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  • Messengers are not protocols. They use protocols. Most XMPP clients use the same encryption scheme Signal does only without being dependent on a single specific server, allowing users to spread out. I recommend reading about the differences between targeting developing a platform and developing protocols. Once you do, you'll see XMPP+Encryption in a better light than anything like Signal. The main problem in the current moment with XMPP+Encryption us that it isn't where the people are. Us tech weirdos can start the push into that space a little bit, but we need "Normies" to adopt to, and for that we need to be clear on what were talking about. Comparing XMPP to signal doesn't make sense. Comparing Cheogram to Signal does. And in the latter, cheogram frankly blows Signal out of the water for real privacy and security considerations

  • I immediately had my suspicions this article might contain some bullshit when I saw it was published by the new oil...

  • It was good! I really enjoyed it

  • Legitimately! Early Metallica was all about liberatory politics. Then it turned into center-right american politics. The kinds of dudes who really have hard-ons for how great the status quo is.

  • Yeah. I didn't pull down my comments when I left, but the oldest ones from 2010-2012 are real fucking wrong-headed. That's while I was still in college and hadn't learned yet that the real messaging about how the world works was

    1. staring me right in the face
    2. not discussed as being about what its about by mainstream media outlets

    That was the era frat rap was not just allowed to exist, but with some regularity got mainstream popularity. The great irony is two big names from that space, Asher Roth and Mac Miller went on to do some really thoughtful and insightful work, and I think their journey of awakening to the harm their privilege did is what a lot of us went through. Like. I don't think the majority of us were thinking enough about the importance of countercultural music movements. Now google and reddit get to be the kings of that toxic outdated way of thinking.

    The bad news is... That toxic outdated way of thinking benefits them. And now they'll have a big data model that can post real seeming messages and amplify those shitty takes a lot of us grew out of

  • Well. I mean. Look who heads Twitter

  • Hey good news. Turns out you can use bing and not get back Reddit results

  • They don't care about traffic. They care about the existing barrel of data for the data models

  • So. In pornography you'll have a thumbnail that's focused on what gets people intrigued to see a model perform, the face. This church is using a thumbnail for their ad that looks SHOCKINGLY like a porn promo thumbnail. Reason being sex sells

  • Duuuude American mega-churches are PURELY profit oriented

  • Oh. Sorry. Didn't realize risking bodily injury from tear gas, rubber bullets, beanbags, and nightsticks because something fucking matters was cowardly. You bring up such eloquent and well reasoned points. I'll keep them in mind the next time the police are kettling me or a Nazi throws a brick at one of my friends. I'll say to myself "you know. We probably deserved this for being so cowardly"

  • And what do you think the negotiators are negotiating about? Why do you think anyone took Martin Luther King serious? They were fucking scared of Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. "We make a deal with you so the scarier people don't get any scarier than they are right now"

    And Martin Luther King STILL got killed for speaking out. You've shown some really ignorant and privileged views in this thread. I'm glad Sweden's been so kind to you, but maybe don't chirp about shit you don't know about if you don't want people to say you sound like a tool for oppressors, especially when your nations wealth comes from the fossil fuels that's killing everyone else. You are a beneficiary of colonialism even if you're not the beneficiary of colonialism.

  • The top level comment mentions freedom?

  • Certain crowds can't fathom being any different from how you were raised up because They're too scared of being their authentic selves

  • And how you gotta stand up to Him? What the fuck does that even mean? All their songs are about how "hey, you can't just be telling people how to live like that. People are individuals with thoughts and ideas AND ALSO YES FARTS ARE FUNNY AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING LIKE THEY AREN'T"

  • There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Start thinking about the WWII slogans like "use it up, wear it out. Make it do, or do without" because we are at war and we're losing. Start growing a victory garden. Take away from the capital holders as much of your business as you can

  • I read it as a law that the bootloader has to be unlockable so that the phone can be serviced by the end user past the manufacturers end of support

  • Hardware specs were too constrained for regular daily use. The software updates are always way behind schedule, and the company is too small to support their warranty (I really do think they're doing their best to do what's right, but they're just super slow on turnaround for support)

  • Conspiracy theory: got paid to write a smear piece about a piece of technology the spies of capitalism doesn't like

  • Um... What fucking paradox? Authy is a know security vulnerability. If you're installing GrapheneOS before switching away from Authy, you're putting the condom on after getting fucked