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Rambler wrote

Reply to Proton mail is really safe? by Deliriumgoddess

I believe there was a case where they complied with law enforcement to hand over user data, and although the contents of the emails were unreadable, the header info and subject was.

I'd say it's as safe or safer than most things, though it still requires javascript to use, which that alone has some people leery of it.

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Rambler wrote (edited )

Reply to Scientists suggest US embassies were hit with high-power microwaves – here’s how the weapons work by trevor

These are pretty wide spectrum weapons, right? From what I've read I'm not certain it's possible to narrow it in on an individual and they seem rather large. Not something one could hide, unless the images shown are for demonstration purposes. I'd imagine a box truck with a big dish on top facing an embassy would raise some suspicion and prompt response from some local officials...

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Rambler wrote

Reply to Police drones are starting to think for themselves by trevor

The part that got me:

When he slipped through the back door of a strip mall, exited through the front door and ran down the sidewalk, it caught that, too.

How? How did they get that, too?

Are they able to narrow down SSID's of mobile devices on-the-fly to possible suspects so they can more easily follow them in a crowd, or if they go into a building and out a distant exit? It simpler facial recognition?

Each drone — including long-distance cameras, other sensors and software — costs the department about $35,000. But the overriding cost of the program lies in the many officers needed to operate the drones.

I'm curious what the "other sensors and software" is. Telephoto lenses and stabilizing gimbals on hobby, home made quadcopters / multi-rotors are nothing new. I was building these some years ago before "drone" was the accepted everyday terminology of a RC multi-rotor. Makes me wonder what they have access to...

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Rambler wrote

Reply to Huawei worked on several surveillance systems promoted to identify ethnicity, documents show by trevor

The revelation this week of Huawei’s role in testing artificial-intelligence surveillance technology — including a face-scanning camera system that could send a “Uighur alarm” to police if it detected a member of the minority group.

I'm surprised there isn't as much global outrage over this (and well, a lot of the stuff China does and continues to do with little care from the global community.)

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Rambler wrote

Reply to The Phenomenon (full movie) by MrBlack

Nice! I just watched this a month or two back, though I had to pay for it... Didn't think to check BitChute for it.

Not a bad documentary. Definitely had a few things I hadn't heard before, namely the unexplained deactivation (or activation) of silos stood out. That bit was a bit concerning.

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Reply to What browser do you use? by mr4channer

Tor Browser.

Now using Ungoogled-chromium, but is behind few versions.

Scared by all those security fixes? Then stop using all those chromium-based browsers.

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