gnuthing [they/them]

Where I live (US) lots of people don’t have running water, not even wells. People live in their cars, in RVs, in tents. Having to bathe in gas station restrooms. US isn’t going to fix it either, it’s a feature of capitalism, the only way they keep us working such shit jobs is with the threat of homelessness. Home ownership in China is really high, like over 95%. Having that freedom would mean that I could do rainwater catch if I was in a rural area, lots of rural homes (esp eco homes) in the US catch rainwater and store it, like for an off-grid setup. I’d say making sure people own homes so they can be more self-sufficient is taking care of them in one of the most important ways. Letting them own a part of the wealth of their nation instead of squatting under overpasses because they can’t afford rent

Maybe they’re just a language nerd and wanna write their graphemes old school

Our local police are doing this for every little protest. I went to one with like 20 people and they had a drone out

Socialist revolution is the answer. Epstein class has been lying about it for 100 years because they know it’s the answer

If you have info about someone getting a graphene phone to turn the USB back on, please share as I’d like to read about it.

I don’t think saying the state can torture us for info is a phone security issue per se. Especially since the only way to avoid imperial state violence is to shut up and do nothing and hope they don’t come for you anyway

Yeah tails does have graphene beat, but a lot of folks see a phone as a necessity. Graphene is best if you’re gonna have a phone. It can turn off the USB port where it can’t even be charged without being off. It can reboot itself if not unlocked frequently enough, putting the phone back into a BFU state.

Now it’s possible that there’s some exploit a state knows that is not public, but the software they generally use does not work on graphene as long as you are not running a pre-2022 version of graphene. Someone else mentioned rubber-hose cryptanalysis, but like if I’m getting beat for my unlock, then what do I care about getting charged with destruction of evidence?

In custody, your phone will be hacked when it is taken away if it’s important.

Unless I turned off the USB port…

Fuck that, what happens when that AI hallucinates?

KDE has some themes that mimic different apple desktop versions

They can just add a disclaimer saying it’s not available in CA. Could even block CA IP addresses from downloads

I use an encrypted offline raid at home and encrypted cloud storage that automatically backs up. My phone is basically empty, plenty of room to accidentally record 40 gb+

The only legit use case is to use the semantic ablation of AI to disguise your writing voice to thwart potential lexical fingerprinting

If you don’t wanna use a pixel, just build it. It’s open source ¯_(ツ)_/¯

PS: I’m leaning towards “don’t say anything you wouldn’t in a court of law” model these days. If its online - and you don’t own the infra - there’s always a risk.

You should assume everything you say online is being captured by govts. Encrypt everything you can, use a no log VPN not based in 15 eyes, use OS and browser with sandboxes/containers

Graphene os can run it on other phones, it’s just not as secure and you have to build it yourself