This article could have been several times shorter.

The best way to opt out is by not using GitHub. Also opts you out of Copilot and a bunch of other stuff.

Iran officially bans dogs.

US doesn’t officially ban dogs, but a cop can enter your home at any time and kill your dog. This is entirely legal, and the cop won’t be punished.

I don’t know which is worse.

That’s a problem with infosec.pub instance, not with the post.

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls#ios

From Wikipedia:

The imperial pint (≈ 568 mL) is used in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL).

Wow, it needs more RAM than Windows!

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications

Swifties would disagree.

Not if an app uses Play Integrity. The entire purpose of Play Integrity is to not work on anything that is not a Google-certified OS.

It’s not just cards. Many banks today require using a mobile app for online banking, and those apps require an Apple- or Google-certified device and an Apple or Google account. While it is possible to open those accounts under a false name (the apps are free so you don’t need to enter payment info), this is still an absurd amount of leverage the US has on everyday people’s activities in other countries.

There are multiple VPS providers that allow seeding, for example, ihostart.com.