Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal - Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE. (www.disruptionist.com)
from bigfoot@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 14:25
https://lemm.ee/post/55828680

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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz on 17 Feb 15:02 next collapse

“free speech absolutist”

Emberleaf@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 15:07 next collapse

At this point, if you’re still using anything even remotely connected to Elon Musk, you get what you deserve. I’m not saying that to be an asshole, either. It’s just a simple fact.

Prunebutt@slrpnk.net on 17 Feb 16:07 next collapse

Got it. I’ll stop “using” the US government. /j

Emberleaf@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 16:38 collapse

I think we’re the ones being used… ;)

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 17 Feb 17:42 collapse

A bunch of government agencies are being told to do business exclusively on X, The Everything App.

Musk’s also trying to build out a financials tool within his ecosystem and to incentivize more people to do business in his preferred basket of shitcoins.

He’s a monopolist, working with other monopolists to corner the Internet as a marketplace. He’s not looking to give people a choice to use other tools.

mp3@lemmy.ca on 17 Feb 15:08 next collapse

I’m surprised DOGE themselves aren’t using it to skirt FOIA.

Quill7513@slrpnk.net on 17 Feb 15:25 next collapse

oh they for sure are. also FOIA is probably dead forever. so. you know. be ready for that little announcement.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca on 17 Feb 15:47 collapse

privacy for me, but not for thee!

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 17 Feb 16:09 collapse

Being a sovereign 101

thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz on 17 Feb 16:15 next collapse

Who says they aren’t? Elon has zero problems with double standards.

USSEthernet@startrek.website on 17 Feb 19:29 collapse

They fall under the presidential records act so they aren’t subject to FOIA until the 2030s.

grue@lemmy.world on 17 Feb 20:23 collapse

They claim they fall under the Presidential Records Act, but they’re lying.

NutWrench@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 15:40 next collapse

There must be a hundred third-party freeware apps that let you encrypt files. Heck, even zip archivers have a password protect option. If you’re a whistleblower, you’re going to be collecting data over long periods of time, not sending instant messages. You can use OnionShare (droid-ify) to create temporary TOR links if you really need to share a file quickly and untraceably.

ohellidk@sh.itjust.works on 17 Feb 15:39 next collapse

Remember when he said to “use signal”? Pepperidge farm remembers.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca on 17 Feb 15:47 collapse
davel@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 18:22 next collapse

He says he wants free speech, but all he ever wanted was to replace the previous censorship and propaganda regime with his own.

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org on 17 Feb 20:07 next collapse

They always do

gomp@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 01:18 collapse

He never said he wants free speech for everyone :) TBH the shame should be on those who believed that Musk could somehow be the first right-wing extremist in history that wished the people at large had more rights and more freedoms.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works on 18 Feb 09:05 collapse

He never said he wants free speech for everyone

Yes he fucking did. He called himself a “free speech absolutist” which was just a blatant lie just like every other sentence that has farted out of his Nazi lips.

shir@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Feb 18:23 next collapse

Well, them go Telegram? He would not want to block his right wing friends, too, would he?

[deleted] on 17 Feb 18:59 next collapse

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Feb 19:04 next collapse

I feel the same way about the current state of television.

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Feb 09:49 collapse

Burn your TV.

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org on 17 Feb 20:07 next collapse

It’s called крокодил I think

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Feb 22:55 collapse

It’s said as krokodil correct? Means crocodile because your skin will look like a crocodile’s. I watched a video I wish I’d never seen where some medical workers took off a user’s boot and his foot came off with it.

jenesaisquoi@feddit.org on 18 Feb 07:33 collapse

That’s exactly right.

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com on 18 Feb 00:15 next collapse

Nice try Elon.

Just like the seventies, anarchy is the only way forward to get out of this lying twisted thieving divisive oligarch of politics running my country for the last quarter century plus.

root@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 07:04 collapse

Ikr? I used Reddit for well over a decade, and left without an issue after the APIpocolypse. Did the same with Proton a couple weeks ago. I have no loyalties in tech.

Dalde@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 19:39 next collapse

Didn’t he foster Signal in 2021? x.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153

wuphysics87@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 20:33 next collapse

“Free speech extremist”

vfreire85@lemmy.ml on 17 Feb 20:37 next collapse

why would someone still be using x at this time for starters is something that baffles me.

gomp@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 01:01 collapse

Circle jerking, I guess? Same reason I use lemmy :)

pineapplelover@lemm.ee on 17 Feb 21:20 next collapse

Time to donate to signal again

icmpecho@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 01:02 next collapse

Musk blocking Signal links makes me just a bit happier about my Signal donation every month :>

root@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 07:00 collapse

Monthly for me

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com on 18 Feb 00:13 next collapse

Isn’t it strange that when you believe in an oligarch, they never disappoint.

cavemeat@beehaw.org on 18 Feb 01:07 next collapse

I’ve gotta donate the signal and spread the word, it’s been my messaging goat for years

bananapinball@sh.itjust.works on 18 Feb 02:11 next collapse

“blocks links to Signal” What does that even means? It’s not twitter; people are not sharing Signal links.

root@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 07:00 collapse

Most likely invite links to various groups / contacts

Melody@lemmy.one on 18 Feb 03:57 next collapse

This just means you wrap your signal links in a URL shortener.

A slight hassle; but all the more reason to hate the muskratt.

We should be quietly linking anyone with a need to send a signal link to a nice privacy respecting URL shortening instance somewhere that will basically delete the link in 3-7 days unless told otherwise to keep it around by the user at creation.

Heck; host your own URL shortener while you’re at it.

toototabon@lemmy.ml on 18 Feb 04:30 collapse

questions, not to you specifically, but to anyone who stumbles upon this thread.

  • what would be a decent URL shortener that meets this criteria?
  • any pointers to host one’s own shortener? mainly i’m thinking of registrars, but also the mechanics to transform links and store data for a few days
mcx808@feddit.uk on 18 Feb 10:09 collapse

I use Shlink, you can probably host it on a little digitalocean droplet or something similar.

seonar22@lemmy.world on 18 Feb 10:20 collapse

least thick skinned wannabe “politician” I’ve ever seen.