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good luck trying to get everyone you talk to to get on board, with everyone just going about life as if we haven't just switched to fascist dictatorship
the vast, vast majority of people didn't care about the surveillance when snowden spelled it out; they don't care now, and they won't ever care
Not to mention that for years, they've been pushing the narrative that using encryption means you have something to hide, and you're probably a terrorist. And that gives them the right to mandate backdoors and break encryption.
Have they really been pushing that? I have only heard it from stupid individuals and never the government or even the media.
I keep spouting off about how cops use geofencing and a bunch of peter theil tangent companies are contracting with cops. Flock safety is selling cops drones and leasing cameras to cops, they also use the cops to get companies to install backdoor access to their cameras. So clever to use cops as sales and pr. But no one reads about it. They just listen to the capitalist media spew how 90% of crime is now solved thanks to this company, and other erroneous statements. The propaganda is wildly out of control.
Crime is solved but also the cities are so dangerous now.
90% of crime is indeed not solved by these companies. They are lying and the cops and media parrot the bullshit. No one is in a position to criticize them. The cops are their PR and sales team.
Do you live in a city? Wheres this danger at? My city keeps getting safer year after year.
But they want backdoors in the encryption...because it's too much work to go through proper channels to get data for themselves. Can't have it both ways. If LE is going to have access then hackers are going to have access through the same means. Whether it's companies that give LE a backdoor into their systems or the encryption itself has a backdoor, the weakest link is the only relevant measure of security.
I've been trying to get my family to use encrypted chat apps like Signal FOR YEARS. They just don't give a shit. Convenience is more of a priority for them. Unfortunately, I think this is true of most people.
But I thought encryption was bad and un-American?
What options are there? Signal is not viable, because it requires a special type of phone number to sign up, so can't be used on desktop. WhatsApp is proprietary. Matrix took me 8 tries to find a server that would let me sign up, and then the client wouldn't allow me to send private messages.
What's the signal issue? I use signal on my desktop. Can you not create an account without a phone number? I thought they added usernames a while back.
Edit: nevermind, it appears you do still need to provide a phone number to sign up, even with the usernames and desktop clients.
I use Matrix for private messages. If you found a server that suits you, it might be worthwhile to try it with a different client.
I hear this and think of the Anom phone suspiciously...