Reedx

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by Reedx 6y ago
Even without shutting off the internet, couldn't governments crush crypto by making it illegal to buy or transfer? Countries could do this simultaneously. That would effectively stop ~99% of the affected populations from using it, no?
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by Reedx 6y ago
Congrats, and thanks for sharing!
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by Reedx 6y ago
Based on that, they use Google, Apple, Twilio and AWS in the backend. All who have shown they are willing to deplatform with little notice as the result of kneejerk public pressure. How easily can Signal replace those dependencies if this c
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Why banning 'harmful' online speech is a slippery slope(theweek.com)
26 points by Reedx 6y ago|21 comments
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A crypto-mining botnet is now stealing Docker and AWS credentials(zdnet.com)
5 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system(fastcompany.com)
15 points by Reedx 6y ago|2 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
The next time they tell you that, ask if you can visit and film their factory farms.
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by Reedx 6y ago
How do you know that's the reason and not that they legitimately wanted to have a vineyard? They don't tend to it and harvest from it? All the ones I've seen looked to be in use, but don't know for sure.
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Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new study finds(phys.org)
14 points by Reedx 6y ago|1 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
It also doesn't make sense because terrorists would obviously be using encrypted channels primarily, not some shabby public plain text forum. And most organization would be on Facebook, with orders of magnitude more users and better
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by Reedx 6y ago
The whole thing is such a terrible, short-sighted justification. The logic being used is setting a precedent to ban or backdoor any encrypted non-moderated form of communication. e.g., Signal and Telegram.
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Extremists move to secret online channels to plan for Inauguration Day in D.C(nbcnews.com)
8 points by Reedx 6y ago|5 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Thoughtful response! Thanks. > Do you think there's a problem with the way technology has enabled the scale and precision of disinformation campaigns? If so, do you have any ideas what we can do about it? Better education. Especiall
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by Reedx 6y ago
It's a tiny fraction, but they punch far above their weight. The discourse from there bubbles up to the news media and the entire culture.
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Reichstag Fire Decree(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by Reedx 6y ago|1 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Really interesting article. It's like a rollercoaster.
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Fighting Turkey's Twitter Ban with DNS Graffiti(mashable.com)
4 points by Reedx 6y ago|2 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Inversions are happening faster than ever. The red and blue tribes swap their positions in sync at this point.
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Elon Musk Told Twitter to 'Use Signal.' Investors Plowed into the Wrong One(bloomberg.com)
6 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Not saying it is or will be the same. It isn't and won't be. This is about a TOOL. You don't have to use a tool the same way every time.
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by Reedx 6y ago
Check back when Bernie (or the next Bernie, if he doesn't run again) is deplatformed, and we'll see who was confused. Just remember back to how the media and establishment pulled together to stop Bernie during the primaries. Think
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by Reedx 6y ago
It's mostly that the loudest, angriest voices tend to drown out everyone else.
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On-Chain Data: A New Framework to Evaluate Bitcoin(ark-invest.com)
2 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
No, just extrapolating from here. It could be used against the next Bernie too. Any populist candidate, whether from the left or right.
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Sci-Hub has created a censorship-resistant Handshake gateway available(twitter.com)
2 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
If a sitting President can be deplatformed from the Internet, then wouldn't a Presidential Candidate be? Would said candidate be able to run a successful campaign without it?
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by Reedx 6y ago
> but it turns out they do have extensive moderation [1] that they use to ensure ideological conformity Am I missing something? What are you referring to exactly? The mod tools screenshot doesn't support that assertion.
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by Reedx 6y ago
They played a large role in selling the war to the public (manufacturing consent).
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by Reedx 6y ago
> It's even more risky now How so? The bigger it gets and the longer it lasts, the more it's derisked. It was more risky 10 years ago (i.e., odds of going to 0, finding a critical problem, lack of adoption, would've been e
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by Reedx 6y ago
That's pretty close to how Twitter is often described.

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