Just because the tech guy is a tech guy doesn’t mean they have a sense of privacy, or even know what tech can do, harm wise… maybe for them it’s just hardware specs and Windows installations everyday

I’m speculating, but these things usually happen due to change of leadership, these moves usually indicate that the new leadership wants to make a quick buck… And they think you can’t do that through transparency

enshitification perhaps…

I loved this app when it worked, leaving it for 2 years without an update is careless (for the Fdroid version) they might as well archive it…

Apparently they don’t want contributions anymore, from their Github

We are a small team and are not looking for people who can contribute to the project at the moment. We don’t have time to onboard anyone, sorry.

Also, the Download Section doesn’t mention F-Droid at all, at least not anymore

If you want the content, see their YT channel, they pulled out the app, and they don’t want our help, their loss

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Why not just call it IaaS then ?

Muslim confirmed, block

rookie mistake… they told me this when I was a kid but growing up and seeing things not working out as they promised… only then… I was able to see the contradiction

first of, if you’re a muslim, you’re not slick… this method ain’t gonna work… If you’re not a muslim STOP talking to me like you’re, this “ignorance signaling” trying to paint anyone who crtisizes Islam as ignorant and/or misinformed, while making it look like a misunderstood religion, vague due to its infinite wisdom and mindblowing secrets… Is all nothing but an old tactic that literally, Imams use every friday… that’s how they keep the masses brainwashed…

secondly, I have trouble talking to people who start discussions with personal attacks, let alone teaching them a thing or two

thirdly, sure I might be wrong on this one ( I’m not ), I don’t know everything there’s to know about Islam ( that applies to most people even the so called muslim scholars ), but I know enough to leave Islam and that’s what matters to me, I can give hundreds of reasons why… Invalidating my life choices including a choice that could leave me beheaded is so insulting on so many levels

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

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…

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?

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

Drug dealer : Network - Location - Contacts

Facebook : I’ll take all

VC funded, not exactly a community project, I’m skeptical, and worried about it’s future

It’s my go to messenger, idc about the crypto stuff, it’s just a way to reward volunteers who use their servers for all the mathematical conversions, and I have been thinking of running a node myself, to make the network more decentralized

It has some downsides though, you can’t send larger files than 8mb, and if you lose your recovery phrase, you’re compromised, and you can’t edit messages

I used to tell people to use Signal or Element, but I noticed many can’t even sign up, Session just generates a random ID for you, and voila…

these 20 people are awesome :D

Piped and Libretube stopped working for me, they’re requiring sign up now, it’s sad :(

That’s not a hard proof, people keep saying Intel ME and AMD PSP are potential backdoors ( key word: potential ) and this argument is good if we’re arguing about: which is the best ISA, an Open ISA ( RiscV ) or closed ISA ( x86 )

I was asking for a general example, I know that Mediatek chips included a backdoor but I only found one article that talked about it … In french…

Mobos : I think it’s MSI ( I could be wrong ) that installed a peace of software through a Bios update, which showed they have privileged remote access capabilities ( I couldn’t find that source, sorry )

Another example would be ASUS and Gigabyte Mobos, now the initial source says it came from the second hand resellers, but no one confirmed that… which is scary… because that would mean it came straight from ASUS and/or Gigabyte

I was asking for incidents that you came across that could demonstrate the presence of firmware backdoors, saying having too many bugs is not a good argument, because all software has bugs.

Examples ?

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First time I heard about it was from this youtube channe…called “all things secured” but I don’t remember the video , he said police officers stopped him and plugged a USB C on his phone, after a few moments they let him go…

this article discuses the same situation but I’m sure you can find other sources