• ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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      941 month ago

      Haha internet goes [Error 404]

      (Shoutout to Briar, an app that lets you communicate without the internet, very useful for an organized group of protesters)

      • Banana
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        101 month ago

        Isn’t that basically what signal already does or is there something I should know about signal?

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          451 month ago

          No.

          Signal, while is End-to-End encrypted and cool, but it requires the central server. If the government shuts down the internet, you can’t organize your protest

          But Briar does not require a central server and lets you connect via internet (via tor), bluetooth, or share between devices connected to the same wifi.

          Imagine a protest where everyone is using Brair (and have added everyone as contacts), they could create a forum and one message from one end of the street can travel across the entire swarm of protesters, doesn’t matter if the government shut down the internet.

          (I mean… at least until they figure out what y’all are doing and they start jamming bluetooth signals… 🤔 but even then, jammers have limited range, especially at the bluetooth spectrum)

          All data is on your device (and all other devices the forum is shared with), there is no central server to take down content.

          • @frostysauce
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            Don’t take your phone to protests.

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              Depending on you goal.

              For leaderless anonoymous protests, and you want to stay alive, sure.

              For organized groups that are willing to take some risk and be martyrs, its worth considering.

              Use a custom OS (like Graphene OS), turn on airplane mode, use bluetooth to communicate via brair. Its much harder (but not impossible) to track people this way.

              • Cethin
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                51 month ago

                Once you’re at the protest you can talk in person. Sure,. Maybe organizers need some form of communication (and hopefully they do it securely), but otherwise there’s no need. You can just speak with people. People have been protesting far longer than cell phones have existed.

                Even people willing to take risks and be martyred should do it in a way that advances the goal. They shouldn’t try to let themselves be tracked and watched/arrested in private away from the protest. If you’re being arrested it should be forced to be in public and made into a show.

          • Banana
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            Oh that’s great to know, thank you!! Definitely gonna keep that one in my back pocket.

          • @KnightontheSun
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            No IOS client though. I do also have android phone so I could load it up on that.

      • qprimed
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        81 month ago

        have used briar. it works and will be a vital tool. get your peeps to install and have it at the ready.

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          101 month ago

          Theres are also Public Forums FYI. Not a lot of activity, but its like a secret club on the internet. Although the bot is often down, so you might have to wait a while to get added. I have the forums if you want to join (Briar Link: briar://ac5dsvvrwm4mnalxdonumapfwolvbjdxuosuxkn2yfizfiey6b6uq)

    • @[email protected]
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      401 month ago

      ACLU has an app for police encounters that sends it directly to them for if the cop tries to delete from your phone

      • Lumelore (She/her)
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        271 month ago

        Unfortunately that app is for an old version of Android and I can’t actually download it on my phone. It has a lot of negative reviews saying it keeps crashing or freezing which sucks because I’d really like an app like that that works.

        • @[email protected]
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          Citizen app requires too many permissions right at the start for me to ever use it over ACLU

    • @Cheems
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      I truly believe that anyone that believes that it’s already happening will have their beliefs cemented, the people that reject any notion of fascism will reject it, and the people that are on the fence are too old or too dumb to actually make an informed decision

    • @shalafi
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      -331 month ago

      Nah. All we need to believe is some text on a picture. It’s all true!

      • @gibmiser
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        My friends in gov are experiencing this stuff. Emails telling them to report all DEI contracts or face consequences. Shits real.

        • @thesohoriots
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          131 month ago

          Can confirm from people I know as well. Lots of McCarthy-style “rat out your coworkers.”

        • Queen HawlSera
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          91 month ago

          Right? I work in a company that has a lot of government contracts, I’m just a janitor, but it’s known I’m trans… do I count as a “DEI Hire” ?

          • @[email protected]
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            Yes. Anyone not a white cishet Christian male is a DEI hire. There will be some exceptions for straight Christian women for a little while, but they’ll be targeted soon enough and put to pasture with the other breeding stock. Moo.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yea it’s not like the leader of the fascist party just did two back to back Nazi salutes whilst the magat filth cheered him on.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Did you bother to look into these claims at all? Or, are you doing practically the exact same thing you’re claiming the OP is doing; assuming?

        There’s that worthless centrist logical superiority, doing what it always does. Nothing.