. There’s nothing better for security, ease of use, and features. It’s a drop in replacement for texts and imessage and facetime.
They’ve got xep-0503 on the roadmap, so it’s not there yet, but is for sure something worth keeping an eye on.
Xmpp already survived Google divesting from it, so I’m more inclined to believe it has real staying power compared to all these new apps partially written by ai or with problematic security policies.
Yeah. I ended up getting a couple ms of latency back when i pulled the isp router too.
Mine has been running flawlessly for nearly two years now. ISPs are lazy and only change things when they’re forced to.
what protocol does the ISP use over fibre?
Any way to figure this out?
This is a good place to start. https://pon.wiki/
It very strongly depends on which ISP they have. There’s a few that make it easy. There’s a much larger number that can be hacked by a competent pc person (which I’ve done). There’s also a small amount who have worked to make it impossible / hard to do, and don’t have any public info on the process.
My ISP is att fiber, and all I had to do was change the vlan id on the outgoing side and match the ip settings to make it work. I used the guides from https://pon.wiki/ to do it, and the discord is also incredibly helpful.
Of note, this used to be impossible / very difficult so you’ll still find forum posts saying it can’t be done. However, a couple nerds have changed that over the past two years so make sure your info is up to date before deciding it can’t be done for your specific setup.
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