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Uh, no? I don't know who told you this lie, but https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server

Btw it wouldn't even matter, since the encryption happens in the client app. The server basically just passes around encrypted pieces of data between devices.

There are more than enough sources, just google "TikTok Chinese government influence". Just a few examples:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/07/26/tiktok-chinese-propaganda-ads-europe/

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/china-is-using-tiktok-for-influence-campaigns-odni-says-00146336

Also, just think about it: The CCP loves spreading propaganda. There's a massive social media platform controlled by China, which is used by young people in foreign adversary nations. Why wouldn't they leverage this platform to spread their lies and influence people? It's literally the perfect opportunity.

*allegedly

No one knows for sure, since WhatsApp is proprietary

TikTok is literally controlled directly by the Chinese government, which is officially considered a foreign adversary (for a good reason)

NextDNS is very easy to use, you can check out this video: https://youtu.be/WUG57ynLb8I

Unfortunately it's not

You can try uninstalling as much Google crap as possible using the Universal Android Debloater

Then perhaps use a firewall like NetGuard in whitelist mode, to only allow selected apps to access the internet

As an additional layer of security, you can use NextDNS with the No Google blocklist, and block all connections to Google servers in DNS. If you need to access specific things like YouTube, you can whitelist them.

Discover doesn't actually download stuff, it's just a frontend for a package manager like apt, pacman, Flatpak or Snap. The package manager would need to support a speed limit feature.

True, didn't say that it didn't take me an eternity to set it up

Thanks, I'll try it out

Is it worth checking out? Any advantages/disadvantages over Kubernetes?