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1101010010on Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy

This is only the tip of the iceberg. A majority of the "user content" (product reviews, brand engagement, comments on social media sites, etc) is completely fake, bought for and paid by big money interest aka bots. No different than automated scans of the IPv4 address space: simple, unsophisticated, low-cost and without any repercussion.

1101010010on Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy

Simply put: limited liability, lobbying (political donations) and general ignorance of the subject matter by a majority of the population.

1101010010on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges

Are there even IP cameras manufactured domestically to even choose? I have some inside my home (pointed at exterior doors; not inside bedrooms which seems borderline creepy and/or sadistic), but they're not connected to public networks and thus I don't consider them a risk.

1101010010on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges

Social media access to user data (whether foreign or domestic) is bad, but it is a distraction from the real evil: behavioral management at scale. When you can target specific demographics and control what they see 8-10 hours of the day, you can change what they think, say, do, and most importantly, how they vote. People are literally being programmed (euphemistically, "conditioned") by the specific triggers and stimuli with almost surgical precision, and completely unbeknownst to them. This is uncomfortable to recognize and discuss, so the conversation is sadly reduced to "China/AI is bad/evil" to further foment hate and division.

1101010010on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges

> I'm starting to become fatigued

> Causing anxiety

The news is literally designed to do that to you. Stop consuming so much of it for your own mental well-being, and that of everyone else you interact with.

1101010010on Forgetful Browsing

Simply don't allow Javascript.

1101010010on I won’t spend more than $250 on a new smartphone

Just buy tech used, save money and reduce dependence on slave labor. Swappa has been good for me.

1101010010on Forgetful Browsing

https://browserleaks.com/canvas

Open it in a regular and "incognito" browser tab. This is a long term identifier of your browser which persists across cookie clearing, IP address changes and other ritualistic totems privacy-seeking individuals still inexplicably cling to.

1101010010on Forgetful Browsing

Most of the nefarious tracking is taking place via canvas fingerprinting these days, clearing cookies does nothing but make the unaware user feel good they're "doing something".

1101010010on My friends who cheated in interviews are getting promoted (2022)

People who use multiple "angry face" emojis to express themselves are generally moody, petulant and emotionally unfit to work among highly compensated engineers. Instead of whining, adapt and overcome the circumstances you recognize in your professional life.

1101010010on Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users

Manufactured outrage to distract from the far more sinister and subtle behavioral management constantly at work on google users.

1101010010on US banking crisis: Warren Buffett says bosses should face ‘punishment’

Externalizing responsibility is the cornerstone of postindustrial capitalism. To deny that privilege would collapse the entire system.

1101010010on Pixel phones are sold with bootloader unlocking disabled

Perhaps, but deviating from social norms and ubiquitous technologies multiplies scrutiny. Most efforts made to boost privacy actually often have the opposite effect, but this is a subtle nuance few will understand.

1101010010on Pixel phones are sold with bootloader unlocking disabled

How else do you expect they get your device on a surveillance list? Or do people honestly believe that the 0.001% of mobile phone users that unlock their bootloader for custom operating systems are not subject to additional scrutiny by big brother? NSA flagged Linux Journal as an "extremist forum" and flagged readers for extra surveillance - and that was a decade ago.

1101010010on Starlink was down because of expired certificate

> There’s a big difference between identity keys and session keys. It makes total sense to use lots of throw away keys (this is how tls works) but making a new identity key for every message is madness.

That's not what happens (new identity for each message) and compromise of a Signal identity key has no impact on message security, unlike GPG. Also it's not how all TLS works; it's how TLS works with perfect secrecy ciphers only.

> There is no empirical evidence for how frequently to rotate your identity keys.

Certainly not if you refuse to look for it.

> A few years ago NIST started recommending never changing passwords unless they are compromised

Passwords derive session keys (cookies) which rotate very frequently. You have a lot to learn about computer security, I'm happy to make some reading recommendations if you're sincerely interested.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

Can you name just one example of a US armed "militia" intimidating a voter?

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

> If US army decided to commit genocide against even some subset of those citizens, do you really think said firearms would help much?

It worked well for Afghanistan, also Vietnam.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

I'm trying to read it by asking you to cite something, but you have so far been unable to. "Lots of scenarios" is vague and you should be able to come up with at least a few specific examples to support your argument.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

None of what I said is anecdotal, but you only seem interested in the taste of licked boots, so this conversation is over.

1101010010on Starlink was down because of expired certificate

> Never sharing keys reduces the risk too.

That's not up you, it's up to your adversary.

> How much does rotating credentials reduce risk? Should I rotate once a year? Once a month?

As frequently as possible. Signal for example uses ephemeral keys for each message.

> Rotating every day would be even more secure, right? But how much more? I think not very much.

Stop guessing and use empirical evidence to support your reasoning.

> The risk is that I don’t know if I’m compromised. But I think that risk is less than the errors involved in rotating keys according to some arbitrary schedule.

It's arbitrary because you are making a strawman argument to support a foregone conclusion.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

History and common sense. Name one genocide that happened against an armed civilian population.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

Which native peoples outgunned the US Army? Please provide a citation for such an outlandish claim.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

You asked for a citation, you were provided one. If you think 300 unarmed civilians being murdered by the government because of their race is "nothing" then there is nothing left to discuss. I am honestly worried about what you might think of Mao's China or Hitler's Germany and their respective civilian disarmament; I bet very few lives were lost to "civilian gun violence" under their rule, too.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

You can start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre and follow with a middle school history book about Germany, China or about a dozen other nations.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

I'm not interested in discussing personal anecdotes, only factual history which is replete with examples of state-sponsored genocide and tyranny when the population is disarmed.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

> People with guns kill more people than people without guns.

The irony of this statement is government is historically responsible for the most deaths as they are best armed. When technology like firearms are decentralized and more people have access to them, fewer overall deaths occur and more individual freedom ensues.

Same concept for cameras, when they are pointed at police and agents of the state by citizens.

1101010010on Americans don't choose to be fat. Many live within a 'system they don't control'

Even victims of an oppressive system have an obligation to resist and challenge it. Being fat may not be a choice, but it is a moral imperative to change.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

Blaming asymmetrically powerful technology before man's own perverted ego is simply misguided.

1101010010on Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women

> women would be less frequently oppressed.

That does not logically follow; another technology would just as soon take the place of surveillance cameras (phone tracking, social stigma, stricter laws and punishment). It is the intent of the oppressor and the courage of a culture to resist it that matters most.