kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

@resist1984 @kensanata @grimmware @rysiek I personally hated fax because what you got was a smudgy printout or a PDF (if you used computer fax) that was an embedded *bitmap* which you obviously couldn't copy & paste text from.

Some professions - especially lawyers - loved to print that crap and then fax it again, which further reduced quality.

@resist1984 @kensanata @grimmware @rysiek That's why I asked if you actually used a fax machine. In practice the quality of printed document was often total crap due to noise introduced by poor scanner on sender side, poor printer on recipient side (usually a thermal printer). Fax bandwidth was also rather small and on poor line it was taking ages to send a single page.

@spacekookie Precisely. RAF was brainchild of STASI and received continuous support East German as well as other Eastern European secret police.

@resist1984 @kensanata @grimmware @rysiek well, it's not much of use if it reliably transfers unreadable bitmap isn't it?

@resist1984 @rysiek @grimmware @kensanata Have you actually used a fax over an analog phone line? If not, you can emulate: print a paper document; scan it at 150DPI; add random noise; print what you scanned

@spacekookie Red star is a symbol typically used by communist regimes where surveillance was total

Mini #nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-51233444

@spacekookie Mass surveillance included as usual?

@Kotik Some people drink tea from cups or glasses with a teaspoon in in. Same effect.

@dump_stack Same for Signal.

I think they're doing a good job but a bit too much into the popular IT industry likes and dislikes rather than making their own mind based on facts.

Control Flow Integrity (CFI) in the Linux kernel
https://outflux.net/slides/2020/lca/cfi.pdf

"YouTube does not consistently flag these same videos as problematic to viewers, despite ongoing criticism that the platform allows conspiracy theories, the alt-right, and extremism to flourish."
https://qz.com/1785613/how-youtube-shields-advertisers-not-viewers-from-harmful-videos/