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Cake day: February 1st, 2025

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  • The only answer is regulation. We need laws that say, if you own a device, you can do anything you want to it, including wipe it, hack it, resell it, etc.

    If they want to control your device, or lease it to you provided you pay a monthly fee, etc, they need to say “Lease”, “Rent” or similar, not buy.

    And they shouldn’t be able to void your warranty for it - voids should be limited to the parts of the device you mess with. Like, if you flash your phone, they should be able to say, we can’t give you support, including how to re-install the original OS…but if your battery fails and it shocks you, they should have to replace the battery under a warranty.

    We also need laws that say, if you pay for a device, that device itself, can’t have ads. So like, when talking about Android TV boxes, they can put recommendations on the homepage, but not ads, and those recommendations can’t be paid. Now, if you open youtube, they can make you watch ads.



  • I addressed all of this. These people will protect their interests and their companies and sometimes that means kissing some disgusting ass.

    And I addressed the threat model: I try to operate in a way that allows me up and move services quickly and share enough that others could follow t. And that includes have solid, encrypted backups. I’m not that high profile, but I have too much time on my hands and high technical proficiency combined with an urge to learn I also am the first to suggest to Proton a false pin to wipe your phone.

    But this is also blown our of proportion. It was one message that basically said, right now (With Republicans in control of Congress) they’re the only ones likely to do anything. Most of the bias people say, is implied. If Democrats had been in power, there would have been a one word difference.