> This is an accusation made by the US government, it's not a fact. Are you claiming the chat logs that show Assange offering assistance cracking passwords are fake?
This. When is Apple getting on board?
> An iPhone is not a hard disk, but a computer with its own operating system, and you need dedicated software to communicate with it, imagine that. Lol so I guess my Android phone isn't a computer with its own OS, since…
Lol "I don't want to use Apple's services for everyhing"...."Just use Apple's services!"
> You can disable iMessage at any point and it works. Maybe now, but there was a time when iMessage would continue to hijack your number and divert messages from your phone, even if you disabled it. Also, have you ever…
> If the American people knew the truth about these military incursions, they would be utterly outraged The many, many, many times things have leaked with absolutely no major public reaction would show that to be false.
> And this is why the world is perpetually at war. No, that's because we have an entire industrial complex surrounding making war profitable. We had state secrets far before then and there were very long periods of…
> you have to prove intent The intent is proven from the in which Assange agrees to provide assistance cracking a password. That is the textbook definition of "conspiracy to commit a hacking crime".
These people are actively muddying the waters by making outlandish claims about what constitutes public and private property.
> If the govt is using the law to retaliate against journalists Assange is not a journalist. He conspired to hack a computer system. That is a crime. Regardless of what you believe to be right, you must acknowledge that…
It's like these people don't understand how these charges work.
> How would you elect someone to get that done when every issue is tied to a hundred other issues in the same candidate and basically none of them will have any meaningful progress made during their term? Elect an idiot…
You know, this was really quite the disproportionate reply that in no way answered the poster's question, but I have to say that this line takes the cake. > You'd rather the country be run by shady Blackwater types…
> I said very little was said Really? Because from the citations I've given, it looks like a lot was said. > That clearly isn't the case because it's happened already and journalists didn't salivate over it - they…
It really isn't.
Then perhaps if you could be a little clearer about what you are saying, we could have a discussion about that.
Blocking access to information via DNS blocks is an entirely different concept than private entities not wishing to host extremist content on their private platforms.
> PC Mag is mainstream media, now? How many readers do you think it has compared to a national newspaper? You're comparing apples to oranges. What's it's ranking among tech/PC websites? How about the Guardian?…
This seems like a relatively moderate view, and I like how it breaks down the individual freedom of intentioned users vs. the freedom of users who have no intention of seeing said content. But at the end of the day,…
ISPs as a group blocking IP-level access to portions of the web is far and above a different thing than a private company or a group of private companies refusing to host content on their servers that they do not want…
> His channel is not 'deleted', (as is the case with the majority of right-wing commentators as well btw), but it is very much 'shadowbanned'/blacklisted, (economic ruin). And, as we all know, nobody ever made money off…
> you are acting ignorant when you know there are only handful of platforms on internet. Your continued participation in said platforms ensures that they will remain the "only" platforms on the internet. There is…
> just out of interest... such as? Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQF2-F-GG_o And here he is with a bunch of others! https://i.imgur.com/SXqc8PX.jpg > You could be really helpful here, sugar. And you could tone…
> The same Voat that just got banned in New Zealand for hosting stuff the government didn't approve of whilst Facebook, which also hosted it, was left alone? Take it up with New Zealand, which has very strong laws about…
> the same kinds of people who control Facebook also control the mainstream media There's that conspiracy language again! And then you go on to link a piece of "mainstream media" that writes extensively about it! Did…
> This is an accusation made by the US government, it's not a fact. Are you claiming the chat logs that show Assange offering assistance cracking passwords are fake?
This. When is Apple getting on board?
> An iPhone is not a hard disk, but a computer with its own operating system, and you need dedicated software to communicate with it, imagine that. Lol so I guess my Android phone isn't a computer with its own OS, since…
Lol "I don't want to use Apple's services for everyhing"...."Just use Apple's services!"
> You can disable iMessage at any point and it works. Maybe now, but there was a time when iMessage would continue to hijack your number and divert messages from your phone, even if you disabled it. Also, have you ever…
> If the American people knew the truth about these military incursions, they would be utterly outraged The many, many, many times things have leaked with absolutely no major public reaction would show that to be false.
> And this is why the world is perpetually at war. No, that's because we have an entire industrial complex surrounding making war profitable. We had state secrets far before then and there were very long periods of…
> you have to prove intent The intent is proven from the in which Assange agrees to provide assistance cracking a password. That is the textbook definition of "conspiracy to commit a hacking crime".
These people are actively muddying the waters by making outlandish claims about what constitutes public and private property.
> If the govt is using the law to retaliate against journalists Assange is not a journalist. He conspired to hack a computer system. That is a crime. Regardless of what you believe to be right, you must acknowledge that…
It's like these people don't understand how these charges work.
> How would you elect someone to get that done when every issue is tied to a hundred other issues in the same candidate and basically none of them will have any meaningful progress made during their term? Elect an idiot…
You know, this was really quite the disproportionate reply that in no way answered the poster's question, but I have to say that this line takes the cake. > You'd rather the country be run by shady Blackwater types…
> I said very little was said Really? Because from the citations I've given, it looks like a lot was said. > That clearly isn't the case because it's happened already and journalists didn't salivate over it - they…
It really isn't.
Then perhaps if you could be a little clearer about what you are saying, we could have a discussion about that.
Blocking access to information via DNS blocks is an entirely different concept than private entities not wishing to host extremist content on their private platforms.
> PC Mag is mainstream media, now? How many readers do you think it has compared to a national newspaper? You're comparing apples to oranges. What's it's ranking among tech/PC websites? How about the Guardian?…
This seems like a relatively moderate view, and I like how it breaks down the individual freedom of intentioned users vs. the freedom of users who have no intention of seeing said content. But at the end of the day,…
ISPs as a group blocking IP-level access to portions of the web is far and above a different thing than a private company or a group of private companies refusing to host content on their servers that they do not want…
> His channel is not 'deleted', (as is the case with the majority of right-wing commentators as well btw), but it is very much 'shadowbanned'/blacklisted, (economic ruin). And, as we all know, nobody ever made money off…
> you are acting ignorant when you know there are only handful of platforms on internet. Your continued participation in said platforms ensures that they will remain the "only" platforms on the internet. There is…
> just out of interest... such as? Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQF2-F-GG_o And here he is with a bunch of others! https://i.imgur.com/SXqc8PX.jpg > You could be really helpful here, sugar. And you could tone…
> The same Voat that just got banned in New Zealand for hosting stuff the government didn't approve of whilst Facebook, which also hosted it, was left alone? Take it up with New Zealand, which has very strong laws about…
> the same kinds of people who control Facebook also control the mainstream media There's that conspiracy language again! And then you go on to link a piece of "mainstream media" that writes extensively about it! Did…