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That license places restrictions on your ability to modify the software, including your ability to remove content related to the payment of the licensor.

FUTO also admits that they aren’t truly open source: https://futo.org/about/futo-statement-on-opensource/

For some reason I can’t connect to the server where the demonstration is stored so I can’t comment on the UI, but I can say that I would be interested in that, as I don’t feel comfortable using websites like those. I would 100% use an app like this, especially if it were available as a flatpak.

Do you plan to keep it to image/audio conversions, or do you think the app may eventually support other formats (e.g. document formats)?

There are going to be more services you need than http and https. You’ll also need to allow DNS queries and a way to keep your time updated, for instance.

The advantage of blocking incoming connections is that each potentially vulnerable network service isn’t automatically exposed to the internet. Blocking outgoing connections isn’t going to improve your security much, considering that any compromised service trying to phone home could just use http, the same protocol your browser uses.

It would still matter that your OS isn’t up to date. For instance, if there is ever a vulnerability in the way Windows 10 renders an image format that allows remote code execution, Microsoft will not give you a patch.

If you must remain on Windows 10, the best way to reduce attack surface is going to be to uninstall as much software as possible that you don’t use.

If you only use a browser, it would not be difficult to switch to Linux. That way you can have an up-to-date system. The vast majority of browsers support it natively, including Chrome and Edge.

Language models don’t have any “mind”. No matter how far this goes, current methods (making more and more advanced LLMs) can’t lead to a “superintelligence” or even any kind of real reasoning.

De-Googled forks of Android would have just reversed that limitation

Here’s hoping GrapheneOS decides to support it! 🤞