Wireless (tap) payments are vulnerable to wireless relay attacks.

Because companies in Sweden don’t break laws, riiight

Happens with all the ferries in Norway too

Guess you don’t like privacy

Not true. When I was in Sweden a couple years ago, I used cash. From Malmo to Kiruna (and lots between). I only encountered one place where I was forced to pay with card and couldn’t just go across the street to pay with cash.

Fortunately its not a cashless society, they just came dangerously close to becoming one.

Its still an issue for refugees and domestic abuse survivors

It already happened in Ukraine during the NotPetya attack by Russia in 2017

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks

Will regular Element support it soon? Or am I expected to install a new app?

What is an MSC?

Its slack but it can be more secure (e2ee DMs).

Its good already and used as a public channel for most popular Foss projects’ chats

Matrix is like one of the most popular apps. I don’t love it, but I use it because there’s more users there than Wire or Threema or XMPP.

Follow people for their reputations and credibility and it doesn’t matter

Their goal isn’t to make AI.

The goal of both the VCs and the startups is to make money. That’s why.

That’s probably true about all new technology that VCs throw billions at.

Authwalls are an issue for everyone because everyone doesn’t have an account unless they create one.

First, I’ll use a pair of rusty sizors to extract them, then I slice it into thin strips and fry with a little olive oil and garlic

I recommend with a pinch of salt

Just hang it on the wall

Authwalls, data sovereignty, self controlled open source algorithms for finding content without manipulation by corporations, etc

Yeah I want to know if YouTube and any website with comments (eg all news sites) are social media

I definitely appreciate them. Its not useless.