https://uselessauth.github.io/UselessAuth: Home of luna 🎏. 2026-03-31T14:27:52+00:00 luna https://uselessauth.github.io/ Jekyll © 2026 luna /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-03-17T16:40:19+00:00 2026-03-17T16:40:19+00:00 https://uselessauth.github.io/posts/thoughts-on-eos/ luna

It’s been more than two and a half years since I flashed my phone with the LineageOS fork /e/OS. Looking back, I landed on /e/OS because it seemed to be the best fit for my Fairphone 4 in terms of compatibility and preserving functionality by e.g. having MicroG preinstalled. After such a long time daily driving the OS, I have some thoughts. Since I’ve only used /e/, I don’t exactly know which o...

2026-02-18T19:30:00+00:00 2026-03-31T14:27:21+00:00 https://uselessauth.github.io/posts/discord-age-verification/ luna

In 2023, I wrote a piece about Discord. I argued that Discord was not built to be a private messenger and not suitable for sharing private information. Back then, I still thought of Discord as tolerable for its intended use case: Non-sensitive communication about gaming. I think that as of March 2026, this will no longer be the case. Discord Is Changing Discord will be rolling out age verific...

2023-07-21T14:11:13+00:00 2026-02-18T19:38:11+00:00 https://uselessauth.github.io/posts/discord-not-main-messenger/ luna

Discord is a wildly popular voice and text messaging platform with >150 million monthly users. Many people use it as their primary messenger. But should they? Security Messaging services carry a huge burden: Keeping your messages safe. Private conversations with your friends are certainly something you don’t want strangers combing through. So, how secure is Discord? Encryption Discord us...

2023-07-13T14:11:13+00:00 2026-02-18T19:38:11+00:00 https://uselessauth.github.io/posts/fediverse-not-the-future/ luna

Twitter and Reddit. Arguably the biggest sources of fresh and current information at all. You want to know what is going on right now? Go visit one of the two and you’ll be up to speed in a matter of minutes. Twitter and Mastodon After Elon Musk made very controversial changes to Twitter, users started looking for alternatives. Many landed on Mastodon. Mastodon was a huge success and million...