Bill Burr comes close to George’s savagery 😅 ( just my opinion )

No, because it was BS … 😆

well, you’re becoming famous :) … interesting articles you got there 😁

It’s very promising, but I find it confusing

Not necessarily, it all depends on the software license, people don’t usually care about who funds their software, ( even if they’re funding it themselves with their data ), plus If we’re talking about selling points, saying that you can control your online presence is a much successful sell than saying it’s not VC funded, like I never used that argument when I try to convince my friends to hop on Mastodon

Edit: but I’m not saying it’s not a valid argument, it’s very valid

it is the MAIN selling point of the fediverse.

Debatable, I would say it’s the ability to selfhost and not be under the mercy of “the platform” or the admin’s subjective morals, you can also not federate and make the place your own

Oh, Are you the same Blender Dumbass 2.0 ?

And only if surveillance actually stops all the crime ( which it doesn’t )

When mass surveillance works, you lose your rights, and when it doesn’t work as intended ( which as the government says to protect you from terrorists ), it gets things wrong and it can be too damaging, like when Google flagged a man who sent his child’s photos to a doctor, or when Facial recognition system gets the wrong person, or when a bank algorithm locks someone of their own account due to suspicious activity… etc

So we’re damned when it works and we’re damned when it doesn’t.

Edit: how can I do the math? Do you have any links…

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Exmuslim here, it’s forbidden in Islam to spy on people ( invade their privacy ), but there is another rule ( which is not actually written, at least not in the main scriptures ), that basically flips everything around, lying, stealing, killing, invading someone else privacy… etc everything becomes allowed, because it’s a necessity… now you might be asking, how and when you know it’s a necessity to do something that’s officially forbidden by Allah ( in this case invading others privacy ) ?

the answer is… it’s subjective, you just make up your own mind, and justify it with : it’s a necessity, may Allah forgive me 🥺👉👈

Of course, I’m being too optimistic, religion is there so people don’t use their brains, in reality people ask imams ( our version of priests ) who have authority because “they know” these stuff, it’s just makes life easier

push users to register VPNs with the state’s media regulator, ostensibly to enhance cybersecurity and fight terrorism.

Ahh, the terrorism excuse, ok… define terrorism ?!

again, their own sharia laws are against them…lol…, Invading people’s privacy is prohibited in Islam, so They’re going out of their way, and against the word of their holy Prophet

“Using VPNs to access blocked or illegal content is against Islamic and social norms, therefore, their use is not acceptable under Islamic law. It falls under ‘abetting in sin,’ ” said the statement, quoting the council’s chairman, Raghib Naeemi.

man, don’t you just love it when religious people try to save you from eternal hell?

This is going to be good

That’s just wrong when you’re dealing with the government

The curly hair, the silver chain, the Bjj… appears more on camera with his wife and daughter… going to podcasts… Etc…

They’re trying really hard to humanize him, but we all can see through the lies…

Drug dealer : Network - Location - Contacts

Facebook : I’ll take all

So what are we going to do about it ?

Answer: build our own tech + leave big tech

There are, but I’m not linked to some sort of an application that will ( it’s not a matter of if ) be exploited by a malicious third party or even the first party ( the government ), good luck hacking my paper passport

Today’s proposal to digitalise passports and identity cards paves the way for a more seamless and secure travel experience,” Věra Jourová, the Commission’s Vice-President for values and transparency, said in a statement.

we know what happens when someone says the word “secure” … ahhhaaam…

remember, someone a person or a government or a cyber terrorist group will track these border checks…

and the app itself won’t be so transparent as your Lemmy client, I think I’ll stick to paper passport

Oh boy, I never read the entire thing, but they can decrypt quantum encrypted messages, if that’s true ( and I wish cryptography experts could debunk this ), if that’s true, then the NSA has went too far with this open source honeypot… perfection!

l freaking love that this thing exists, the summary feature is some next level genius

France wanted a backdoor… they got it, and Telegram was never trustworthy…

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