Similarly, I find a fair number of Rust crates (that I want to use) have virtually no doc or inline examples, and use weird metaprogramming that I can’t wrap my head around.
Is it really a true rust crate if it doesn't contain at least one inscrutable macro?
IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. CONFESS THAT YOU ARE A BOT.
If that were the case Molly FOSS wouldn’t exist
I'm not speaking of hard dependence as in "the app can't work without it." I'm speaking to the default behavior of the Signal application:
Molly FOSS choosing different defaults doesn't change the fact that the "Signal" client app, which accounts for the vast majority of clients within the network, is dependent on Google.
And in either case -- using Google's Firebase system, or using Signal's websocket system -- the metadata under discussion is still not protected; the NSA doesn't care if they're wired into Google's data centers or Signal's. They'll be snooping the connections either way. And in either case, the requirement of a phone number is still present.
Perhaps I should restate my claim:
Signal per se is not the mass surveillance tool. Its ~~dependence on Google~~ design choices of (1) not forcing an anonymization overlay, and (2) forcing the use of a phone number, is the mass surveillance tool.
Law enforcement doesn’t request data frequently enough in order to build a social graph. Also they probably don’t need to as Google and Apple likely have your contacts.
They don't need to request data. They have first-class access to the data themselves. Snowden informed us of this over a decade ago.
Saying that it is somehow a tool for mass surveillance is frankly wrong.
Signal per se is not the mass surveillance tool. Its dependence on Google is the mass surveillance tool.
However, phone numbers are great for ease of use and help prevent spam.
And there's nothing wrong with allowing that ease-of-use flow for users that don't need anonymity. The problem is disallowing anonymous users.
one of the reasons the Signal app can’t be put unaltered on F-droid is because it loads in external dependencies from Google at run-time
IIRC, the APK you get directly from their website doesn't have the GCM bits in it (edit: I did not recall correctly; the GCM bits are there, but there is a websocket fallback if GCM isn't available), and will work without them. At least, I didn't have any issues with notifications back when I was running the website APK with GrapheneOS and no Google bits.
"It's cool when we do it. It's a problem when they do it. Fuck 'em."
--Finesse2Tymes
Meanwhile, BOINC is right there, with far more useful work for your idle GPU to do.
Idaho Department of Correction director Josh Tewalt determined the execution could not happen because the medical team could not establish an IV line.
Using language like "the medical team" is disingenuous. Actual healthcare professionals would be violating their oaths if they were to participate in lethal injections like this. Sometimes states can find healthcare professionals willing to take on the job despite their oaths, but typically, it's corrections officers that get tasked with trying to cosplay as healthcare professionals in these scenarios.
The problem is chatgpt will say you the wrong answer confidently unlike humans
We must be hanging around different humans.
Sincerely, leftist pacifist
Why are you a pacifist? All rights are won through violence.
As for your assertion on the origins of rights, that’s absolute bullshit. The vast majority of worker’s and other civil rights have been won via peaceful protest.
The history of society is the history of class struggle. Those rights were earned through struggle, not through asking nicely.
One of those entities claims to be on the side of users. When it constantly throws those same users under the bus anyway, it isn't surprising that it gets more hate than the entity that removed "don't be evil" from its motto.
It's not our fault that fascists bleed when liberals get scratched.