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So the pager exploding, it was a terrorist attack, wasn't it?

I could start talking about 'fedpkg' but then it will be like print film: negative....
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Hubert Figuière
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the `--verbose` option just print out python exceptions. Very user friendly.

I'm trying to decide how to lay out my new phone. For a long time, I had a full first home screen: 2 rows of entertainment apps, like Audible and Youtube; a row of games; and the rest utilities, like settings, Safari, Seeing AI, Lire, etc. Now I have a few rows of apps, then a widget of suggested apps. I don't love it. I wish I could have a smaller widget of suggestions, then a widget stack beside it.
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Alex Hall
Alex Hall
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@vick21 Sadly, no. I'm just obsessing a bit over what I'll do when I get it. I've been reworking my current home screen just to get some new ideas.
@victor tsaran

‘Case you didn’t notice, you can use your Meta smart glasses to control Blindsquare and even Voice Vista by tapping the trackpad located on the right side. In the latter app you will have to turn on the “navigator” feature, but Blindsquare seems to work by default. Give it a shot!
#accessibility #blind #travel
#Accessibility #blind #travel
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Tune in for our latest episode of the Nations Blind Podcast where we cover your questions and concerns about voting as a blind person. We’re featuring experts who provide resources and information about accessible ballots, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting advocacy efforts and more.

Listen to this episode on our website: nfb.org/resources/publications…

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📱 Vanaf vandaag, 16 september, wordt het nog eenvoudiger om in te loggen met de DigiD app. Gebruik nu gezichtsherkenning of je vingerafdruk op zowel iOS als Android toestellen.

Uiteraard staat veiligheid voorop. DigiD introduceert deze biometrische inlogmethoden nu, omdat ze inmiddels voldoen aan de strenge veiligheidsnormen van DigiD.

Wil je meer weten? Lees hier verder. ➡️ logius.nl/actueel/inloggen-met…

#DigiD #Biometrie #Innovatie #Veiligheid

Vrouw met koptelefoon en smartphone
#biometrie #digid #innovatie #veiligheid
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Mathijs
Mathijs
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kunnen jullie nu eindelijk ook de digid app open source maken? Ik zou graag de fdroid build willen installeren, want ik doe niet aan playstore apps. #publicmoneypubliccode
#publicmoneypubliccode

Mozilla is leaving the Fediverse to spend more time with its AI. They ask that during this transition you please respect their 404..

techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/mozi…

New Mistral 22B model Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 #LLM #AI #ML huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistr…
#AI #ML #llm
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Chi Kim
Chi Kim
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@vick21 Before K quants, q4_0 was the good compromise for size, speed, and quality. Not anymore though.
@victor tsaran

Here's an example of a feature request that the fediverse could give me but corporate social media probably never will.

I want the ability to put a follower in "lurker" mode. I don't want to block them just because they're a little obnoxious. That's too strong. But I would filter them so I don't have see their messages. And they can assume I'm just ignoring them. That may seem harsh as well. But honestly most people tell me they would prefer that to me telling them they're being obnoxious 😅.

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Matt Campbell
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I'd rather be told I'm being obnoxious, so I know and can try to change that.

In iOS 18, I know holding a finger and swiping does stuff. Swipe with one finger to navigate, and swipe with two to select. I thought I heard somewhere that there were clipboard commands too, such as copy, cut, and paste. I can't find them, though. Did I dream this? I sometimes write Markdown and have a URL to paste, so pasting right in BSI would be handy. I can use the four-finger gestures for this, as they're unassigned (or were last I checked).
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victor tsaran
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Hmmm, haven’t heard of those. At least you have! You are one step ahead of me! LOL

For some reason, I rarely advertised the fact that my music is also available on #Apple #Music (as well as on other streaming outlets).
The following tune was recorded with a few outstanding musicians, including @FreakyFwoof, Jason Castingway and others.
Plz follow and spread the word, if you like. Thank you!

music.lnk.to/0HIpjF

#apple #music @Andre Louis

I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Added path to ps5 contoller to game controller battery script.

I've recently seen a poorly accessible #WindowsForms app. Disclaimer: WindowsForms, although it's old, is my favorite way of developing Windows apps. It's sweet to write in (for most part), it's reasonably fast, and it's accessible out of the box because it uses native or near-native controls.
What did I learn? If you want your app to be inaccessible or you have really bad development habits, no framework will help you.
#windowsforms
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Kirill
Kirill
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У меня недавно Chrome учудил. Вдруг перестало читаться содержимое адресной строки, причём в обеих версиях Jaws была такая херня, а с NVDA всё ок. Чё было не понял, снёс профиль, создалось всё заново и перекинул в него что нужно.
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@Yinshi Говорят, было такое и с NVDA тоже. Походу, что-то гуглеры с UIA перемудрили.
@Kirill
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Kirill
Kirill
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Фиг знает. Оно ведь заработало на той же версии Chrome в свежем профиле. А вот откат на предыдущий Chrome, что попробовал изначально, эффекта не дал.
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Kirill
Kirill
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О, тут в разговоре всплыло и вспомнил что давно хотел спросить. Есть в HTML clickable элементы, или не знаю как называются. Сталкивался с ситуацией, когда NVDA их распознаёт как оные, а Jaws нет. Не могу понять, это у меня Jaws так настроен или что? В большинстве ситуаций по логике понимаю что можно нажать на ту или иную фигню, но так бывает не всегда, особенно если на элементе нет текста.
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@Yinshi Попробуй увеличить многословность в вебе (Web verbosity), она по умолчанию medium. Но вообще да, действительно бывает такое, Джоз не всегда их распознаёт.
@Kirill
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Kirill
Kirill
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Попробовал, не прокатило. Точно не помню, возможно и раньше менял эту настройку. Видимо и правда тот случай когда не распознаёт. Ладно, с этим жить можно, просто подумал, вдруг чего-то упустил.
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André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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@Yinshi А сайт публичный? Может, я им багу репортну?
@Kirill
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Kirill
Kirill
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Не, это у одной CRM системы такое. На публичном сайте сталкивался с подобным пару дней назад, но не могу вспомнить где.

Я отношусь к религии примерно как к наркотикам. Не то, чтоб мне претит сама идея или право людей этим заниматься, но наблюдаемый практический эффект на адептов мне не нравится.

Вот давеча увидел видео от некоей негодующей женщины, которая запечатлела двух танцующих девушек на фоне церкви на Белорусской, снимаемых на телефон третьей. Танец был весьма современный, но внезапно не тверк и девушки были даже одеты. Под видео куча не менее негодующих комментов - мол, оскверняют, попирают и трясут жёппами рядом с обителью Боженьки.

Опустим даже тот момент, что в Москве понастроено столько церквей, что можно сделать что угодно примерно в любом месте и с высокой вероятностью это будет "на фоне", вот в том месте их снимали на фоне вовсе не церкви, а фасада бизнес-центра рядом. Но, сцуко, почему вы вообще увидели в этом именно оскорбление? Почему это не Господь вселил в них радость и ликование в наши непростые времена, чтобы они несли его дальше (уж как могут)? Почему даже неверующий я вижу в этом символизм, но не вы?

Впрочем, с патриотизмом примерно то же самое. Идея как бы и ничего так, позитивная по природе своей, но 99% проявлений - нет. Чтоб просто радоваться - это редко. Чаще это про поиск тех, кто радоваться мешает, либо кому ещё грустнее.
#ТакиеДела

#ТакиеДела

Idem domov, beriem misky z podschodov a random okoloidúci mi vzdáva chválu... potvrdil mi existenciu bratov, ich mamu vraj zrazilo auto tu neďaleko a ešte som sa dozvedel že ľudia sú mmmmm kurvy, to mi povedal, teraz, cca 17 minút naspäť. Zaujímavé.
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Did you know that #deltachat does not need and does not use key servers? Most other messengers (wa/signal/matrix/threema/...) actually operate or incorporate a cryptographic key server, managing the cryptographic identities of all users. Delta Chat uses decentralized protocols for key management avoiding a central storage of identities. The SecureJoin protocol is the key (sic!) innovation and was independently analyzed by ETH Zürich researchers earlier this year .... delta.chat/en/2024-03-25-crypt…
#deltachat

Der DB Navigator entspricht auch in der neuen Version 24.26.0 nicht den Anforderungen der #DSGVO und des #TDDDG. Klage läuft - leider dauert alles (viel) zu lange. 😔

kuketz-blog.de/deutsche-bahn-w…

#bahn #deutschebahn #db #datenschutz

#datenschutz #DSGVO #bahn #deutschebahn #db #tdddg

Hm, does someone know a #sip client that works from the #cli on #arm64 with 1und1.de #voip?

I tried

  • linphonec, but didn't get it to register on my arm64 debian installation
  • I like baresip, but I couldn't configure it to register to register with 1und1.de
  • sipsimpleclient.org - worked somehow on my desktop, but didn't get it installed on arm64

It doesn't need to be fancy, I'm just looking for a simple tool to let a phone ring. No need to connect nor for audio transmission.

#CLI #voip #arm64 #sip

Mozilla deciding to put an end to its Fediverse investments while simultaneously going all in on AI tells you everything you need to know about what it has become.

If you have some familiarity with Web PKI and would like to review a blog post about post-OCSP revocation (it’s going away), LMK and I’ll send you a rough draft.

A subset of topics I describe and compare are OCSP stapling (must-staple, expect-staple), CRLs, sharded CRLs, client-side summarized CRLs like CRLite, many approaches to short-lived certs like delegated credentials, and some of my own proposals.

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Will TSA ban pager and cell phones now ?
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Jérôme Carretero
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I recall as a child making LEGO "water heaters" by short-circuiting AA batteries...

There are already safety rules in place for this, based on the chemical energy of a battery pack. Of course they're not counting on having a plane full of terrorist nerds with 20 spare batteries at 100 Wh.

Nah, they aren’t doing ReturnToOffice because the pandemic ended; they declared the pandemic ,,ended,, so they could do RTO.

Don’t get it backwards.

Poodchadzaju nam stromy¹, potom poodchadza este nieco a potom sa poberieme aj my. (A nieco urcite ostane, ale "peak of the human civilization" to urcite nebude.)

via @SuspiciousDuck

mastodon.arch-linux.cz/@Suspic…

¹ zjednoduseny criepok: zle prostredie v meste (ci zly menezment v lese) nahloda, dlhe sucho riadne oslabi a burka nakokiec dorazi

@SuspiciousDuck
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SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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ešte je šanca že nebude musieť ísť dole celý strom, je to tak že takmer nikdo nevie ako to presne bude. Zatiaľ stojí a je "iba" okosený a čo s ním bude sa vyvinie v najbližších dňoch.

My take on the discontinuation of mozilla.social is that it was a good idea that was underfunded and underdeveloped. It had the real problem of lacking a meaningful way to fund it, but that wasn't the fault of the people working on it. They did good work with few resources and little support. Shame that a distributed social network isn't as hip in Silicon Valley as pointlessly large matrix multiplications.
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Gabriele Svelto
Gabriele Svelto
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look at the number of projects that were started and stopped in the past ten years and tell me if you call that a strategy
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gaytabase
gaytabase
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i don't call it a very good strategy. i thought your last and very long time ceo was incompetent. but she hasn't exactly been replaced with the brightest star, it would appear...

@vick21 I hope you're doing well. Stay safe my friend.
@victor tsaran
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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Thank you. All’s good! Same to you, of course!
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Mabelin Ramirez
Mabelin Ramirez
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Hey there. I hope you got my message regarding the whole smart quotes and dashes thing in Mona for Mac. I finally got that resolved. So that makes me happy. I can resend the message if you need me to. Stay safe now.

My work is considering switching from Slack to Google Chat. The Chat desktop app requires Chrome. I went a whole eight months without installing Chrome on this machine. *sigh*
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Alex Hall
Alex Hall
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@vick21 Thanks. It'll be a chore to memorize all these--who's idea was it to use ctrl-s to move to the main input field--but I'm getting the hang of it.
@victor tsaran
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victor tsaran
victor tsaran
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It wasn’t mine for sure! :) COntrol+s for “start a post”… Or something like that…

Good afternoon
An image split into two sections: the top features pink ice cream bars with the letters spelling "HAPPY VALENTINE'S" and a heart, while the bottom shows a character with blue hair and a frustrated expression holding a pink popsicle that reads PP TIN Y

NYPD just committed a mass shooting to stop a $2.90 fare evasion. NYC has an $11B police budget while it shutters libraries.

Chicago’s city council to vote on spending $15M in CPD settlements, having already spent $40M this year. Chicago is running a $1B deficit.

Who honestly looks at these complete failures in budgets and says "Yeah, this makes sense." smh

Hey @mozilla, as long as you are here:
Uno draw 25 cards meme: "Just don't add AI OR draw 25" Mozilla draws 25.
@Mozilla

Does anyone use Google Chat on a desktop, preferably Windows? I'm trying to use the shortcut keys it talks about, but only some of them work. For instance, I'm supposed to be able to arrow through messages, but up arrow just lets me edit my previous message. I can't use arrows in focus mode to review anything.
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Alex Hall
Alex Hall
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@vick21 Re-opening Chat fixed it, at least for now. Escape was exiting focus mode entirely before. Now, I stay in focus mode but am moved to the list of messages. I also found that ctrl-j seems to be a better way if I want to get to the most recent message then up arrow from there. It avoids the problem where NVDA sometimes exits focus mode when escape is pressed.
@victor tsaran

The 2024 winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year are out...and they are spectacular.

Here's the overall winner: a time-sequence of a solar eclipse that shows deepening shadows from mountains on the Moon. (Credit: Ryan Imperio)

rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-p…. #science #space #photography #nature

Photographer Ryan Imperio from the United States has been named the overall winner of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16. The image is a composite of more than 30 separate photographs of the Sun, taken in Texas during the annular solar eclipse of 14 October 2023. Together the photographs capture the fleeting optical illusion known as 'Baily's beads', which occurs when sunlight shines through the valleys and craters of the Moon.
#photography #science #nature #space
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Corey S Powell
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Here is this year's winner in the astronomy photographer "Skyscapes" category.

It's remarkable composite of local and deep-space photography. (Credit: Tom Rae)

#space #art #astronomy

"It’s very challenging to create this sort of composition without tipping the balance in favour of either foreground or background. Here, the grass and central rock retain wonderful detail, as do the midground mountains, but the vibrance and detail in the cosmic background shine through as well. "Even the airglow adds to the image, which is no easy feat! As well as being technically impressive, the balance also produces a sort of surreal quality. A slightly dream-like connection between the Earth-bound and the celestial."
#art #astronomy #space
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Corey S Powell
Corey S Powell
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What a cool astrophotography winner in the "People and Space" category.

Oh look, that's the International Space Station in front of the Sun! (Credit: Tom Williams)

#astronomy #science #photography

"This dramatic image serves as a powerful reminder of humanity’s ongoing presence in space. The photographer has done a great job in perfectly timing this shot so that the International Space Station is silhouetted against the backdrop of the Sun’s eastern solar limb. "The photograph beautifully showcases the dynamic and active nature of the Sun, bringing it to life in a captivating way. Yet among that, your eye is permanently fixed on the tiny human-made spacecraft making its way across, emphasizing its significance amid the grandeur of the Sun. It’s a worthy winner of this category."
#photography #science #astronomy

Mozilla is a Silicon Valley startup that masquerade as a non profit.
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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in case you think otherwise, I still use Firefox and will continue as long as it is possible. Using any Chromium fork is playing for Google. Nonwithstanding some being build for bigots or for cryptoscam.

Les linuxiens, j’ai besoin de votre avis. Mon prof d’unix à la fac nous recommande de rajouter le dossier courant au $PATH avec un `export PATH="$PATH:."` dans notre `.bashrc` pour éviter de devoir rajouter le `./` pour appeler un programme qu’on viens de compiler. Pour vous c’est :

  • Indispensable (8%, 3 votes)
  • Euuh ça y serait pas un peu dangereux ça ? (48%, 17 votes)
  • Vous pouvez pas juste faire un `make run` ? (5%, 2 votes)
  • Il sort d’où ton prof au juste ? (37%, 13 votes)
35 voters. Poll end: 2 months ago

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REM continues to be a CAQ clusterf*ck.

#ARTM beefs up South Shore shuttle bus service during #REM breakdowns...

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/re…

#polMTL #MTLpoli #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #CAQASTROPHE

#assnat #polqc #polmtl #caqastrophe #qcpoli #mtlpoli #artm #REM
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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this is what you get when you give public service to for profit private business...

I expect in a few years time to have either the whole thing close, our being sold off with tax payers picking up the tab after paying for it already.

On my own time, I have to read a ~50 page document produced for the #EuropeanCommission in order to effectively participate in a two hour meeting where #FDroid is pitted against #BigTech on the #DigitalMarketsAct and its requirements around installing and allowing other #AppStore options.
Its all NDA'ed so I can't ask for help.
This game is really rigged for the megacorps. Wish me luck! Here's to fighting the good fight!
#fdroid #digitalmarketsact #bigtech #AppStore #europeancommission

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Hans-Christoph Steiner
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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@hub yeah, crazy isn't it? I think they made it NDA'ed so the mega corps would participate. Plus I think its just EC habit: commission work from big consultancies, which do NDA and corporate think by default.
@Hubert Figuière
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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here (Canada) they set some of the telecom policies based on confidential submissions from the telecartel. And the worse is when one of them say "sorry can I refile ? I didn't realize I could inflate numbers that much until I read my competitors"

It's to set wholesale telecom tariff. Whatever you pay in Europe for telecom we pay more.

So yeah. Not unique to the EC.

@Tutanota how can I stop emails being sent to the spam folder, when they're clearly not spam?

There are a couple of newsletters that are marked as spam, when they're from organisations that I trust!

@Tuta

I'll be in Montréal next week. I will say Hi-Bonjour to absolutely every single person I see.

Edit: I should have put some more context haha globalnews.ca/news/10446438/bo…

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Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
Rick Scott 🏳️‍⚧️
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@hub the folks at my favourite chipstand in northern ontario sidestep the issue by greeting you with « 'allo » 😂
@Hubert Figuière

Google working on RCS encryption between Android and iPhone 9to5google.com/2024/09/17/rcs-…
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