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Dikaios1517 · 85w
The wallet should just work for sending zaps as soon as it is set up. For receiving, don't forget to add your primal lightning address to your profile. The KYC part is a bummer, but it is due to Primal wanting to have users able to purchase some sats directly through the app. Primal is designed wit...
1GLENCo · 85w
While I was still using an Apple iPhone (until 2016), I too felt safe. The way that Apple and won the Apple–FBI encryption dispute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_disput...
Tom profile picture
I would love to agree and it sounds great. But in this approach I fail in “verify” due to my lack of skills for that, so I can either learn it (very unlikely) or to choose to trust to someone (could be you or other helpful guys here), or Tim Cook 😁

As a lay person in this, I would only have dumb questions like which phone brand to choose and which cloud or way of storage to use.

I wouldn’t know where to start.
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1GLENCo · 84w
You're absolutely right about needing skills to verify it properly. It's very technical. I was a network engineer in my career job, so the extreme technicalities did not scare me away from trying it. I tried it, not knowing if I would succeed. I did finally succeed in getting it all set up, but ...
1GLENCo · 85w
I am so glad that I stopped using Apple products years ago.
Tom profile picture
I see it almost impossible to be technically detached from everything like that. Because there always is something. And for example inside EU there are cameras everywhere, now most services are KYC and then I have to balance to still have friends and family and maintain the schizophrenic fear of leaving track behind me.

Based on what I read throughout the years until now (important note), I feel quite safe with Apple and iCloud.
1GLENCo · 85w
While I was still using an Apple iPhone (until 2016), I too felt safe. The way that Apple and won the Apple–FBI encryption dispute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_dispute) made me feel that way. That event and the way it played out built up a great sense of trust. As...