Notices by Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)

While Signal messages might be e2e encrypted, people tend to forget that the platform collects phone numbers of its users, which can be used to identify people.

This makes Signal an effective metadata collection tool that resides on a central server in the US.

By cross-referencing these identities with data from other companies like Google or Meta, the government can create a comprehensive picture of people's connections and affiliations.

#signal #privacy

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@krom @drq I have bad news, Matrix also appears to be a metadata harvesting bananza

https://web.archive.org/web/20210804205638/https://serpentsec.1337.cx/matrix

https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html

https://github.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-matrix.org/blob/master/part1/README.md

Walking to a grocery store alone in an American suburb feels like being a protagonist in a horror movie because the empty, car-centric environment feels like a liminal space, similar to an empty hallway at night.

These spaces are unwelcoming to pedestrians and create a sense of isolation and vulnerability.

This is a great illustration of the importance of walkable communities to promote health, community, and personal freedom.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/1/13/american-suburbs-are-a-horror-movie-and-were-the-protagonists

In this satirical city builder, your goal is to convert walkable cities into parking lots and use propaganda to convince everyone it's what they want. 😆

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/in-this-satirical-city-builder-your-goal-is-to-convert-walkable-cities-into-parking-lots-and-use-propaganda-to-convince-everyone-its-what-they-want/

These are the statements made by US politicians in 2019 regarding Hong Kong, when rioters were burning police cars, throwing Molotov cocktails.

After years of telling us that there is no deep state and people are nutty conspiracy theorists for even suggesting the notion, NYT comes out with this banger.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000009356253/trump-deep-state.html

Samsung, LG, SK suspend US construction projects amid soaring costs.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/03/129_370454.html

The #US, under the guise of commerce, openly declares its intention to suppress the technological advancements of #China, a nation with over 1.4 billion citizens.

It seems that the only card they have left to play is their blatant disregard for international norms and their willingness to resort to any means necessary to maintain their dominance and control over the world.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/us-may-further-curb-china-s-access-to-chip-tech-raimondo-says

This should be a viral national story in #US. After this team unanimously unionized, Google refused to come to the bargaining table.

A resolution supporting the workers was brought to the city council. The day the workers showed up to testify on the resolution, Google laid off the entire team.

This was the precise instant when YouTube Music employees became aware that we had lost our jobs, as we were addressing the City Council.

@0 @succucirno@bae.st @pernia@cum.salon you found such an eloquent way to say you're an imbecile without saying you're an imbecile 👏

how carbon credits work 👇

@geekysteven also all the things people worry about such as losing jobs aren't problems with AI, but with capitalism.

In a sane society, we would celebrate jobs being automated because that would mean we'd have more free time to enjoy our lives.

Missouri House votes against limits on kids carrying guns.

https://apnews.com/article/politics-joplin-missouri-st-louis-children-24e0b91f63d83011e1f938c8cb587786

ChatGPT is finally ready to take over from human developers

amazing timelapse

We are now watching child labor become normalized to keep capitalism alive.

TikTok kangaroo court in a nutshell

CEO of Google says their Bard Chat AI “makes mistakes” after it called Google a monopoly that needs to be broken up by the state. The bot also opposed Google in a hypothetical anti-trust lawsuit.

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https://fortune.com/2023/03/22/alphabet-ceo-sundar-pichai-bard-chatbot-things-will-go-wrong/

@sknvlv and the west continuously escalating tensions eventually created conditions for a war, now exact same story is playing out with China. Seems like US just can't learn.

American journalist discovers a train