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Rivalarrival

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  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • There is no indication that they can actually acquire the clear text of an E2EE communicatiom. without one of the ends being complicit in the process. There is no evidence of the fraud you refer to.

    That doesn't mean they are telling the truth, merely that they haven't been proven to have lied. They could release their source code tomorrow. That code could prove you are correct and they are liars. That code could prove that they are correct, and you were wrong.

    We don't have to resort to unfounded claims to justify criticism here. Proving their claims to be unverifiable is more damning than failing to prove they are committing fraud.

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  • Only if that light escapes through a window. Otherwise, it is heat.

  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • Technically true.

    However, doing so would be perpetrating a fraud. If they denied the capability you're talking about in response to a warrant or subpoena, someone would be in contempt.

    I don't know if any corpo actually cares about such things, but I know that if you or I were to do this, we'd quickly find ourselves broke and possibly in prison.

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  • It would be away from the stove. The normal flames are blue. Moving toward the stove would blueshift them to violet; away would redshift them to green.

  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • That means there’s a software switch that dumps a plaintext copy of a supposedly encrypted message when flipped.

    Kinda, sorta, but no, not really. What's happening is that the recipient is decrypting the message. When you report the message, you include a cleartext copy with your report.

    The "switch" you are talking about is in the same app that is doing the decryption. For the bad actor to toggle that "switch", they would have to control the app.

  • A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

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  • That's a little disingenuous...

    1. You receive an encrypted message.
    2. You decrypt the message.
    3. You report the message.
    4. You forward the decrypted message.

    When you send a message, no E2EE scheme can prevent your recipient from forwarding the decrypted message to a third party.

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    Do you know any tricks to disenshittify a work computer?

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  • Laptop is probably on a VPN, which will bypass your local DNS.

  • Looking for information on setting up a VPS to forward traffic

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  • Nothing to apologize for! I wish they wouldn't be cagey about their actual offerings. I'd recommend them more if I didn't gain anything from doing so.

  • Looking for information on setting up a VPS to forward traffic

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  • Gotcha. I'm doing everything I can to avoid spamming, but that's kinda hard to do when OP has specifically asked for a service provider...

    I know this link will work: https://my.racknerd.com/aff.php?aff=17772&pid=953

    That's for the 2gb/2cpu service I use. From low-end to high-end, pids 952 ($21.99/yr), 953, 954, 955, and 956($119.99/yr) are currently available.

  • Looking for information on setting up a VPS to forward traffic

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  • What software should I use to actually do the forwarding/proxying?

    I highly recommend Pangolin. It does exactly what you're looking for: Establishes a tunnel between your home server and the VPS, to proxy services on your home network through the VPS.

    It also automatically sets up LetsEncrypt certs for your web services, and provides an optional security layer so only authenticated users can get through the proxy.

    You can also do TCP and UDP port forwarding for non-web services.

    What’s a good VPS provider for this?

    I use Racknerd. You will need an affiliate link to get a good deal. I would not recommend the services they offer directly; the prices are considerably higher. Pangolin's quick-start guide has affiliate links for three services; I use the 2gb option. They have other options, but we'll have to move to DMs.

  • What do they watch on TV in the star trek universe?

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  • B'Ellana gifted Tom Paris a television for their quarters.

  • Anna's Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight;In addition to the penalty, a permanent injunction required domain registrars and other parties to suspend the site's domain names

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  • Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project

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  • Guess I have to buy another paper tomorrow.

  • JUST IN: House Democrats File Bill to Form 25th Amendment Commission to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness

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  • Unfortunately, they can only create that commission if the president signs it, or they have a veto-proof majority, or they send it to JD while Trump has executed Section 3 of the 25th.

  • JUST IN: House Democrats File Bill to Form 25th Amendment Commission to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness

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  • Impeachment action is limited to "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors".

    Impeachment is not permitted for simple incompetence.

    Congress is only empowered to remove the president by convicting him of a criminal act. Congress does not have the power to remove the president for dementia. Dementia is not a "high crime" or "misdemeanor".

    To remove the president for dementia (or simple incompetence or other non-criminal disqualification) requires the 25th amendment. The VP needs the support of either the majority of the cabinet, or a majority of "some other body" that Congress has established for the purpose.

  • Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.

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  • The problem comes when a public school's IT department is deciding whether to go with a FOSS option, or a commercial OS. As the IT team has full control over the FOSS OS, the school will be held liable as the OS provider. They will select a commercial OS to avoid liability under these idiot laws.

  • JUST IN: House Democrats File Bill to Form 25th Amendment Commission to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness

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  • I agree, he likely won't be able to hold MAGA on his own.

    However, it's also likely that this is his only chance at the presidency. If he comes to that same conclusion, he may very well take his shot.

  • US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections

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  • IIRC, a few swing states have signed on. I'd count them as red for these purposes. But yeah, to make this work, they're going to need several red states that they aren't going to get.

  • JUST IN: House Democrats File Bill to Form 25th Amendment Commission to Assess Trump’s Mental Fitness

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  • Nothing in here about a commission.

    There certainly is, you're just not understanding what role that commission will perform. The commission is the "some other body" that Congress may provide to serve in lieu of the heads of the executive department.

    A Congressional majority could just announce the President unfit and kick power over to the VP immediately.

    No, actually, they can't. Incompetence is not an impeachable offense. They would have to hold what is effectively a criminal trial in the Senate. They would have to find him guilty of something beyond a reasonable doubt. That's the evidentiary standard they would have to meet.

    With the 25th, they merely have to indicate they have lost faith in his ability to perform the job. That's it.

    His tweets threatening nuclear war with Iran are not enough to impeach him. He technically has the authority to make those threats. He can't be impeached for those threats.

    Those same tweets are a perfectly valid justification for removing him under the 25th.