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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials. They found 300 servers capable of crippling New York’s cell system⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I have read elsewhere that this is likely an older service, used for a long time, which was used in domestic crime. It was tracked down by the secret service because it was helping provide help in forgery of fake currency.

  It makes sense why the secret service, which deals in counterfeiting, was involved.

  But it was spun by the White House for other reasons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla Welcomes Raffi Krikorian as Chief Technology Officer | The Mozilla Blog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because he worked for bad organizations does not make him a bad cto. But if he was chosen from better candidates because of that, then yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm very happy for her. In youth tightness can be a problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I googled monitors and the AI summary said something else.

  Apparently the curved screens were a temporary fashion statement. But they fell out of fashion during world war 2 due to excess materials used in the design

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm very happy for her. In youth tightness can be a problem⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Accident”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking something else, like

  The Boys Showrunner, Eric Kripke, says the superhero ultimately exists to protect the status quo, to keep things as they are or once were during more nostalgic times, while the supervillain seeks change. A superhero is pro-establishment, working to uphold the system, and viewers can be trained to believe some exceptional being will fix everything.

  The earlier superhero movies made in the USA helped support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there were strategies and meetings to deliberately do just that.

  I think the later Marvel movies drifted away from typecasting the villains and made the plots less American centric. But it did not loose the parallels to the popular movies in Germany made in the late 30’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been thinking the superhero movies were having many fascist themes themselves. And their popularity was helped by a growing authoritarian movement in the USA.

  The actual comics do not have many of the above issues, the movies reinforced certain themes.

  I say this as someone who likes the comic books

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Estonia is digging a 40 km trench to stop Russian tanks — and 600 bunkers are next⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A tank driving on it will have issues. But this is easily overcome by itself.

  This is just one small part of new emplacements. But even multiple layers are only expected to slow an advance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you look at their terms of service, they only talk about US law and Swiss law, no matter of which version. See proton.me/de/legal/terms (German version), proton.me/legal/terms (English version)

  I am not at all an international legal expert! However I follow some legal threads elsewhere and there is no serious dissent that the legal status of Proton is, at best, hard to tell, when it comes to this issue. And perhaps can only be determined in court cases later.

  It is at this point I must abandon the replies to this, but I must say there are too many uncertainties for certain groups to fully reply on this service

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They now have offices in the USA and if you look at what they say, they announce their operating under Swiss and USA law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Under USA law proton cannot reveal some requests, or even talk about deeper collaboration.

  This is why some services use canaries. When something is removed from a page it can be assumed they ante under a gag order. This has happened many times ,see en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

  By and large political opposition in an authoritarian country should not use tools under that jurisdiction.

  I would definitely base my email outside of that influence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The important thing to me is not maliciousness, but reliability under political , social and legal pressure.

  All of this is hard to understand, much of what is happening is opaque.

  Also this does not apply to all people. Depending on hundreds of variables, one person’s issue is not relevant to another.

  I am in a country that can exert legal pressure on them; and so I cannot use their services

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s in those corners ignored by the big companies that true innovation will be seen.

  That innovation will replace them later

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific unprogress...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Went tits up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think so, they are all 6 doggers old or more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3138: Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  harrumph…

  Those nonsensical rules exercise the brain more. Helps stave off mental deterioration.

  Carpenters in the USA have a higher mental acuity at advanced ages than scientists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The parrot I asked insists she is still existing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, Google did not warn 2.5 billion Gmail users to reset passwords⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone concerned about this; please login, using your google credentials, to your nearest scam website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was fruitful and multiplied, its hard to organize a large migration of people, some of whom want to stay.

  I will travel, but am rather tied to this area, even if I do not see it changing for the better in my lifetime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with masterdon, even though eventually Texas will enact similar legislation forcing me to use a vpn to read it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Putting a device on airplane mode removes the distractions. If I play a video game while the lecture is going on, well that is on me, or the lecture, or both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🎶 picture this we we're both butt naked banging on the bathroom door 🎶⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I git laid a month after I flipped through the first chapter of an introduction.

  Coincidence? I think not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤡 We've all been played for fools. 🤡⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, what a surprise. For the first time I feel smug about not having a phd, much education or common sense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He aged pretty well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amy Klobuchar learned that a video clip of her was going viral. So she clicked on it and saw her face and her voice saying vulgar things she had never said. It was AI.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  She has a well earned reputation of sounding in private just like in the video . I’m sure the video is not her, but it was really accurate in tone; which is why it’s getting traction

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I used the word 50 years ago in a conversation once; I own it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like watching an online version of Brexit, without the referendum

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Activist Who Helped Film “No Other Land” Shot and Killed by Israeli Settler⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Barbarian horde” backed by a foreign empire

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thailand sees US offering ‘very good’ trade deal after ceasefire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopium

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Users are funneled towards actions exploited by both politics and greed. Many have no choice.