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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

How friendly to free speech is riseup? It certainly doesn't present itself as such.

For example, would it be less likely to kick off somebody using their email service in a flyer they don't like than Protonmail? Everybody gushes over these little services, yet the first change they have of calling you a racist for something you didn't even do with their service, they will cut you off.

What's the point of feeding communists, who hate me, all my data voluntarily?

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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

It's registered in AU and they have operations there, but they claim the "main servers" are in the US.

The CEO griped that secret code added to their platform, required by the law, could foul their operations or get accidentally fixed, so they certainly think they're subject to it.

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Rambler wrote

Is it based there, as in, that is where the company is registered?

Or is it based there, as in, that is where the servers are?

If that's just where the company is registered, no big deal really. (As far as I know) If the servers / infrastructure for the service is there, then that is more worrisome.

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BlackWinnerYoshi wrote

Fastmail location is not really a problem, but there are others that make it the second worst e-mail provider, the first one being Hushmail. I would only use it for its JMAP thing ltt.rs supports, but most people use IMAP instead, so why bother? Just use Riseup (or Disroot if you don't have the invite code) - you don't even have to pay for it!

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dontvisitmyintentions wrote

Fastmail is based in Australia, which subjects it to the "Assistance and Access Bill" which introduces secret warrants, gag orders, and backdoors. Like VPNs in similar jurisdictions, you can not take seriously any claims to deleting logs or other privacy trust.

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BlueHat wrote

I don't think there's any permanent solution to service providers deciding to not provide you with a service. One could hack their way through by applying workarounds where possible, although that's only temporary. Anonymity networks generally solve the tracking problem, but they come with their own issues. It's impractical to use darknets for daily tasks, especially when you have a slow connection, plus the lack of mass adoption.

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Rambler wrote (edited )

They do this every once in a while. I recall them doing this some years back in NYC.

Similar to military trainings done in cities. Remember the training in Miami almost ten years ago? https://incogtube.com/watch?v=j1BhRNfY1lo . This was in LA more recently: https://incogtube.com/watch?v=cISSyQkm1Ug There are many other examples from other cities over the years as well. It's not exactly uncommon.

Easier than building mock cities to train in urban, at home environments but still scary to witness and always has people wondering, "What if..."

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Blij wrote

The linked article says this;

Non-Toxic Gas to Be Deployed in 100+ NYC Locations, Including Transit, In Bio-Attack Readiness Test
The test gas is non-toxic and poses no health risk to the public
Published October 11, 2021 • Updated on October 12, 2021 at 10:10 pm

New York City's response plans for a chemical or biological attack will be put to the test in the coming weeks as part of a federal preparedness study.

The MTA says the Department of Homeland Security working alongside a team of researchers and city agencies will deploy a non-toxic gas this month at about 120 locations across the city, including transit.

Most of the locations will be above ground, including some parks. A number of below-ground subway stations will also be included, though details on which ones weren't known.

The tests will be conducted on five separate days between Oct. 18 and 29.

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TallestSkil wrote

OY VEY GOYIM ONLY CHRISTIANITY BAD ALL OTHER RELIGIONS DON’T EVEN DESERVE MENTION

Shit thread. Completely worthless.

Would the Catholic church not have burned all the books of the native Americans and later claimed that they had no written language?

Except they had no written language. None of them. Fuck your revisionism.

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awdrifter wrote

For getting around geo blocking or downloading torrents, any of the big name VPN should be fine (Express, Nord, PIA). If you need VPN to use in a specific country, maybe ask around the expat sub or forums for that country. But truly anonymous VPN probably don't exist, maybe rent a server somewhere to setup Shadowsock, pay with crypto, then logon to it from public wifi? I don't know if that's secure enough, never really needed that level of anonymity.

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