Because a communist country minding its own business while trying to provide for its people is evil, while a capitalist country bombing country after country non-stop for decades while trying to provide for a handful of billionaire sociopath pedophiles is good.

4w ago

A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

To be fair, the article is 9 years old and things could have changed in the meantime.

4w ago

A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

"The claim that WhatsApp can access people's encrypted communications is patently false," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said. He added that the bureau had already "disavowed this purported investigation, calling its own employee's allegations unsubstantiated."

I can't help but notice that in response to people's concern that Meta may be able to read people's messages, the Meta spokesperson responds that WhatsApp can't read them. A little bit of administrative juggling on Meta's end so that the team with access to the messages doesn't fall within the WhatsApp department, and both claims could be true.

4w ago

ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job | Jonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good.

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

Jonathan Ross has to be a very common name too. Plenty of scope for "congratulating" the wrong person.

4w ago

Google Signs Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Backlash

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

the only way to stop this is for entire swaths of people to quit their jobs.

There's a middle ground: unionization and strikes. Not always successful but more effective than just complaining.

4w ago

Pentagon's Hegseth defends Iran war, says it is not a quagmire

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

Quagmire confirmed then.

4w ago

US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

4w ago

Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

Age verification done the right way does not require providing any personal info. I 100% oppose forcing people to share personal data with private companies. This is not what we’re talking about here.

Handing your government ID and other personal data to private companies is exactly how current proposals for online age verification work. It could be done without this, but that's not what governments and corporations are pushing for, because the goal is easier surveillance. Take a look at some of the problems with Persona, for example:

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/persona-age-verification-surveillance-biometrics-government-reporting-2026/

4w ago

Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

The next step will be to make more essential services online only, so people have to use the internet.

4w ago

Waveform FREE - A Good Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) on Linux (beside Audacity)

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

I was recommending it to anyone reading the thread.

4w ago

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

It is kind of funny.

4w ago

California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

They probably know this perfectly well. But there are corporations and their lobbyists to think of, and they'd much prefer it if ordinary people weren't able to build their own devices and spare parts, but instead had to buy them at inflated prices.

4w ago

Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"

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floofloof @lemmy.ca 4w ago

Into fascism. But also from fascism.