Leif Ryge

self-censorship is the most effective kind of censorship

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We've sent a full explanation of Element and Matrix to the Google Play Store Policy team as of 11:44 UTC and we're waiting for a response. Meanwhile we've published a blog post on the situation which we'll keep updated as it evolves: element.io/blog/element-o…

Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's f-droid.org/en/packages/im… but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.

@element_hq why is the f-droid package "a few versions behind"? will you please commit to ensuring that is not the case in the future?

@chris__barry it's true (last i checked) that they merely upload [effectively] all of your contacts' phone numbers, but given that those tend to be strongly linkable to legal IDs, they're the most valuable part of a phone's address book. so, your intended distinction didn't even occur to me.

"Messaging app requires disclosure of your entire address book" seems like a pretty important aspect. In the case of @signalapp, that address book is going to be hosted on @awscloud. (Also, let's not forget "receives millions of funding from U.S. national security state").

@chris__barry Signal is providing what @wiretapped calls a "pinky-promise" architecture, saying sure we have access to your contact list and upload it to our severs on the AWS, but it's only to help you find your friends! Trust us! Meanwhile, they have no obvious business model.

@chris__barry @dmytri SGX is some "trusted computing" garbage from Intel, the purpose of which is to get Hollywood to trust your PC even though they don't trust you. And it is broken, of course. 2/2 twitter.com/pmg/status/120… #Attacks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_…

@chris__barry @dmytri As their blog post you linked says, they upload hashes of phone numbers and "The obvious problem with this method is that the hash of a user identifier can almost always be inverted." So their solution is to use SGX to assure you that their (bezos') servers aren't doing that. 1/2

@avilarenata @estelledehon @suigenerisjen @khrafnsson @SwaziJAF We won for everyone! Every journalist/citizen in the world can litigate a #FOIA in UK no matter nationality/residency/territoriality!

Julian Assange darf nicht an USA ausgeliefert werden. Völlig unerwartet urteilte heute so die Richterin in London. Das ist auch ein Sieg der Solidarität. Die Begründung ist etwas daneben. Egal. Jetzt muß Assange sofort raus aus dem Knast. Freiheit für Julian.

The rejection by the UK court of the US Govt's request to extradite Julian Assange to stand trial on espionage charges is obviously great news. But the judge endorsed most of the USG's theories, but ultimately found the US prison system too inhumane to permit extradition.

Breaking: UK judge rules against extradition of Assange to US #AssangeCase

You know the human rights situation in your prisons is becoming internationally untenable when the glass box show trial people refuse to hand over defendants.

Today, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in Tanzin v Tanvir case, finding that Muslims who were put on the No-Fly list after they refused to become FBI informants and spy on their communities, *can* sue the government for damages

Speaking of stealing, here are US billionaire wealth gains during the pandemic: Elon Musk: $118,500,000,000 Jeff Bezos: $71,400,000,000 Mark Zuckerberg: $50,100,000,000 Larry Page: $28,900,000,000 Sergey Brin: $28,500,000,000 MacKenzie Scott: $23,800,000,000

@loricott970 @mathladyhazel there are quadrillions of them #Number_of_tours" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27…

This is a jaw-dropping paragraph. nytimes.com/2020/10/25/tec…

Zoom shuts down an NYU academic event on zoom censorship. Facebook asks NYU researchers to stop doing research on political ads. NYU’s response will be interesting to see how even powerful universities can struggle to maintain institutional autonomy vis a vis tech companies.

self-censorship is the most effective kind of censorship

#GlassFire - This is the Final Incident Update for this incident

#GlassFire East of Calistoga In Napa county is 67,484 acres and 97% contained. Unified Command: @CALFIRELNU, @sonomasheriff, @NapaSheriff, and @SantaRosaFire fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020…