bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
webshit weekly strikes again:
> Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
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> A chat app based on a protocol that supports federation wants to borrow your computer instead of allowing federation. Hackernews wants to know why people don't just use something else, and fifteen thousand reasons are presented, almost none of them relevant. There follows an hours-long session of whataboutism until all major information technology companies are demonstrated to be amoral jackals, then Hackernews finally gets around to asking why anyone should help Iranians in the first place. It turns out it's regarded as a useful testing platform from which to launch a truly censorship-resistant communications network for even more vulnerable populations, such as American white supremacists.
