When paying for Prime starts to be like paying taxes.

Telegram might be worth a try. Also has the ability to join a group via Links (which also means QR Codes would work). There are a lot of options to manage groups, and even though it might not be as good as signal at encryption etc. it’s definitely better than WhatsApp

>even though it might not be as good as signal at encryption etc. it’s definitely better than WhatsApp

By default Telegram doesn't even do E2EE, you're 100% trusting them not to read your messages unless you start a secret chat. In what objective way could you consider Telegram to be technically more secure than WhatsApp?

> In what objective way could you consider Telegram to be technically more secure than WhatsApp?

Firstly mahnouel didn't write "more secure" but better.

Secondly: if backups are enabled WhatsApp at anyone of the group members then WhatsApp is automatically uploading unencrypted copies of the group chats to Google.

I'd say that brings WhatsApp security for groups down to Telegram level at least.

Thirdly: forcing others to use WhatsApp to be part of the group gives away their group affiliation to Facebook. This might or might not be a problem for you.

Every app eventually turns evil. I'm too cynical to believe telegram or signal aren't going to cash in.

Signal has already implemented some cryptocurrency which the founder of the foundation has an unknown and undisclosed level of investment in.

Joining a group with a URL isn't unique to Telegram. Signal certainly supports it, and I think a few other platforms do too.

So where can I read the manuscripts? Is there an english translation available? Searched for half an hour and didn’t find anything..

Page 37 (PDF numbering) of this 1958 research paper reproduces a version published in an 1883 issue of 'The Athenaeum':

http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/transactions/WT1958/...

For anyone clicking through and scrolling to page 37: this is in Hebrew, not English. I don’t see an English translation there.

That’s not Hebrew technically either it uses the Phoenician alphabet or a variation of it.

I can read the Dead Sea scrolls I can’t read what ever this is :(

Well it’s not Hebrew, the Hebrew alphabet is based on Aramaic in fact it’s essentially identical to “square” aka western Aramaic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Neo-Aramaic

Before that proto/paleo-Hebrew used the same Canaanite scripts that were common in the region, the closest thing we have to that today is Samaritan.

Pre-captivity Hebrew used the Phoenician alphabet, post exile the Chaldean (square) one.

Even in rabbinic Hebrew, the name for this script is כתב עברי (Hebrew writing), and the name for the script used today is כתב אשורית (Assyrian writing).

i meant that Hebrew has several scripts.

They seem to have been lost over a century ago. There was no interest in preserving them, as they were assumed to be forgeries.

find any transalations into modern hebrew script?

... or English?

And that's why I prefer the closed system Apple provides (even though I might pay the 30% premium publishers forward to their users): Being able to cancel any subscription the same effortless way and seeing clearly when it will renew and what I will pay.

Why should he not use a password manager?

You're storing all of your password in one location. Behind just one password.

What's the point in password manager, if all you need is one time auth - and you're in!

Wouldn't their problem be solved by using usernames?! Usernames are easy to remember, share and setup.

Maybe I'm missing the point. But Instagram, Facebook, Twitter - all of them are not mainly experienced through search but through a feed of endless content, curated by an algorithm. Most regular users don't even search that often, they consume. Maybe there could be an decentralized Internet where you follow specific handles and then they bring their content into your main "Internet" aka feed (= user friendlier RSS).

Really love it too, using it for around a year. Switzerland based, has strong protection. But still looking into / for alternatives, because - their 5/10 ⭐ apps and lack of possible automation in the inbox..

How? By manually ignoring the Network or by deactivating WiFi in Control Center? Or is there an option I'm missing?

Go to Wi-Fi settings and click the "i" beside the problematic network.

You have two options that should solve the problem. Either:

a) Tap "forget this network", or

b) Toggle "auto-join" to off

This is my solution too. I rarely use "public" wifi, but if I do, I ALWAYS turn "auto-join" off.

Also, from time to time, I go in and reset my network settings, which erases any networks I've forgotten to forget.

The only way I’ve managed to avoid my iPhone connecting to random wifi is to go to settings:wifi and set “ask to join” to true. And now it just bugs me with prompts a hundred times every train ride.

Ifaik there’s no other way to stop autoconnecting to wifi that matches certain conditions, and it drives me up the wall.

Have you tried leaving "ask to join" off, and forgetting the problematic network? If you rarely if ever need to connect to it, it's better that you don't save it to your list of known networks.

The other way I see from the other comment is to view that SSID in your wifi menu, click the (i) button next to it, and toggle "auto-join".

I tried this initially but new wifi networks kept springing up with such frequency that the whole thing became a game of whack-a-mole. Maybe they rotate names frequently here? I might give it another shot though. There can’t be that many wifi networks between here and Roppongi...

My iPhone only ever connects to networks I've used -- never unknown open networks. I know it's possible to enable automatic asking (I think, via "ask to join network"?), but that seems like an annoying feature.

Yeah, I think it’s trying to connect to networks that are somehow “partners” with my provider, and for some reason there seems to be hundreds of these scattered around Tokyo.

>The only way I’ve managed to avoid my iPhone connecting to random wifi is to go to settings:wifi and set “ask to join” to true. And now it just bugs me with prompts a hundred times every train ride.

Ever considered just turning wifi off?

I do this occasionally. I just wish Apple made it easier to turn off and on permanently - as is right now you have to go into the settings page and flick a switch.

Though, given my terrible memory this particular solution sometimes comes back to bite me in the bum: Usually when I turn off wifi I forget to turn it back on again until I’m at work and I’ve already downloaded a few hundred megs of music, all the whole stupidly ignoring the 4g connection icon.