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< recording phone calls FWIW the default phone app on GrapheneOS supports recording phone calls.
by craftkiller 1y ago
< recording phone calls
FWIW the default phone app on GrapheneOS supports recording phone calls.
- 7e 1y agoDid a nation state ask GrapheneOS to add that feature?
- zamadatix 1y agoWhy is it always "nation state" when this is brought up, do states and nations that aren't congruous not represent a perceived threat?
- floren 1y ago"nation state" has a particular meaning and it's not just "a smart-sounding way to say country" but it tends to get used that way.
- tsimionescu 1y agoIt does have a particular meaning, but it is one that's not relevant in this context, and it's probably narrower than what the poster intended. For example, Belgium is not a nation state, but I'm sure the GGP would be surprised by an answer like "no, it wasn't a nation state, Belgium asked them to do it".
- metabagel 1y agoTIL
- meiuqer 1y agoWhat do you mean by 'Belgium is not a nation state', if i may ask?
- tmtvl 1y agoBelgium may be used as a stand-in for Brussels, i.e. the European Union.
- e-v 1y agoI think the author of the post was referring to the fact that Belgium is a multinational state, comprised of Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia.
- stonogo 1y agoBut it isn't, here. The state of Belgium created itself by secession from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and its populace generally comprises two nations, Flanders (Flemish) and Wallonia (French), neither of which are continguous with the state, nor particularly interested in sharing a national identity with each other. In short, a state is about turf, and a nation is a people, and you need them both to look similar on a map to make a nation-state.
- rkomorn 1y agoI've heard Brussels as a stand-in for the EU. I've never heard Belgium as a stand-in-for-Brussels-as-a-stand-in for EU.
- bonoboTP 1y agoThey probably mean that Belgium consists of French-speaking and Dutch-speaking (and German-speaking) groups, which the person counts as separate nations, hence Belgium not being one nation. This is mostly a language confusion for non-native English speakers. Nation, country, state, a people, nationality, ethnicity, citizenship etc. are used in confusing ways for speakers of other languages. For many, "nation state" just means an independent state (roughly speaking, a UN member, note also that the UN is called United Nations), because just saying "state" could mean a subdivision, such as a US state. And "country" can be confused with the subdivision of the UK (they call, e.g. Scotland a "country"). In more precise contexts of political history, "nation state" mostly refers to modern (post-World War I) countries that more or less correspond to a people speaking the same language and having the same ethnic identity. It delineates nation states from the previously more common multi-ethnic empires and kingdoms, such as Austria-Hungary or the Holy Roman Empire etc. Similarly, in English, nationality is often an exact synonym for citizenship, while speakers of other languages expect it to mean ethnicity, e.g. an ethnic Hungarian in Romania with Romanian citizenship would be considered a "Romanian national" in English-language news. This often makes people confused/angry. Also, in some contexts in English, "ethnicity" is more like a euphemism for something like "race", but not quite (e.g. in the US "Latino" is considered an "ethnicity" but not a race). In that sense "Hungarian" would not count as an "ethnicity" at all, but still phrases like "ethnic Slovak" refer to a minority group in a different country than Slovakia. But also "ethnic" can also just mean with "exotic foreign origin", e.g. "ethnic food" or "an ethnic woman" (this was really weird when I first read it). But I digress.
- pasc1878 1y agoWhy? I would very much like to record phone calls made by me. When the company on the other end denies what we agreed a recording would be useful.