Kape bought CyberGhost at some point, and Kape itself is, according to Wikipedia, a “British-Israeli company”.

https://www.kape.com/our-brands/ https://cyberinsider.com/kape-technologies-owns-expressvpn-cyberghost-pia-zenmate-vpn-review-sites/

That they don’t mention it on their website is somewhat worrying.

I’m using Cryptostorm for around two years now for seeding and browsing. Some things to know.

• We don’t know who is behind Cryptostorm. It could be a honeypot. I personally think this is unlikely because they basically don’t advertise and their website is way too uninviting for the “casual” criminal user, but who knows.
• PGP-encrypted mail support works well and is (likely) handled by a dev with competence. (Very sure there is no specific “support” person.)
• Server and client code is open source on their GitHub, but they only have an OpenVPN client for Windows. For other systems you need to use the provided WireGuard or OpenVPN configs.
• No PII is required for signup.
• Their blog posts are very good and go into detail about their system and what they are doing.
• IP blocks are somewhat common, and you don’t have streaming servers.
• Speeds are fine (not the best, but good enough) and can vary from server to server.

Generally, I’m quite happy with them. But everyone needs to make sure they are fine with not knowing who exactly is behind the service.

and is part of Kape Technologies an israeli company… Same as PIA, ExpressVPN and some more

What hardware do you run, and do you still need help?

Arch is very different from Debian based Linux, where even the same packages can have different names, so using the Arch Wiki for non Arch based Linux distros is not recommended.

I don’t know which drivers are preinstalled on Ubuntu, and some people also seem to have problems with frame drops (e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1520102/why-do-i-get-so-many-frame-drops-on-wayland-with-youtube-playback), so no idea where to begin to help.

Sad to see you go. Every Linux user is one less person relying on our corporate overlords.

If you would like to give feedback to Brave, you can do so at https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues, where you should include your OS, hardware, and installed drivers.

Going with Arch as a first Linux is certainly a choice, and I’d guess a random library is missing. If you are still interested in Linux and it’s also happening in other browsers, I would recommend trying other distros with more “mainstream” appeal (e.g., installed desktop environments and drivers), such as Fedora, Mint, or CachyOS for rolling releases.

I’m also quite new to all this stuff, so if I’m wrong on something, please tell me.

“I think the spirit makes a lot of sense. But of course Signal can’t interoperate with another messaging platform, without them raising their privacy bar significantly,” even ones like WhatsApp that support end-to-end encryption and already partly utilize the protocol. “Because we don’t just encrypt the contents of messages using the Signal protocol. We encrypt metadata, we encrypt your profile name, your profile photo, who’s in your contact list, who you talk to, when you talk to them. That would need to be the level of privacy and security agreed across the board with anyone we interoperated with before we could consent to interoperate.”

-Meredith Whittaker (Signal President)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/04/signals-meredith-whittaker-scorns-anti-encryption-efforts-as-parochial-magical-thinking/

So no interoperability in the near future for Signal.

https://www.instagram.com/help/support/privacy and click away the login box with the link at the bottom. I haven’t tried it myself, so I don’t know if it will work.

On the website select “Yes” -> “How can I get support for a privacy issue from the Data Protection Officer?” -> Click the link at the bottom named “Create Ticket” or similar -> fill out the form.

That’s true, but they have a prototype “browser” you can download from their website. And I’m hoping for a fleshed out version in the end, either from them or someone else.

tbh I’m more excited about Servo.org. They’re also developing a fully independent browser engine and are funded by the Linux Foundation. Ladybird has corporate sponsors, so I’m a bit hesitant. But the more the merrier I guess.