FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE

Post by 0xDEAFBEAD » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

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I see a lot from the left about how right-wingers are supposedly hypocritical on gun control. However, concrete examples of hypocrisy are rarely provided. In terms of actual concrete statements, what I'm seeing from gun rights people like Thomas Massie and the NRA is consistent with previous stances: https://xcancel.com/NRA/status/2015227627464728661#m https://xcancel.com/RepThomasMassie/status/20155711073281848... I…

The NRA is not a very honest or good gun association, their immediate statement was quite different: > “For months, radical progressive politicians like Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs. Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries an…

Post by mullingitover » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC

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The second amendment as a serious option for a regime reset button was always a fantasy. This federal government would happily take a lesson from the Chechen wars and use ballistic missiles against a rebelling city if the chips were down. Any 2A fans have their own Patriot missile defense systems? No?

> The second amendment as a serious option for a regime reset button was always a fantasy. This federal government would happily take a lesson from the Chechen wars and use ballistic missiles against a rebelling city if the chips were down. Any 2A fans have their own Patriot missile defense systems? No? If it's that easy, why did we spend 20 years in Afghanistan only to suffer defeat by goat herders holding AK-47s? A…

Post by ifwinterco » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 7:49 AM UTC

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Until that moment, the general sentiment about the government and the internet is that they are too incompetent to do anything about it, companies like Microsoft/Apple/Google/Snapchat are actually secure so lax data/opsec is okay, etc. Meanwhile, the whole time, communications and tech companies were working hand in hand with the government siphoning up any and all data they could to successfully implement their Life…

> Until that moment, the general sentiment about the government and the internet is that they are too incompetent to do anything about it In 2008 I worked with a retired NSA guy who had retired from the agency 5 years prior. He refused to have a cellphone. He refused to have a home ISP. Did not have cable tv, Just OTA. He would only use the internet as needed for the work we were doing and would not use it for anythi…

Post by OhMeadhbh » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC

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I talked to Moxie about this 20 years ago at DefCon and he shrugged his shoulders and said "well... it's better than the alternative." He has a point. Signal is probably better than Facebook Messenger or SMS. Maybe there's a market for something better.

I have no idea if that was true 20 years ago, but it's not true now. XMPP doesn't have this problem; your host instance knows your IP but you can connect via Tor.

Post by Empact » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC

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This is simply not true. Some people are investigated because they spread lies, insults and threats. Things that would be investigated (and punished) as well, if done "off line". The freedom of speech does not mean "freedom to harass, threat or insult people". The oppression of free speech seems to be happening much more in the USA, where you are not allowed to criticize the politics of the ruling party any more.