It either works for everyone, or it works for no one.
@mer__edith
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Social Media Authoritarianism and Current World Politics
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Yes, and I wrote more about why this is a particularly bad idea particularly right now here https://
lpeproject.org/blog/social-me
dia-authoritarianism-and-the-world-as-it-is/
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Mass Digital Surveillance Versus Historical Freedom From Monitoring
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"Our societies have not previously tolerated spaces that are beyond the reach of law enforcement" For 100s of 1000s of years, almost EVERY space was 'beyond the reach' of LE surveillance. Mass digital surveillance is a VERY recent development. PLS, read a book before spewing
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US Tech Surveillance Monopolies Military Ties Geopolitical Risk
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I am surprised you reflexively see large surveillance monopolies jurisdictioned in the US yoking themselves to the US military at a time of increasing volatility in the US (and beyond) as a solution to said “dangers”
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Signal’s Encryption: Protecting Message Sender and Recipient Information
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Signal uses encryption to protect info about who's sending a message to whom. In the context of Signal, this statement is not accurate.
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Signal Privacy Features Protect Your Group Contacts
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If anyone gets access to your Signal groups, whoever it is, here are protections that can keep your contacts safe. https://
signal.org/blog/phone-num
ber-privacy-usernames/
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End-to-End Encryption Protects Only One Communication Element
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Their end-to-end encryption is real, and a very good thing. But it only protects one element of your communications.
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ARPA and Military Origins of Networked Computing Explained
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(Yes, gentlemen, I know about ARPA and the US-military origins of networked computation. But I'm sure there's someone else out there who'd love an explanation.)
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Big Tech’s Defense Contractor Role and State Surveillance Provision
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Extremely important research. It's not possible to understand the state of BigTech, or its pathologies at the moment, without understanding these companies' transformation into defense contractors, in addition to their central role as surveillance providers to the state.