I’ve lost count of technologies during my lifetime that had initial skeptics of ‘seems cool, but who would use this?,’ and then that tech became ubiquitous or essential within a decade.

Room-sized computers that required punch cards also seemed cool but mostly useless once.

I didn’t invent the term. Not my fault you don’t know it.

There’s a big difference between actual fact-checking, and the “fact-checking” industry which is controlled by powerful interests to help sell their narrative.

Well, the court does. This is coming from Carr, who’s been trying to make headlines for his gubernatorial run.

In Georgia, where this is happening, they also consider not having a phone to be probable cause for arrest.

https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/02/12/georgia-ag-claims-not-having-a-phone-makes-you-a-criminal/

This is in Georgia. The state attorney general thinks it’s probable cause for arrest to not have a cellphone, or to have a dumb phone. They’re turning the state into a digital open air prison.

And just like cop city, this is a test for nationwide rollout.

https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/02/12/georgia-ag-claims-not-having-a-phone-makes-you-a-criminal/

As frustrating as this escalation is, it also signals they are losing and becoming desperate.

Since when is theft okay as long as you give back small portion?

I know we’re all propagandized to hell, but for the love of god stop reflexively licking their boots!

Try using Steam link with a regular controller, and put it in mouse mode. You’ll be wishing for those touch pads.

It’s difficult for them to change history, when people can point to previous versions of it. That’s why the capitalists are trying to shut all of these down.

Use borg/borgmatic for your backups. Use rsync to send your differentials to your secondary & offsite backup storage.

Absolutely not. They should allow you to tag & filter by models showing printed examples, and maybe rank them higher in the results, but I’d refuse to use any site with such an overreach of restrictions.

https://theweek.com/articles/453690/how-nsa-gets-unrestricted-access-iphone

Where are we moving the goalposts to now?

It’s 100% accurate.

Right, the Snowden leaks did not include phone backdoors. Just everything else you denied.

So you don’t believe anything that’s been leaked by whistleblowers? You think the Snowden stuff is all fake?

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/spy-agency-ducks-questions-about-back-doors-in-tech-products-idUSKBN27D1DO/

Not only do the feds force companies to install backdoors into the OS, but they also have backdoors built into the processors and communications networks.

https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/five-things-to-know-about-nsa-mass-surveillance-and-the-coming-fight-in-congress

https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/32097-expert-claims-nsa-has-backdoors-in-intel-amd-processors

Wild how many people preach from their high horse every time a non-western country does this, as if there aren’t western backdoors built into all of these.

I’m against all government backdoors and spying efforts, but let’s not pretend they’re attempting anything the west has not already successfully done. There’s definitely an air of racism to the double standard.