postmodernbrute

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by postmodernbrute 5y ago
She was allowed to speak far more than any trans people has been allowed to speak - she is speaking on The Economist. I do not see any trans people speaking on The Economist. The same applies across the entirety of published British media.
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by postmodernbrute 5y ago
Right. Another loud article published on a very mainstream media about how a very established academic is being silenced and prevented from "debate". I wonder, if one collates all the articles on British media about transgender pe
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Of course a VPN can bypass geo-restrictions. Internet censorship is a geo-restriction. And companies who cooperate with a government can very well turn that specific kind of geo-restriction into other types. And most importantly, will the p
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
I wish more people see this and put the people most affected by this decision at the forefront, rather than privileging metaphysical concerns of the uninvolved and uninterested Westerner.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Right, but the military junta is totally fine, even if they are at this moment firing on civilian protestors.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Bitcoin and other crypto coins are very inaccessible. Even disregarding transaction fees, you can't really get bitcoin without giving your payment details to someone. Yes, countless VPN providers do need your payment details. And that
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Just deny location access to the app.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Facebook Messenger is tied to Facebook. Which is necessarily tied to a real name identity. Ditto for SMS. Telegram on the other hand is only minimally connected to a phone number (only need to be used once), with no real name requirements.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
People have been arrested for merely using an anti-censorship proxy in my side of the world. There is a real danger, even if you have never witnessed one.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Exactly - Telegram can be used for public gatherings precisely because one can stay anonymous. It's more like Discord in that respect. Wire is a bit of a mess. Client is buggy, cross-platform usage is difficult. At least that's my
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
You can cloak your phone number & not allow others to reach you via your phone number. Which means that the authorities cannot match your phone number to your Telegram identity, even if you posted in a public chat. This feature was impl
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
But there wasn't another communication tool that was similarly popular and trusted among the Belarus people. And that, is the difference. Their choice in this protest matters much more to the reporting than your opinion as an outsider.
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Why do you consider Signal & WhatsApp, but not Telegram, to be the acceptable “pre-existing” solution? Because you are used to them in the West?
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by postmodernbrute 6y ago
Protesters in Hong Kong have been using Telegram. And they did use it to start a massive city wide riot.