Watchful CitizenNov 24

@GrapheneOS is being threatened by French authorities for refusing to add backdoors and they're dealing with coordinated attacks in French media right now. They're pulling out of France entirely, moving all their servers, and fighting off a wave of bullshit one-sided reporting that makes them look like they're helping criminals.

They need us to fight back. Support them however you can, whether that's a dollar, sharing their story, pushing back on the garbage news coverage when you see it, or just telling someone you know about what's happening. All of it matters because they're drowning in attacks from governments and media and bad actors who want them gone.

This is the only Android OS that actually makes me feel like privacy isn't just marketing. They fight for us now they need us to fight for them.

The EU is pushing Chat Control and creating an environment where governments feel empowered to threaten developers into compliance, and if we stay quiet we're letting it happen. Show up for them in whatever way you're able to.

#grapheneos #Privacy #NoBackdoors #encryption #security #chatControl

Show threaddbat Nov 24

@watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS France is hypocritical. They deal with Russia via radioactive waste and they fuck with freedom but they also want to be the hero.

Edited to remove an unintended slur.

Show threadTichodrome ColvertNov 25

@dbat @watchfulcitizen @GrapheneOS Please don't use the word schizophrenic as anything other than a way to name the actual schizophrenia condition. Using mental condition terms as general pejoratives is never okay.

Edit: the message I replied to was rightfully edited.

Show threaddbat Nov 25
@tichodrome_colvert I mean no insult. How should one describe by metaphor a country doing two opposing things?
Show threadTichodrome Colvert
@dbat Using mental conditions as metaphor for something negative is detrimental to people who actually have this condition, even if you dont mean insult. There's always a better word to use over them no matter the context. In your context the words hypocritical and self-righteous could have done the job perfectly.
Nov 25 at 8:31amWeb
Show threaddbat Nov 25
@tichodrome_colvert thanks. I will edit the op. Go well.