r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • 8d ago

Soft Paywall The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate” | The national-security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

https://newrepublic.com/article/193291/trump-disappearing-students-rumeysa-ozturk-rubio-biggest-scandal
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u/Haloslayer I voted 8d ago

Most people don't know how to organize without a cellphone because Technology while strong has made us weak in the fields previously used.

In order for this to be done you need to ditch phones. Never speak it out loud In a Room with any electronics. Never have communication go through mail. If you're hand delivering it you have to be careful about what kind of car you use because cars with built in nav can be tracked. Paper maps ONLY. Ring doorbell? Camera, microphone etc. You basically have to think like a crazy person to hide things of that scale and it has to be done without fucking announcing it on the internet.

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u/Illustrious-Fig-2612 8d ago

Just a reminder to unplug ALL your alexa devices. As of March 23 all voice recording will be saved ant sent to Amazon

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u/mytransthrow 8d ago

what about google

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u/Illustrious-Fig-2612 8d ago

Google saves interactions that you can manage. Alexa is now saving everything regardless of interaction. It means your echos etc will always "be listening" and storing everything said around them.

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u/mytransthrow 8d ago

I thought google only listens for the ok google before turning on the mic to listen

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u/Illustrious-Fig-2612 8d ago

That's what I mean by "interaction". Sorry, if that was unclear. Google also allows you to edit and change your voice saving permissions unlike alexa.

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u/mytransthrow 8d ago

for now!

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u/cursed-karma 8d ago

Why don't we use Signal? /s

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u/goddad227 8d ago

Big Brother is watching and he's a fkng psychopath!

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u/broguequery 8d ago

Agreed. I work in tech, and I've always had a little paranoia based on what I've seen.

But without using the internet, you limit your reach and, therefore, your scale.

It's almost like we need a new medium that can organize people without using the fascist controlled platforms.