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> I'm personally not intentionally trying to evade state governments, I'm concerned about Comcast. There’s a pretty interesting irony, or a joke, buried somewh
by hnarn 4y ago
> I'm personally not intentionally trying to evade state governments, I'm concerned about Comcast.
There’s a pretty interesting irony, or a joke, buried somewhere in the fact that those living in authoritarian regimes use Signal to evade the regime, while those of us living in the “free world” use it to not primarily evade state owned institutions but the private for-profit institutions that start doing very similar things to the regime.
Here’s an attempt at a joke:
Q: what’s the difference between your private communications being intercepted in Iran and the US?
A: in the US it increases the value of your stock portfolio
- 863862836 4y agoI don't think you can compare Comcast with a government. Governments kill, imprison, and torture people based on the information they collect. The worst Comcast could do it give it to a government, they are not going to do those things to you directly.
- hnarn 4y agoJust because someone draws parallels between A and B doesn’t mean they are claiming exact equivalence.
- malermeister 4y agoComcast might not do those things (yet?), but other private companies sure do: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/world/union-says-coca-cola-in-colombia-uses-thugs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/world/union-says-coca-col... https://colombiareports.com/terror-for-profit-colombia-charges-14-former-chiquita-executives/amp/ https://colombiareports.com/terror-for-profit-colombia-charg...