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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2021, 08:58:51 AM »
Facebook is now banning patriotic T-shirt companies from advertising. I'm watching an interview with one of the companies right now. They were banned for a specific T-shirt that shows the Gadsden snake with the words "Make Us" underneath.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2021, 07:49:23 AM »
Well, I was just thinking. Aside from what big tech is doing with Parler right now, for once, I was right about something in the overall theme: The Cloud is bad. When Amazon can remove music I purchased (rented I guess); when Amazon can access my Kindle anytime and change the text of books I've bought, or edit movies and other media  I bought to meet their cultural mores, that's bad. When Microsoft tries to convince me to leave backup images of my computer on the Cloud for "better security" but then maybe decides they don't like my politics, so I no longer have access to that (same with any data left with anyone anywhere on the Cloud), or they perhaps even give it to a government that doesn't like "my kind", that's bad.

The Cloud is bad.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2021, 08:21:34 AM »
Quote from: Ben on January 11, 2021, 07:49:23 AM
The Cloud is bad.

Relying on the good graces of other people/companies is bad. 
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2021, 08:30:38 AM »
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2021, 08:31:27 AM »
There are no safe or secure comms.

Participating on the internet and using cell phones gives the information aggregators a pretty good picture of who you are without even having to assign anyone to research you.

 
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2021, 08:34:07 AM »
Quote from: Ron on January 11, 2021, 08:31:27 AM
There are no safe or secure comms.

Participating on the internet and using cell phones gives the information aggregators a pretty good picture of who you are without even having to assign anyone to research you.

 


And where to find you and where you've been.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2021, 10:09:58 AM »
Quote from: Fly320s on January 11, 2021, 08:21:34 AM
Relying on the good graces of other people/companies is bad. 

Now y'all finally understand the Amish motto.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2021, 10:16:28 AM »
Parler isn't safe either.  Obviously not backed by Android/Google/AWS/Microsoft, someone downloaded 80TB of user data.

Some of this includes sensitive content of "verified accounts" such as images of drivers licenses.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/80tb-parler-posts-photos-videos-leaked-by-security-researchers-law-enforcement-can-use-to-identify-january-6-attackers-2350920

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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2021, 11:44:25 AM »
Here is a little help from googletube to de-google your phone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqSCmT5S-2w
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2021, 01:19:37 PM »
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #35 on: January 11, 2021, 01:20:32 PM »
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #36 on: January 11, 2021, 02:05:00 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on January 11, 2021, 10:16:28 AM
Parler isn't safe either.  Obviously not backed by Android/Google/AWS/Microsoft, someone downloaded 80TB of user data.

Some of this includes sensitive content of "verified accounts" such as images of drivers licenses.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/80tb-parler-posts-photos-videos-leaked-by-security-researchers-law-enforcement-can-use-to-identify-january-6-attackers-2350920



I'm not sure the figure is correct.  80TB is an awful lot of bits.

Still disconcerting for anyone who had a Parler account.

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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #37 on: January 11, 2021, 02:07:07 PM »
How long before they start removing channels like Forgotten Weapons etc.. for showing how guns work?
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2021, 02:12:29 PM »
It looks like Parler is gone for good.  No one is willing to host them after Amazon dropped them.  Hosts that had agreed to provide backup hosting should Amazon have a problem will not take them.  Even hosts that Parler had agreements with to take them in the event that they were taken off Amazon for political reasons are now refusing to talk to them.
Fox News story, an interview of Parler CEO John Matze by Maria Bartiromo, at the Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6weryikO5o&feature=youtu.be
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #39 on: January 11, 2021, 02:20:03 PM »
Sign of times to come?

Others have been talking about using Lockdown for comms but Signal looks interesting as well.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #40 on: January 11, 2021, 02:31:16 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on January 11, 2021, 02:12:29 PM
It looks like Parler is gone for good.  No one is willing to host them after Amazon dropped them.  Hosts that had agreed to provide backup hosting should Amazon have a problem will not take them.  Even hosts that Parler had agreements with to take them in the event that they were taken off Amazon for political reasons are now refusing to talk to them.
Fox News story, an interview of Parler CEO John Matze by Maria Bartiromo, at the Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6weryikO5o&feature=youtu.be

Do they need a host?  Of course at some point they need a connection to the Internet even if they have their own servers.

ETA: I just tried to load parler.com and I got a DNS error.  That's scary.  If their hosting service is gone, they should still have an IP address (they leased it) and I shoulda received a timeout error.  So it looks like ICANN is in on this.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #41 on: January 11, 2021, 02:33:25 PM »
Quote from: Lennyjoe on January 11, 2021, 02:20:03 PM
Sign of times to come?

Others have been talking about using Lockdown for comms but Signal looks interesting as well.

Lockdown? URL? Search is no help
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Re: Android and Google
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #43 on: January 11, 2021, 03:39:16 PM »
AR-15 forum just got shut down
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #44 on: January 11, 2021, 03:41:40 PM »
Quote from: Lennyjoe on January 11, 2021, 03:39:16 PM
AR-15 forum just got shut down

Definitely can't get to them right now. Does anyone know who hosts them?
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #45 on: January 11, 2021, 03:42:25 PM »
Quote from: Lennyjoe on January 11, 2021, 03:39:16 PM
AR-15 forum just got shut down

Which one?  ARfcom and M4Carbine.net are still up.
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Re: Android and Google
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #47 on: January 11, 2021, 03:44:40 PM »
This is going faster than I expected.
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« Reply #48 on: January 11, 2021, 03:51:22 PM »
Their backup site doesn't seem to be working either.  I never go to that forum, but I would like to go to their alternate site to read up on what happened.
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Re: Android and Google
« Reply #49 on: January 11, 2021, 03:52:22 PM »
Entertainingly, the backup doesn't work for me, but https://ar15.com still does.

ETA: the tab at the top says "AR15-backup" so maybe there's some sort of blind redirect going on.
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