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For windows I either use a mingw toolchain from mxe.cc or just run the msvc compiler in wine, works great for standard C and C++ at least, even when you use Qt or other third party libraries.

A subpoena can still reveal the owner's information to the world. Even if it's a frivolous lawsuit that ends up getting tossed.

let's try to be nicer

NFC payments that require my unlocked phone to use are a lot more secure than a physical card that can be stolen.

No access to google pay is a non-starter for me, I use it constantly to pay for lots of things.

you don't have to load the code every time, you can save it and run locally, this is exactly what the Element desktop app does, it's just an electron loader for a local copy of the website, and you can choose to update it whenever you want

We can see you totally didn't do that. Also how would you even get the update?

Japan has been requiring fingerprints AND photographs for all incoming visitors for the better part of two decades now.

If a foreign national who is required to be fingerprinted and photographed refuses to comply with this requirement, he/she will be denied entry to Japan.

https://www.mm.emb-japan.go.jp/profile/PDF%20file/newime.pdf

Open Technology Fund

Which is funded by US Congress, and they also funded Signal.

For those do not wish to use privacy-related projects funded by a world government, what is a good (in your opinion) alternative? Both with and without Tor involvement (since US govt funded that too).

Yes I realize encryption, computers and the internet are all also govt-funded, but everyone is free to pick their battles.

licenses are only as useful as your ability to enforce them in court

it's not really "open source" anymore per OSI, specifically #6: https://opensource.org/osd

He claims to have gotten permission from the contributors... not sure where you heard that they didn't.