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GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

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Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#21

This is not how authorities work. They need to prove people guilty, not flag all “suspicious activity” then let people prove they are innocent.

This actually is how authorities work. If you do anything unusual at all, you are flagged as suspicious. You will find yourself being denied services without explanation. There is no appeal process.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#22

This is not how authorities work. They need to prove people guilty, not flag all “suspicious activity” then let people prove they are innocent.

Not sure if you've read the news during the past couple of months but things are no longer normal

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#23
post #16

- Heavy censorship - Two-tier justice system - This How did it come to this? The UK is arguably the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom, having led the way in abolishing slavery.

Can we stop it with this two tier justice system nonsense?

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Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#24

This is not how authorities work. They need to prove people guilty, not flag all “suspicious activity” then let people prove they are innocent.

That's in countries that have a constitution, a Bill of Rights that can't be revoked by a simple vote of the legislature, separation of powers and the rule of law. None of which applies to the UK.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#25
post #22

This is not how authorities work. They need to prove people guilty, not flag all “suspicious activity” then let people prove they are innocent.

Not sure if you've read the news during the past couple of months but things are no longer normal

watchlists existed for decades

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#26

- Heavy censorship - Two-tier justice system - This How did it come to this? The UK is arguably the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom, having led the way in abolishing slavery.

Eric Williams: “British historians write almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

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post #9

A friend of mine told me that Yoti is used as an age verification system in so many porn websites. That’s such an issue, this information should never be owned by private companies.

Or you could just choose not to use pornography. Then you don't have to verify your age to these websites. I get that some people have a behavioural addiction to this harmful content but perhaps the age verification is an opportunity to step back and reconsider.

Or they can be pushed to watch on less regulated platforms to avoid the age verification, which is far more likely and has negative consequences.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#28
post #20

Someone in the comments of that post linked to a long FAQ section for GrapheneOS about how apps can identify it and so forth [1]. I don't understand why it doesn't just attempt to spoof that's it's stock Android/Google everywhere it possibly can? [1] https://grapheneos.org/faq#:~:text=Apps%20can%20detect%20tha...

Because that would be pointless. If you have use-after-free exploit mitigations active, apps can test for its presence by simply trying to use after free. The only way to make the mitigation unnoticeable would be disabling it.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#29
post #16

- Heavy censorship - Two-tier justice system - This How did it come to this? The UK is arguably the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom, having led the way in abolishing slavery.

Can we stop it with this two tier justice system nonsense?

Two words: Henry Nowak.

Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS

#30

I'm done for once the authorities know I have an account on HACKER News.

When I was in high school I brought in a copy of The Hacker's Dictionary to show a friend. A teacher saw it.

A few weeks later there was a hacking incident! The shared spreadsheet of every pupil's grades that every teacher had full access to was modified, boosting the grades of some students (including me) and lowering the grades of others (including people I didn't get on with). I was immediately sent home during the investigation. Nothing came of it in the end.

Years later my friend revealed the advanced technique of finding his music teacher's password (bassoon) on a post-it note under their keyboard.

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