While Signal messages might be e2e encrypted, people tend to forget that the platform collects phone numbers of its users, which can be used to identify people.
This makes Signal an effective metadata collection tool that resides on a central server in the US.
By cross-referencing these identities with data from other companies like Google or Meta, the government can create a comprehensive picture of people's connections and affiliations.
#signal #privacy
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When you own the orchestra, you get to choose the music, and the oligarchs love having their own personal band to drown out dissenting voices.
Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct.
#canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/competition-bureau-probe-sobeys-loblaws-1.7213543
These are the statements made by US politicians in 2019 regarding Hong Kong, when rioters were burning police cars, throwing Molotov cocktails.
#tiktok
This chart reveals that the most disruptions of trade came after the formation of Operation Prosperity Guardian, and in particular right after the US started bombing Yemen on January 12th.
Disruptions were minimal between October - December.
Trasformismo was the method of making a flexible centrist coalition of government which isolated the extremes of the political left and the political right in Italian politics after the Italian unification and before the rise of Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism.
This is precisely what we're seeing happening again in many western countries where extremism is defined as a deviation from the centre. History tends to rhyme as the saying goes.
#politics
The irony of those who claim the West is plunging into fascism, yet assert its moral dominance over the global majority and insist upon imposing Western ideals globally, never ceases to amaze me.
China’s man-made liver therapy a game-changer for millions battling liver failure globally.
The stem cell-based bio-artificial liver has been approved for clinical trials to help liver patients remove toxins from their blood.
Chinese authorities have approved clinical trials for the new technology.
The aim of the bio-artificial liver is to aid the diseased liver until it regenerates, or until a suitable graft for transplantation becomes available.
Particularly applicable when doing coding interviews
nostr:npub1k9arkn78gmdp5ew20r44aqwwu84wjhvshjf9kcht46heh4zajthsjjm3yh completely agree, copyright is one of the most heinous inventions to come out of capitalism, it literally holds back collective human knowledge
Bill Willingham - the creator of beloved comic series Fables - has released the franchise into the public domain.
https://screenrant.com/fables-public-domain-willingham-statement-wolf-among-us/
Amazon's Union-Busting Training Video
During the first six months of this year, China was the biggest spender on renewable energy, investing about half of the world's total $358 billion in solar power.
The US was next, investing $25.5 billion in solar, a 75% increase from the previous year.
In other words, China has invested an order of magnitude more into renewable energy than US.
According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion 😆
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/according-elon-musk-own-math-204413573.html