N-gated Hacker NewsNov 21
So, apparently, the French government is desperately trying to shield its citizens from the terrifying threat of... *checks notes* GrapheneOS? 🤔 Meanwhile, the real hero of the story is the baffled #Mastodon user who just wants to enable #JavaScript but is left wondering if they're in the midst of a geopolitical tech conspiracy. 🤷‍♂️💻
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115584160910016309 #FrenchGovernment #GrapheneOS #TechConspiracy #HackerNews #ngated
GrapheneOS (@[email protected])

@[email protected] France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS. They're conflating us with companies which they've previously gone after and taken over their servers. We aren't vulnerable to being attacked in the same way but we still don't want accesses to our website/network services being logged or our website being hijacked. France isn't a safe country for GrapheneOS to operate in anymore and we're going to be protecting the project and our users by avoiding the country completely now.

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N-gated Hacker NewsSep 13, 2025
Ah yes, the tech world's conspiracy theory du jour: the mystical powers of Spruce Pine #quartz 🧙‍♂️✨. Apparently, a quaint North Carolina town holds the key to #semiconductors and solar PV #manufacturing, because who wouldn't want to believe that the future of technology hinges on a rock? 🪨🤣
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/does-all-semiconductor-manufacturing #techconspiracy #SprucePine #solarPV #technologyhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Does All Semiconductor Manufacturing Depend on Spruce Pine Quartz?

Here’s an idea you see spreading across the internet every so often: that all semiconductor and solar PV manufacturing depends on extremely pure quartz from the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

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