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[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 82 points 10 months ago

Remember when he said to "use signal"? Pepperidge farm remembers.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 46 points 10 months ago

He says he wants free speech, but all he ever wanted was to replace the previous censorship and propaganda regime with his own.

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 9 points 10 months ago

They always do

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He never said he wants free speech for everyone :) TBH the shame should be on those who believed that Musk could somehow be the first right-wing extremist in history that wished the people at large had more rights and more freedoms.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

He never said he wants free speech for everyone

Yes he fucking did. He called himself a “free speech absolutist” which was just a blatant lie just like every other sentence that has farted out of his Nazi lips.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 34 points 10 months ago

"free speech absolutist"

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm surprised DOGE themselves aren't using it to skirt FOIA.

Or maybe they are.

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 31 points 10 months ago

Who says they aren't? Elon has zero problems with double standards.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 21 points 10 months ago

oh they for sure are. also FOIA is probably dead forever. so. you know. be ready for that little announcement.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

privacy for me, but not for thee!

[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

They fall under the presidential records act so they aren't subject to FOIA until the 2030s.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They claim they fall under the Presidential Records Act, but they're lying.

[-] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

why would someone still be using x at this time for starters is something that baffles me.

[-] gomp@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Circle jerking, I guess? Same reason I use lemmy :)

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

"Free speech extremist"

[-] Melody@lemmy.one 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This just means you wrap your signal links in a URL shortener.

A slight hassle; but all the more reason to hate the muskratt.

We should be quietly linking anyone with a need to send a signal link to a nice privacy respecting URL shortening instance somewhere that will basically delete the link in 3-7 days unless told otherwise to keep it around by the user at creation.

Heck; host your own URL shortener while you're at it.

[-] toototabon@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

questions, not to you specifically, but to anyone who stumbles upon this thread.

  • what would be a decent URL shortener that meets this criteria?
  • any pointers to host one's own shortener? mainly i'm thinking of registrars, but also the mechanics to transform links and store data for a few days
[-] mcx808@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

I use Shlink, you can probably host it on a little digitalocean droplet or something similar.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

There must be a hundred third-party freeware apps that let you encrypt files. Heck, even zip archivers have a password protect option. If you're a whistleblower, you're going to be collecting data over long periods of time, not sending instant messages. You can use OnionShare (droid-ify) to create temporary TOR links if you really need to share a file quickly and untraceably.

[-] zombiewarrior@social.vivaldi.net 9 points 10 months ago

@bigfoot free advertising for signal imo

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

Time to donate to signal again

[-] root@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Monthly for me

[-] Dalde@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Isn't it strange that when you believe in an oligarch, they never disappoint.

[-] cavemeat@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

I've gotta donate the signal and spread the word, it's been my messaging goat for years

[-] bananapinball@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

"blocks links to Signal" What does that even means? It's not twitter; people are not sharing Signal links.

[-] root@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Most likely invite links to various groups / contacts

[-] seonar22@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

least thick skinned wannabe "politician" I've ever seen.

[-] shir@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 10 months ago

Well, them go Telegram? He would not want to block his right wing friends, too, would he?

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