The White House has decided to hit back harder on misinformation and scare tactics after Republican lawmakers and conservative activists pledged to fight the administration’s stated plans to go “door-to-door” to increase vaccination rates.
Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages.
At least we don't have mean Orange tweets anymore tho amirite?
Is it good? I've been trying to figure out which messenger is the least terrible option to use these days. Even signal got $50m from somewhere, but I have no idea if it was legitimate money or not.
I use Signal for its end-to-end encryption, FOSS nature, availability on F-Droid, ability to permanently delete messages, and its widespread market adoption. Ultimately if no one else uses the messenger then it's useless.
There's been a lot written about all the messenger options, but Michael Bazzell with IntelTechniques uses Signal, and I tend to align with his recommendations since his job is literally to help people disappear.
Signal seems good, but if your phone is confiscated you're in trouble regardless unless you have encrypted all the data contents through some other means.
I set rules that messages auto-delete after a duration of my choosing. The effect is carried onto both ends of the messenger.
It's not perfect. If you use Android's default keyboard, your typing could still be logged. Assume if you're on factory Android or Windows 10 you're running a compromised system no matter what messenger you're using. If you can get by with it, run a de-Googled LineageOS or other ROM with a similar effect.
For those looking for alternatives, Telegram is either centrally encrypted (normal "cloud chats") or end-to-end encrypted ("secret chats") and the liberals of Silicon Valley talk shit about it which suggests that it's the best option. Signal's encryption is adopted by spying companies like Facebook and Microsoft which is suspicious. Also Signal's leader hides his jewish name behind a stupid pseudonym, that's another red flag. Telegram has a lot more features and better apps.
It's open source. The code has been evaluated by third party privacy advocates, and you can do the same. It's not perfect, but it's a huge push in the right direction.
Ultimately, you need to decide what your threat model looks like. If the omniscient cabal of women are after you and you specifically, your choice of chat app won't keep you out of jail. If you just like to text the N word to your buddies because you think it's funny, running Signal is leagues better than blasting embarrassing texts over SMS for some asshole at the phone company to store forever and the NSA to retrieve and leak whenever you become politically inconvenient.
Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages. The goal is to ensure that people who may have difficulty getting a vaccination because of issues like transportation see those barriers lessened or removed entirely.
How many people in America want to get the vaccine but can't because of transportation issues? Uber has been offering free rides for like 6 months. A bus ride costs maybe $3.
And if that's the actual goal (it isn't) why not call it a ride share program and advertise it as such?
envisioning a bunch of federal workers knocking on your door
it's trusted messengers who are part of the community doing that – not government officials
If someone is employed by the federal government, they are a federal worker. They may not be a "government official" (whatever you want that to mean at the moment) but that is a completely separate issue and conflating the two is just playing games with words.
Also, given the history of "locals" collaborating with authoritarian regimes it doesn't really mean much, does it?
We are steadfastly committed to keeping politics out of the effort to get every American vaccinated
Right, because invading people's private SMS messages isn't political?
“The big misinterpretation that Fox News or whomever else is saying is that they are essentially envisioning a bunch of federal workers knocking on your door, telling you you've got to do something that you don't want to do,” Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said in an interview on Sunday. “That's absolutely not the case, it's trusted messengers who are part of the community doing that – not government officials. So that's where I think the disconnect is.”
Trusted by who, exactly? If some stranger comes knocking on my door to talk to me about Covid vaccines idgaf if they're a government employee or my neighbor from down the street. They still aren't welcome.
Not to mention the obvious which is that they're still getting paid by the government so for all intents and purposes they are federal workers knocking on doors.
Literally NOBODY who shows up unannounced is to be trusted. It’s been this way for 40 years.
This was my favorite point of Bernie bros doing their ridiculous “canvassing” and patting themselves on the back for their good deeds. The 70s was the last decade of solicitor Jon sense and they were 50 years ago. Nobody has wanted or listened to door to door sales strangers in 3 generations.
get the jab or else? more like "send suicidal single basement dwellers or else many lives will be impacted by your backing me into a life or death corner that i absolutely have legal rights to defend" i prepped for defense.. ready to switch gears if another election is stolen before 11/2/2020 is handled sanely
“It's completely illogical and it's potentially a death sentence,” Bridgeland said, adding that he’s watched the rhetoric ramp up in recent weeks. “It's being coordinated by people who have platforms and have an interest in bringing down the current administration.”
At least we don't have mean Orange tweets anymore tho amirite?
Use an end to end encrypted messenger, I got most of my family and friends to switch to signal. Others I know use whatsapp, but fuck Zuckerberg.
I'm prepared to leave signal the instant I have cause to believe it is compromised.
Is it good? I've been trying to figure out which messenger is the least terrible option to use these days. Even signal got $50m from somewhere, but I have no idea if it was legitimate money or not.
I use Signal for its end-to-end encryption, FOSS nature, availability on F-Droid, ability to permanently delete messages, and its widespread market adoption. Ultimately if no one else uses the messenger then it's useless.
There's been a lot written about all the messenger options, but Michael Bazzell with IntelTechniques uses Signal, and I tend to align with his recommendations since his job is literally to help people disappear.
Signal seems good, but if your phone is confiscated you're in trouble regardless unless you have encrypted all the data contents through some other means.
I set rules that messages auto-delete after a duration of my choosing. The effect is carried onto both ends of the messenger.
It's not perfect. If you use Android's default keyboard, your typing could still be logged. Assume if you're on factory Android or Windows 10 you're running a compromised system no matter what messenger you're using. If you can get by with it, run a de-Googled LineageOS or other ROM with a similar effect.
Yeah it's good. I'm not that demanding though. Encryption only works if both parties have it of course.
For those looking for alternatives, Telegram is either centrally encrypted (normal "cloud chats") or end-to-end encrypted ("secret chats") and the liberals of Silicon Valley talk shit about it which suggests that it's the best option. Signal's encryption is adopted by spying companies like Facebook and Microsoft which is suspicious. Also Signal's leader hides his jewish name behind a stupid pseudonym, that's another red flag. Telegram has a lot more features and better apps.
If anyone is planning to use Telegram, get it from their website. The Play Store version has censorship. Or you can use Telegram-FOSS from F-droid.
Wickr, Wire, Keybase are all good. Wickr is probably the weak link.
Wickr got bought out by Amazon. Assume it's completely compromised.
Ah so that's why everyone I know is using wire and keybase now. Keybase is hella legit. You can share credentials to prove your identity.
I heard about it because Antfia uses it to organize. It's a tool.
It's open source. The code has been evaluated by third party privacy advocates, and you can do the same. It's not perfect, but it's a huge push in the right direction.
Ultimately, you need to decide what your threat model looks like. If the omniscient cabal of women are after you and you specifically, your choice of chat app won't keep you out of jail. If you just like to text the N word to your buddies because you think it's funny, running Signal is leagues better than blasting embarrassing texts over SMS for some asshole at the phone company to store forever and the NSA to retrieve and leak whenever you become politically inconvenient.
Shrug. Depends on your threat model. We're obviously not too terribly concerned because here we are, posting on an open forum.
How many people in America want to get the vaccine but can't because of transportation issues? Uber has been offering free rides for like 6 months. A bus ride costs maybe $3.
And if that's the actual goal (it isn't) why not call it a ride share program and advertise it as such?
It's up there with Voter ID being racist because black people can't figure out how to get an id.
Most grocery stores have a pharmacy in them, and most of those places have been throwing vaccines at anyone who walks by.
So what they are saying is people are so fucking poor and lazy they haven't even been to a grocery store.
You're assuming a rampaging band of Democrats didn't burn their local grocery store down last year.
If someone is employed by the federal government, they are a federal worker. They may not be a "government official" (whatever you want that to mean at the moment) but that is a completely separate issue and conflating the two is just playing games with words.
Also, given the history of "locals" collaborating with authoritarian regimes it doesn't really mean much, does it?
Right, because invading people's private SMS messages isn't political?
Trusted by who, exactly? If some stranger comes knocking on my door to talk to me about Covid vaccines idgaf if they're a government employee or my neighbor from down the street. They still aren't welcome.
Not to mention the obvious which is that they're still getting paid by the government so for all intents and purposes they are federal workers knocking on doors.
Literally NOBODY who shows up unannounced is to be trusted. It’s been this way for 40 years.
This was my favorite point of Bernie bros doing their ridiculous “canvassing” and patting themselves on the back for their good deeds. The 70s was the last decade of solicitor Jon sense and they were 50 years ago. Nobody has wanted or listened to door to door sales strangers in 3 generations.
As if they haven't been looking at or listening to everything on our cell phones since the beginning
Jokes on them, I disconnected my phone.
Joke's on them, I only have incriminating evidence on Hilary Clinton in my phone!
Isn't every women on Earth already trying to kill you???
get the jab or else? more like "send suicidal single basement dwellers or else many lives will be impacted by your backing me into a life or death corner that i absolutely have legal rights to defend" i prepped for defense.. ready to switch gears if another election is stolen before 11/2/2020 is handled sanely
Why you install signal and refuse to text people who won't.
Bridgeland is NOT self aware enough.
Or else what? They'll steal the election and drag the country into ruin?