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It's not since March of 2022.

Same it true the other way. Federation only only works with text and images are pulled from the original instances and there seems to be an issue with that.

Lemmy has been in development since 2019. And Lemmy uses pict-rs for images.

There are a few Firefox forks:

• LibreWolf
• Waterfox
• Arkenfox

And then there is Brave which I find smoother than Firefox, but that's just me.

Password is hashed locally. Only already hashed password is trasmitted over the internet.

I don't know the specifcs, but there are strict rules and requirements on how the data has to be stored if you process any of it, then there is complience issues with laws like GDPR and you have to be a registered entity as far as I know. It's just too much legal paperwork for most FOSS projects.

Emerald was my most played.

Top comment made me smile

You are unlikely to find FOSS alternative that is not for cryptocurrencies as the regulations around credit card data processing makes it hard.

I don't think their are removing phone requirement, they will just add username support on top of it, so you can invite people using username, but still need phone to register an account.

Similar post https://lemmy.world/post/76057

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.tencent.mm/latest/

It requires 71 permissions, which is pretty much full access to your device.

What are your thoughts on password managers?

They are mandatory in current digital age.

Do you use one?

Yes. Bitwarden.

Would you recommend it to others?

Already do and most are receptive to it once you show them that every single one of them were caught up in a breach at some point.