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“in order to simplify Reddit”

Corpospeech has evolved from euphemisms and marketing tricks to being completely divorced from reality hasn’t it?

/r/all was the simplest thing ever, the best posts of all of Reddit. It was a normal button/link. It was Reddit itself, “the front page of the internet”

But thankfully there’s still “Reddit Pro” and whatever bullshit they came up with since going public. That is so simple!

Have they managed to factor a number bigger than 15 yet?

That’s what games are? I really don’t see how it is an unfair comparison to you. How would you change it?

Is this a gotcha? Not sure where you got the “visual” from, but yes it is best human performance vs best LLM performance

Spez announces they won’t tolerate competing astroturfing, only shareholder-approved bots will remain.

No way they would make it upgradable or user serviceable lol

They don’t want to, they already have it and just don’t want people to be able to avoid it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act

requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have built-in capabilities for targeted surveillance

Sorry but both points are irrelevant, nonprofit foundations can still be forced to turn over user information. That is part of following the law so nothing that would need to be hidden to auditors, unless you were talking about encryption audits which is completely besides the point

All your phone number provides is that you have ever used signal? Not what tower you’re connected to and therefore approximate realtime location? Your full identity via your telco? Social graph and history of your calls and texts?

I’m not saying it’s their fault or that they are volunteering any information, but that’s how it is for any US-based corporation (doesn’t matter if it’s a nonprofit, any legal entity that can be subpoenaed)

I really don’t get the big “use signal” push at this point in time because even if it’s private and the encryption is solid, it’s a fucking American company. It’s so easy for letter agencies to get information on their users from them, don’t you realize that they can’t refuse to give out your number if they ask for it and that once they have that your identity and location are immediately and thoroughly compromised? If you are subject to US jurisdiction and could be seen in any way as opposing its government, I really don’t think you should be using it.

It’s the biggest racketeering scheme in history and seems like everyone wants in

I’m willing to give them a pass since this was a development build and while someone probably should’ve thought of it, it’s the kind of bug that can happen. If this was the public release it would be a lot more outrageous.

Is this a Boltzmann brain in a universe where only Doom exists?

Yes, but support changes depending on your router. Not many in the consumer market support it, but you can run OpenWRT on either a supported router or a Linux box with at least two interfaces - a usb adapter works if you’re on a budget, and ethernet+WiFi also counts. I would suggest looking into VPN providers that support Wireguard, as that’s in my experience both faster and more reliable than OpenVPN.

For commercial alternatives you can just buy and import a wireguard conf file into, I know MikroTik routers support it and I believe GL.iNet does too. I’m pretty sure there are more, hopefully people can contribute their experiences.

I wouldn’t recommend TOR for this usecase btw, you’d be adding a lot of latency when you don’t need the additional anonymity layer.

Regulating tech companies, not tech users right?

…right?

Depending on how you register the domain, there are some registrars that require no info at all. One of those paid with Monero creates no links to your identity.

But yes, self-hosting does not shield you from court orders. If they find you they can still access your shit, depending on how much your country’s infosec police gives a shit and/or how closely they cooperate with US agencies.

So, a bribe with the proper bureaucratic steps?

Don’t forget paying for the AI “service” too

Just watch a movie at this point. I started playing old games because I was missing the feeling of staring at a screen for a solid minute with no idea how to proceed and having to figure it out for yourself, or repeating the same section again and again slowly conquering what seemed impossible on the first try.

Again, they did not “aid” nor “give” that information. They were legally obliged to do so. There was never a choice. This could’ve happened with literally any company, E2EE stops them from being forced to turn over the emails themselves, but basic account metadata (creation date, payment methods, contact details, potentially IP access logs) will always be available. What you can do is limit the amount of information a provider requires/saves (for which Proton is a good choice) or don’t rely on a company at all and roll your own email server.