Lands of Packets

TTL exceeded.

I would like to collect texts from the scene about FX in his memory. A collection of obituaries that will then be posted on phenoelit.de.

If anyone would like to contribute, please contact me.

Mail: [email protected]
Signal: jrn.07

@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

When Elon Musk disagrees with someone, he calls them an "NPC" (non-player character). In video-games, an NPC is a machine-puppeted sprite that engages in predictable movements (think of the ghosts in Pac-Man) and perhaps utters some scripted (or AI-generated) dialog:

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-interviewer-npc

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/18/seeing-like-a-billionaire/#npcs

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Microsoft marketing: “Your data stays in Europe.”

Microsoft’s Legal Director (under oath, in French Parliament): “No, I cannot guarantee that.”

Still think Microsoft Teams is a sovereign solution?

Credit @ponceto91 for the meme

https://x.com/wire/status/1944851027381117019

EDIT: The statement was made by Anton Carniaux of MS France and can be read at page 23 of https://www.senat.fr/fileadmin/cru-1750816532/Structures_temporaires/commissions_d_enquete/CE_Commande_publique/r24-830-11.pdf#page=23

Thx @Linkshaender!

#microsoft #DataPrivacy #DigitalSovereignty #europe

Yes, a file full of zero bits transfers faster over USB2.0 than a file full of one bits.

I've known this forever but it still feels ridiculous when you actually test it and it's true!

USB truly is cursed.

I wish for peace on earth and radio silence in my head

#adhd #adhs #meme #adhdawareness #mentalhealth #neurodivergent

Hanlon's Razor: Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.

Hanlon's corollary: Incompetence is sometimes indistinguishable from malice.

Hanlon's limit: Sufficiently advanced malice is indistinguishable from the most mind-boggling incompetence you can imagine.

Sigh. It's possible to remotely, physically locate any O2 mobile customer at any time over the internet with a trivial method using their mobile phone number, due to O2's poor implementation of 4G Calling which, by design, gives away the Cell ID.

https://mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/05/o2-expose-customer-location-call-4g/