Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”

Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it’s an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503

Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!

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I can understand being fine with a nomination that aligns with his personal interests but from there the journey to « party of small people » likely takes a convoluted path.

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It’s probably just a language thing. When he says small people he means sub-mega corporations. Actual humans probably pass beneath his notice.

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So you’re thinking he means small in terms of Proton vs Google.

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Well, he’s clearly not talking about small people like say, me or you compared to Trump or Musk. And let me be clear, he is probably wrong about that as well. If Trump is anti-google that is likely nothing more than a negotiating position.

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The little man does some heavy lifting

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As it’s usually the case.

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I fucking love Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

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Sad. The way tech companies are changing stripes, we are about to hit a surveillance state by summer

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The US are a surveillance state already. But I guess it could get even worse.

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It’s like everyone forgot about the Patriot Act and NSA stuff. This shit has been going on through at least 4 different presidents. And that’s just the modern surveillance state.

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I don’t understand how everyone can be so blind to the surveillance that already exists.

Literally all your communications or purchase or browsing history, 90% of people’s photos and contacts, everything you ever say near your phone/smart devices, your health data with devices like fitbit, cm resolution spy satelites, 4D maps of the entire globe being created via services like Pokemon Go, phones create and store in the cloud high resolution 3D maps of your face, mesh networked devices like Alexa now surveil without you even having internet access, your home and your exact location down to a meter are already being live spied on. Not to mention full remote access to all your devices.

Sometimes with a thin veneer of privacy on top of it, like Apple pretends to have.

Basically the only part of you that the surveillance state doesn’t constantly surveil already is your butthole.

Even avoiding just 10% of this surveillance in your daily life is almost impossible.

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Soon smart toilets will also surveil your butthole.

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It’s like people were born after Snowden’s leaks

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Oh damn

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Pop goes the weasel

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