May 2023 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol
by professor rat 14 May '23

14 May '23

By “free speech”, I simply mean that which matches the law. Elon Musk

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Gramps Twitter Hallucinations invite derision
by professor rat 14 May '23

14 May '23

Gramps apparently see's Twitter as " the social network which in recent months has become the bane of liberals and progressives through its encouragement of free speech and independent thought, both of which are despised and suppressed by the left." The reality is Twitter is delivering on Musk's original promise to lick govt jackboots. elonmusk By “free speech”, I simply mean that which matches the law. . . ." Its hard to say whose insulting cypherpunks more with this type of lies and garbage. Garbage and lies. Is it Karl Semich? Or Grarpamps?

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ELON " "I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law " MUSK
by professor rat 14 May '23

14 May '23

Elon Musk tells Europe Twitter will comply with EU speech rules https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/elon-musk-twitter-dsa-comply/ Reposts not garbage-scow-dumps from Magat, loser, liars like Gramps and Semich

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Musk delivers on core Twitter promise
by professor rat 13 May '23

13 May '23

Musk promised to respect speech laws of all jurisdictions Twitter succumbs to Erdoğan’s pressure https://www.turkishminute.com/2023/05/13/twitter-succumbs-to-erdogan-pressu… Musk is really delivering on his promises here.

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Anarcho transhumanism committed to technology in the expansion of human freedom and happiness
by professor rat 13 May '23

13 May '23

" . . . without shrinking away from the ethos of aspiring toward ever-increasing degrees of freedom and autonomy for all living beings. This is how an anarchist transhumanism is beginning to crystalize . . . " https://www.anarchistnews.org/content/anarchism-technology-and-transhumanism Reposts not anarchy-ites willing to die in a ditch fighting 5G

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Snakeoil Crypto: Twitter Claims Bulletproof Encrypted Messaging Rollout
by grarpamp 13 May '23

13 May '23

If it's not end-to-end crypto done using crypto code that is not also provided by the messaging service, it's not bulletproof. All that any of these services, or the State and or actors that rubberhose and or crack them or mole them out, need to do is to backdoor the code your browser downloads from them. At that point you're fucked. https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/encrypted-direct-messages https://twitter.com/foaddabiri/status/1654856617723301888 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1655971825665409024 Musk Launches Twitter's New Encrypted Messaging, But With Big Caveat: "Don't Trust It Yet" https://www.theepochtimes.com/musk-launches-twitters-new-encrypted-messagin… Elon Musk on Thursday announced the official launch of Twitter’s new encrypted direct messaging (DM) function, urging users to give it a try, but warning that the encryption feature in the early version should not be trusted. “Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched,” Musk stated in a Thursday tweet. “Try it, but don’t trust it yet.” Direct messages sent on Twitter will be encrypted end-to-end, meaning that private messages can only be read by the sender and recipient. Musk stated in an earlier post on Wednesday that the sophistication of the encryption feature will grow “rapidly” following the launch of the preliminary version. “The acid test is that I could not see your DMs even if there was a gun to my head,” he said. With the rollout now official, Twitter joins other platforms like Signal and WhatsApp in providing users with an encrypted messaging service, though not all Twitter users will have access to it—at least for now. Twitter stated in a post on its support site that the encryption feature is only available to people who pay for Twitter Blue or are affiliated with a verified Twitter account. Only messages containing text and links are encrypted, while media and other attachments are not yet supported. Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched. Try it, but don’t trust it yet. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2023 Reactions to encrypted messages are also encrypted, but metadata—which includes the recipient as well as the creation time—are not. While links themselves are encrypted, the linked content isn’t. Eligible users who want to send encrypted messages on Twitter will see a toggle after clicking on the message icon, allowing them to activate “encrypted” mode. They can then select another eligible recipient, and clicking “send” will dispatch an encrypted message. Alternatively, eligible Twitter users can send encrypted messages though the conversation settings page of an unencrypted conversation in their inbox. After tapping the information icon, they can select the “start an encrypted message” option. Encrypted conversations will be differentiated from unencrypted ones through a lock icon badge. “As Elon Musk said, when it comes to direct messages, the standard should be, if someone puts a gun to our heads, we still can’t access your messages. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re working on it,” Twitter said on the support page, reinforcing Musk’s warning not to trust the encryption feature to protect sensitive information—yet. “Twitter seeks to be the most trusted platform on the internet, and encrypted direct messages are an important part of that,” the support page states. Musk revealed last year that he has plans to roll out a “Twitter 2.0 The Everything App,” which he said would combine encrypted direct messages, long-form tweets, and payments. In March, Musk merged Twitter with a shell firm called X Corp., which he owns. WhatsApp ‘Cannot Be Trusted’ In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Musk took aim at WhatsApp, telling Twitter users that the service “cannot be trusted.” Musk was responding to a post from Twitter engineer Foad Dabiri, who claimed that his WhatsApp application was constantly switching on the microphone, even while he was sleeping. Dabiri shared a screenshot of his device’s microphone usage, which showed that it had been switched on nine times between 4:20 a.m. and 6:53 a.m. while he was asleep, at one point appearing to record him for nearly 30 minutes. Replying to Dabiri’s post, Gannon Breslin, CEO of The Drop NFT Media Inc., wrote, “It’s incredible how many people don’t realize that WhatsApp is owned by Meta/Facebook.” Facebook purchased WhatsApp in 2014 for $16 billion. Musk replied: “Yeah. Or that WhatsApp founders left Meta/Facebook in disgust, started #deletefacebook campaign and made major contributions to building Signal. What they learned about Facebook and changes to WhatsApp obviously disturbed them greatly.” WhatsApp swiftly dismissed Dabiri’s claim, stating that users of the messaging service “have full control over their mic settings.” “Over the last 24 hours, we’ve been in touch with a Twitter engineer who posted an issue with his Pixel phone and WhatsApp,” WhatsApp said on its official Twitter account. “We believe this is a bug on Android that mis-attributes information in their Privacy Dashboard and have asked Google to investigate and remediate.” “Users have full control over their mic settings. Once granted permission, WhatsApp only accesses the mic when a user is making a call or recording a voice note or video—and even then, these communications are protected by end-to-end encryption so WhatsApp cannot hear them,” it added.

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1984: USA Launches Disinfo Ministry of Truth
by grarpamp 13 May '23

13 May '23

The USA Democrat Left just deployed 1984 to continue control the narrative, and program your mind... DHS Disinformation' Unit Headed by Woman Who Said Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was Disinformation https://summit.news/2022/04/28/dhs-disinformation-unit-headed-by-woman-who-… Houston, we have a problem. The Department of Homeland Security's new `disinformation' unit will be headed by a woman who says free speech makes her `shudder' and who falsely labeled the Hunter Biden laptop story disinformation. Oh dear. Just two days after it was revealed that Elon Musk had reached an agreement to buy Twitter, DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas announced the creation of a "disinformation governance board." The new board will focus primarily on "misinformation related to homeland security, focused specifically on irregular migration and Russia." The board will be headed by Nina Jankowicz, a former advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry who oversaw related issued at the National Democratic Institute lobby group. "Cat’s out of the bag," Jankowicz tweeted. "Here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I’ve been a bit quiet on here." Cat's out of the bag: here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I've been a bit quiet on here. Honored to be serving in the Biden Administration [45]@DHSgov and helping shape our counter-disinformation efforts. [46]https://t.co/uN20vl7qqV [47]pic.twitter.com/JEn4FqLdck -- Nina Jankowicz <U+1F1FA><U+1F1E6><U+1F1FA><U+1F1F8> (@wiczipedia) [48]April 27, 2022 Jankowicz's view of free speech is particularly odious. Free speech apparently makes her physically shudder. "I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities, which are already shouldering disproportionate amounts of this abuse," she tweeted in response to Musk's Twitter takeover. NEWS: DHS is officially launching its own Ministry of Truth, or the so-called "Disinformation Governance Board." Nina Jankowicz will head the board as executive director. "Free speech absolutists" make her "shudder," so everything should be fine. [49]pic.twitter.com/wVc7hEBX11 -- Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) [50]April 27, 2022 Jankowicz previously called Musk an "online abuser," while arguing for more censorship when she asserted, "The ‘free speech vs censorship’ framing is a false dichotomy." But crucially, the woman handed the role of deciding what constitutes "disinformation," previously labeled a completely truthful story "disinformation" because it was seen to be harmful to Joe Biden's presidential chances. Jankowicz promoted the actual disinformation that the New York Post Hunter Biden laptop story was a "Russian influence op." Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." -- Nina Jankowicz <U+1F1FA><U+1F1E6><U+1F1FA><U+1F1F8> (@wiczipedia) [51]October 23, 2020 She also wrongly asserted that it was a "Trump campaign product," while also claiming Trump supporters would show up at the polls with weapons to intimidate voters. Jankowicz's appointment once again underscores how moral panics about `disinformation' and `misinformation' are contrived frauds designed to bury legitimate information harmful to the regime's narrative. Both the Hunter Biden laptop scandal and the lab leak theory, two of the biggest news stories of 2020, were truthful yet branded "disinformation" so they could be buried by social media algorithms to prevent their viral spread. Along with `fact checkers', the new DHS disinformation unit is just another branch of the Ministry of Truth, which as in Orwell's 1984, serves a primary purpose of hiding and eliminating the truth.

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DeSantis Campaigns in Iowa as Trump Cancels Rally Due to Weather
by Gunnar Larson 13 May '23

13 May '23

We need this for the Mayor of New York, "The time for excuses is over." --- DeSantis Campaigns in Iowa as Trump Cancels Rally Due to Weather https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-13/trump-desantis-to-crissc… Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told Iowa Republicans Saturday that “the time for excuses is over” and said his party can’t look backward if it wants to defeat President Joe Biden in 2024.

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Israel and Gaza Strip Militants Reportedly Close to Ceasefire
by Gunnar Larson 13 May '23

13 May '23

Dos the United Nations do anything these days? I thought the UN got going because of this whole story. -- Israel and Gaza Strip Militants Reportedly Close to Ceasefire https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-13/israel-and-gaza-strip-mi… A senior Islamic Jihad leader said Egyptian-led negotiations have produced an agreement with Israel to end a military conflict that began earlier this week.

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NuGenesis Seeks Litigation Funding for Claim Against FTX - Litigation Finance Journal
by Gunnar Larson 13 May '23

13 May '23

Hey Richard: Check out my new LitigationFinanceJournal.com article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/nugenesis-seeks-litigation-funding-for… ---@ NuGenesis Seeks Litigation Funding for Claim Against FTX NuGenesis (the purveyor of NuCoin), is reported to be exploring AI and litigation finance as investment tools in claims against FTX and Alameda Research’s alleged fraud. Cointelegraph characterizes NuGenesis as a well respected source for quality innovation in the digital asset ecosystem. After NuCoin was attacked by FTX, executives at NuGenesis began to employ AI technology to digest what could be happening behind the scenes at Alameda and the Japanese arm of FTX. Touted as ‘groundbreaking’ by Cointelegraph, NuGenesis’ crypto fraud detection software has been instrumental in uncovering alleged inconsistencies of fiduciary duty across FTX’s global enterprise. NuCoin is said to have tallied almost $55B in potential damages associated with potential FTX scams against the token. The FTX saga could yield new opportunities for litigation financiers in the crypto litigation space. As an added bonus, we have included 185 highlights to the Office of Legal Education’s “Prosecuting Computer Crimes” handbook for reference.

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