well, you're becoming famous :) .. interesting articles you got there 😁

Oh, Are you the same Blender Dumbass 2.0 ?

And only if surveillance actually stops all the crime ( which it doesn't )

When mass surveillance works, you lose your rights, and when it doesn't work as intended ( which as the government says to protect you from terrorists ), it gets things wrong and it can be too damaging, like when Google flagged a man who sent his child's photos to a doctor, or when Facial recognition system gets the wrong person, or when a bank algorithm locks someone of their own account due to suspicious activity.. etc

So we're damned when it works and we're damned when it doesn't.

Edit: how can I do the math? Do you have any links..

Exmuslim here, it's forbidden in Islam to spy on people ( invade their privacy ), but there is another rule ( which is not actually written, at least not in the main scriptures ), that basically flips everything around, lying, stealing, killing, invading someone else privacy.. etc everything becomes allowed, because it's a necessity... now you might be asking, how and when you know it's a necessity to do something that's officially forbidden by Allah ( in this case invading others privacy ) ?

the answer is.. it's subjective, you just make up your own mind, and justify it with : it's a necessity, may Allah forgive me 🥺👉👈

Of course, I'm being too optimistic, religion is there so people don't use their brains, in reality people ask imams ( our version of priests ) who have authority because "they know" these stuff, it's just makes life easier

push users to register VPNs with the state’s media regulator, ostensibly to enhance cybersecurity and fight terrorism.

Ahh, the terrorism excuse, ok.. define terrorism ?!

again, their own sharia laws are against them..lol.., Invading people's privacy is prohibited in Islam, so They're going out of their way, and against the word of their holy Prophet

“Using VPNs to access blocked or illegal content is against Islamic and social norms, therefore, their use is not acceptable under Islamic law. It falls under ‘abetting in sin,’ ” said the statement, quoting the council’s chairman, Raghib Naeemi.

man, don't you just love it when religious people try to save you from eternal hell?

That's just wrong when you're dealing with the government

The curly hair, the silver chain, the Bjj... appears more on camera with his wife and daughter.. going to podcasts.. Etc...

They're trying really hard to humanize him, but we all can see through the lies..

Today’s proposal to digitalise passports and identity cards paves the way for a more seamless and secure travel experience,” Věra Jourová, the Commission’s Vice-President for values and transparency, said in a statement.

we know what happens when someone says the word "secure" ... ahhhaaam..

remember, someone a person or a government or a cyber terrorist group will track these border checks..

and the app itself won't be so transparent as your Lemmy client, I think I'll stick to paper passport

France wanted a backdoor.. they got it, and Telegram was never trustworthy..

for the new people to the linux communtiy, the reason behind the CW tag, is because Lunduke is not a trustworthy source, he's not in it for the love of journalism but for the love of pushing agenda.. and he speads propaganda, cherry picks his facts, and straight out lies about what people said or could have meant

you know how to know you're listening to false narratives .... well.. most of the time it makes you feel triggered or angry...

these 20 people are awesome :D

That's not a hard proof, people keep saying Intel ME and AMD PSP are potential backdoors ( key word: potential ) and this argument is good if we're arguing about: which is the best ISA, an Open ISA ( RiscV ) or closed ISA ( x86 )

I was asking for a general example, I know that Mediatek chips included a backdoor but I only found one article that talked about it .. In french..

Mobos : I think it's MSI ( I could be wrong ) that installed a piece of software through a Bios update, which showed they have privileged remote access capabilities ( I couldn't find that source, sorry )

Another example would be ASUS and Gigabyte Mobos, now the initial source says it came from the second hand resellers, but no one confirmed that.. which is scary... because that would mean it came straight from ASUS and/or Gigabyte

I was asking for incidents that you came across that could demonstrate the presence of firmware backdoors, saying having too many bugs is not a good argument, because all software has bugs.

If not a Pixel with GOS, I would say the second best pick is a Fairphone with CalyxOS.. And don't worry about the updates, they'll provide extended support for as long as possible, which could be years, CalyxOS is also awesome

Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung phones

• main reason: anti user freedom, and locking you in to their system, it's extremely hard to wipe out your phone in order to sell it if you have a Samsung account linked to your phone, and they make it hard to flash a custom ROM, imagine buying a phone with your own money and you still need the manufacturer consent to do what you want with it..
• confusing and slow UI
• Ads everywhere on the UI
• bloated with games and useless apps
• they don't take security seriously at all ( slow updates )
• short update period
• they lie in their marketing by giving big numbers ( battery capacity and camera quality for example )

And last but not least, they kill your apps