• ABCDE@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I was clowned a few years back on this hot take. I am very regarded though. Can anyone pitch on this tinfoil?

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        Yeah idk I’ve read it like 4 times and still struggle to find a coherent thought here.

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        Poster was made fun of in the past for saying Signal gave metadata to the feds. He has a learning disability (regarded = deliberately misspelled R slur). They’re looking for someone else to corroborate the metadata claim.

        That’s my interpretation at least.

        • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          They did a blog post about how the feds had made a second attempt to get metadata from them and they could only provide two fields of information: the date the account was created and the last time it connected to the service.

          It’s in the public record as well if I’m not mistaken.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          “Retarded” is not a slur. It’s a medical term. “Idiot” is a slur that roughly means the same thing, though not nearly as far.

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            “Idiot” is a slur that roughly means the same thing

            “idiot”, “moron”, “cretin” and “imbecile” were all medical terms once and described different levels of intellectual disability, but they fell out of use and are now considered offensive. language changes, and context is important.

      • jollyrogue@lemmy.ml
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        Signal uses Google Cloud Platform for their servers, for one.

        Then I think it’s something to do with metadata.

    • Im_old@lemmy.world
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      (almost) anything is possible with a CIA black fund budget. I’ve moved to Simplex chat and not looked back.