Maybe they were just worried that kids were getting into hacking!

https://youtu.be/t1oHuDos8TI

I’ve never used beeper, but I’ve been using Ferdium for years I have all in one app:

• WhatsApp
• Hangouts
• Discord
• Element (Matrix)
• Nextcloud Chat
• Lemmy

You mean a desktop application? If so you can use the web version, or even better, use Ferdium. It lets you connect to various messaging services and integrates them like a native desktop app.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

A few years ago I switched the mail provider for the company I work for from a small MSP provider over to Google Workspace. The reason is my boss’ inbox had an average of 5k+ of spam daily. He even had to abandon one of his email addresses at one point. After switching over to Google that number went to a more manageable few dozen daily.

It’s absolutely a massive problem.

If you get 100 spam emails a day, then without those protections that have been put into place that number would be in the 100s of thousands at best.

Ukrainian devs are top notch, to be fair. Outsourcing to there is not an issue.

They’re a bunch of Windows power-user clowns cosplaying as tech experts.

Hang on. Is Musk the YouTube user NextGenHacker101?

https://youtu.be/SXmv8quf_xM

It’ll probably be another day or two before you get the email. It’ll have a link to an APK to download.

Who’sSQL?

Prove it’s not misinformation.

Ah, ok. I thought you were saying the other thing.

No. I don’t “make such statements” as my day job. I’m not trying to prove anything to you. This is the most interaction I’m going to have on this topic.

Oh I’m sorry. You’re right. I shall read my LLMs more carefully. /s

It’s allowing Americans to speak freely on America without government interference.

Another way to look at it is that It’s allowing anyone to speak negatively about Western governments.

And the point I was making is that TikTok is pushing pro-CCP propaganda; regardless if it’s anti-American or not, but that’s the part you keep focusing on.

And everyone keeps going on about “censorship from the gov” but the reality is that I see tons of posts, videos, blogs, articles, reels, etc on US based social media that says all kinds of stuff about the US, Canadian, UK, European, etc, governments. It’s just so odd to me that Americans are so hyperfocused on “free speech” when I see all that stuff everywhere anyways. Half the time it’s literally videos FROM TikTok that are just reposted elsewhere.

The main difference is that on TikTok there’s a higher number of wack jobs that peddle garbage like flat earth, chem trails, anti vaxx, etc. The difference is that on Western social media that content usually comes with a disclaimer. The CCP is more than glad to allow that content because none of their citizens will see it. Chinese people can’t see content on TikTok, they have a segregated version with completely different content for Chinese users. If the CCP cared about freedom, there would be no segregation.

I don’t keep links to things I’ve read over the years. You really think I have a folder on my desktop labelled “CCP Propaganda Proof” with various docs and links?

But the Chinese people were never the enemy. The only ones who push that narrative are people who want to sow division and hatred.

It’s the CCP and US government that are at odds with one another. The issue with TikTok is the CCP has control and influence over content served to Western uses.

Throwing in the race card is something that wumao are instructed to do regularly.

The fact that, like you pointed out, you hadn’t said a single thing about race is a strong indicator that the person you’re replying to is a paid troll.

Btw “wumao” is literally “five dimes”, which refers to the “50 cent party” who are paid internet commentators with the goal to push CCP propaganda. The “50 cent” part refers to how much they get paid per comment.

Now I’m not saying this person definitely is a wumao, but my guess is that they are.

but the fact is no foreign country needs to do anything to make Americans hate their government.

No one was arguing about making Americans hate their government. The argument is about TikTok being a pro-CCP propaganda tool. That’s it.

You keep bringing it back to “hating America”, when that was never the point.

What you’re saying is actually a typical diversionary tactic that pro-CCP people use. Shift the target of the argument away from the CCP, exactly the way you did.

No. I’m not doing research for you. Even if I did, we both know you’d either dismiss it or ignore it. I’m a nobody to you and you’re already biased against what I have to say.

We won’t see eye to eye on this. We simply won’t agree. It would just be a waste of my time.