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I've seen several complaints here about how GOS does "user profiles", specifically complaining they make the UX too poor. There is a weaker form of user profiles called "work profiles" that one can use to have separation between apps but in a more user-friendly way.

The recommended app is "Shelter". https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/


Private Spaces are available since Android 15 and provides a similar nested profile without the need for a management app. They're better integrated into the OS user interface.

Secondary users, work profiles and Private Spaces are standard Android features but GrapheneOS does provide improvements to secondary users and Private Spaces such as control over clipboard sharing with a Private Space, enabling having a Private Space for each secondary user, cross-user notification forwarding, etc. https://grapheneos.org/features has a good overview of most (not all) GrapheneOS features.


This has precedence for the LA Metro in 2017.

https://observer.com/2017/10/la-metro-promotes-transit-etiqu...


Stopped reading after being informed that my thinking the word "Eskimo", which the author zerself used, is offensive.


I left Tor Project after seven years for the same reason (the pivot from "internet privacy" to "human rights watch for nerds" where internet privacy is a means to an end). At Tor Project, the adults are no longer guiding the ship.

https://medium.com/@virgilgr/tors-branding-pivot-is-going-to...


It appears nobody who responded to you actually read the content behind your link. All the responses to you and the OP are merely low effort proclamations of exasperation unrelated to your argument.

As I understand your argument you were saying that Tor's rebranding-- emphasizing human rights advocacy-- could ironically make it more difficult to operate nodes in countries that have a poor track record on human rights. You gave some examples of Asian countries which took firm stances against corruption, for example, but which also took stances against western ideals of human rights. The implication being countries which might allow Tor to enhance whistleblowing capabilities might reject Tor if it is closely associated with human rights activities.

That said, your article is 2+ years old so there should be substantial data on your claim by now. What does it show? Has Tor usage diminished measurably in those countries due to their rebranding, or not?


There's still a few nodes remaining in Asia.

https://tormap.void.gr/

As a point of comparison, look at the nodes for Ethereum, which, IMHO, is a even more disruptive idea than Tor.

https://team.carto.com/builder/e70677d5-1111-40a8-9e19-f27da...

Ethereum is a much younger project than Tor, and explicitly eschews the human-rights / internet-freedom branding, even though it will obviously be incredibly useful for those purposes.


Ethereum


I'm here to report to you that unfortunately they are not that company. I hear they used to be everything the nerds dreamed, but as the company grew, the original culture was unable to defend itself.


Knowing nothing about the manifesto, the article's frequent use of weasel words makes me want to support to author of the manifesto.


Could you provide some examples of these weasel words?


This has been done in Singapore for years.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10108869359209909&se...


I was curious how long it's been around, and did some digging. It seems to have been launched in 2009[1] and greatly expanded between 2011 and 2013[2].

[1] https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=3afz2r6kt6...

[2] https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/default.aspx?scr=yes&keywor...


Singaporean here. Wow, I've never seen nor heard about this before! Thanks for sharing. Did some digging in on our local newspaper: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-locations-for-sch...

Looks like the proof of concept was started way back in 2009!


You know, this sounds absurd, but I like it.


please someone teach this student LaTeX.


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