Cops can read the SMTP spec too, y'know
      • Dirtbag [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, what's weird is that they were advertising that they wouldn't do something that they then went and did.

      • ancom20 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        100% agree.

        Rick Falkvinge, Pirate Party cofounder, had a good article making this point. https://falkvinge.net/2017/12/09/privacy-promises-company-worth-nothing-companies-cant-promise-anything/

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Is there an alternative that is better?

      doing everything in plain sight, and possibly getting some type of software that makes random internet activity to make even more cluttered data to sift through

      it's just common sense, using a VPN basically screams "hey I'm not a normie and I have something to hide". Now you've cut down their work by 95%, because only 5% of people use VPNs at all

      • ancom20 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Steganography. https://www.drchaos.com/post/hiding-secret-messages-in-images-with-steganography-and-metadata