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Hot take:

I know the edgy techno-left position on copyright is "intellectual property is property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.

Feature, not a bug

Screenshot of X post: https://x.com/mer__edith/status/1902383162065400296, part 1 BAT SIGNAL: A law in France that would mandate a backdoor in end to end encrypted communications is set for a vote within the next day, after some start-stop skirmishes. The French Narcotraffic law would require encrypted communications providers—like Signal—create a backdoor by giving the government the ability to add themselves to any group or chat they like. In the name of (checks notes) fighting drug trafficking. While those hyping this bad law have rushed to assure French politicians that the proposal isn’t’ ‘breaking encryption’ their arguments are as tedious as they are stale as they are laughable. For those catching up, let’s review the basics: end to end encryption must only have two ‘ends’—sender and recipient(s). Otherwise, it is backdoored. Whatever method is devised to add a ‘third end’ —from a perverted PRNG in a cryptographic protocol, to vendor-provided government software grafted onto the side of secure communications that allow said government to add themselves to your chats—it rips a hole in the hull of private communications and is a backdoor. Indeed, the ghost participant proposal was roundly rebuked (humiliated, even) when it was first proposed in 2019 in the UK. The technical community was united, and it was never implemented in law or otherwise.

Screenshot of X Post, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal https://x.com/mer__edith/status/1902383162065400296 We cannot accept any backdoor, however it’s dressed up. Communications don’t stay within jurisdictional boundaries. Which means a hole created in France becomes a vector for anyone wanting to undermine Signal’s robust privacy guarantees, anywhere. Instead of contending with unbreakable math, they only have to compromise a French government employee, or the vendor-provided software used to sideload government operatives into your private chats. This is why, as always, Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written. At this moment especially, there is simply too much riding on Signal, on our being able to forge a future in which private communication persists, to allow such pernicious undermining. We hope—WE HOPE—that this callow, dishonest attack will fail, and will be the last. We would love to get back to the work of maintaining and improving our core technologies, instead of fighting legislation which is distinguished in nothing as much as its refusal to listen to decades of expert consensus in its drive to imperil global cybersecurity and the human right of privacy.

"Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written"

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org

Yet somehow this obvious fact escapes the gaze of the American press

Dems can't address this. They have to disband the entire leadership, their whole corporate infrastructure. Only the left can address this.

The Rich benefit way more from:
- the infrastructure
- stability
- military
- the existence of a country

than the average citizen.

Why should they pay the tax at the same % as the average citizen?

95% tax on highest earners.

coward.

Another leftist political take proven right over the liberal political take.

He has affinity for everyone who placates. Just a low confidence white guy.

What y'all claimed was some sort of evidenced double-agent thing which was wrong and is still wrong.

Claude as GPS:

Turn right at the next corner... then '...rest of the journey...' and you've arrived at your destination!

Claude: I fixed your code!

Also Claude: *strategically omits 2,000 lines where all your actual problems are*

Pick a new semantic troll attempt bud.

This is how every free market ends. Thanks for playing.

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

He supports Israel & bans Palestinian protests. He's a coward.

Stock market cannot analyze one day's sales. It's a lagged indicator. Very weird correlation idea

if you can look at what the US did to the kurds and still find a way to trust the US you are a fucking moron

Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege Israel continues to delay enter of shelter aid as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, worsening the humanitarian crisis

Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-palestinian-infants-die-extreme-cold-gaza

Lmao liberal delusion in one post 👏👏👏

Here's how some politicians spent their weekends in the backdrop of fascism:

✊ Jill Stein organized "Fight The Rich" conference together with Workers Strike Back

💪 Bernie Sanders launched nationwide anti-oligarchy tour

✨ Kamala Harris signed up for Hollywood talent agency

Ok stormtrooper

Yea very Star Wars to ally himself with Zionist Israel and not with rebelling Palestine.

I might switch from Claude back to OpenAI tooling. Claude served me well but Anthropic is falling behind.

- April 2024 cutoff date on info
- Great at coding, but reasoning models caught up at this point
- Too limited token count in Sonnet
- And minor stuff like lacking image/TTS/video gen etc

Thanks so much. I'll be taking precautions much more diligently going forward, although not sure how much I can prevent kindergarten superspreaders :)

I had Influenza A for the past 10 days and it absolutely wrecked havoc in my household. 41°C fever, coughing blood, migraines, vomiting - we had it all.

Is this year's flu strain on some sort of steroids or are our immunities completely f*cked since COVID?

Crypto grifters: Pivot to AI grifting.

X: Nazi app
Tesla: Nazi car

Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.

new from me: Elon Musk's X appears to be blocking links to directly contact users on Signal

Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE

US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application gain momentum during the war on Gaza

US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-tiktok-ban-linked-israel-china-insiders-reveal

Bluesky officially made it today.