You’re saying that self hosting will be a viable alternative to the economies of scale and global reach of the hyperscalers bc you can tokenize such hosting and thus hundreds of millions of people will soon (I guess?) wake up and take on the job or running their own servers?
@mer__edith
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Can Blockchain Reduce US Hyperscaler Infrastructure Dominance?
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In all seriousness, IDGI: what problem do you see blockchain solving in this case? How does blockchain address the dominance of US based hyperscalers as infra providers for almost all major apps and services globally? Please walk me through your thinking carefully.
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Signal Down: AWS Outage Affects Messaging Platform
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PSA: we are aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
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Signal refuses surveillance: Chat Control as existential threat
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So we remain vigilant & deeply grateful to our allies. For Signal, Chat Control is an existential threat. If we were *forced* to choose between building surveillance into our services or keeping our integrity, we would choose integrity & leave the market. We hope it never comes
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Backdoors Create Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Exploitable by Hackers
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The technical consensus is clear: you can't create a backdoor that only lets the "good guys" in. However they're dressed up, these proposals create cybersecurity loopholes that hackers and hostile nations are eagerly waiting to exploit. 6/
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Encryption scanning creates dangerous backdoors negating security purpose
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The reality is that scanning any content before it is encrypted negates the very purpose of encryption and is a dangerous backdoor. No amount of tinkering or word games can change that inescapable reality. 5/
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Privacy Concerns in Content Scanning Surveillance Proposals
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We must be wary of "new" proposals that allow scanning of "known content" while claiming to protect privacy by proscribing "indiscriminate" surveillance. We must also look out for those that mandate only scanning for “hashed images or videos.” 4/
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European Council Privacy Negotiations Face Regulatory Challenges
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The war is not over, however. Now we move to the European Council, where the issue is unresolved. We expect closed-door negotiations to engage in rhetorical arbitrage–claiming to support privacy by using word games and bespoke definitions–while in practice undermining it.
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Privacy Defense Against Surveillance and Emotional Arguments
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Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access +more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance to those doing the work!
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Germany Opposes Chat Control Mass Surveillance Proposal
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We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal–the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was