theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone
consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,Arguments,&_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance
something I feel is important to note: they added CSAM to the list of things they were searching for in order to gain access to his phone.
when the phone was clean (due to the wipe), they did not follow up on that charge
if they truly believed this person to be in possession of CSAM, a warrant should’ve been issued by now to follow up on that very serious accusation. instead, they go after the destruction of evidence.
because they have nothing on this man, and it was a fabricated excuse to gain access to his phone.
There never was any actual suspicion of CSAM. I assume its what they tell you to get you to let your guard down or make you more inclined to comply.
“Well, I don’t have any CSAM, so it’ll be a quick search and they’ll let me go”
I have heard of another instance where customs claimed they wanted to search a phone for CSAM despite actually wanting to find something else. It worked in that instance.
more evidence that we really should be finding more effective ways to fight back. nazis like karp and thiel are already openly saying they want to enforce control and fascism globally. this is only going to get worse.
what would get people en masse into open alternatives? massive smear campaigns? massive ddos campaigns? is their own enshitification and endless profit seeking the key to bring people over?
we need our heads together, this is gonna be another front in the class war and we cannot let them build 1984 unchallenged in front of our eyes.
Simple tutorials.
I know that a decent chunk of the privacy/Linux folk have that same “I had to suffer and you should too” boomer mindset, and that’s like 80% of the reason I haven’t stopped using Google and Microsoft.
I’m not a software dev, but I do have a job and a life and shit. There is only so much time I can spend trying to figure that shit out before I decide it’s not worth it.
that’s like 80% of the reason I haven’t stopped using Google and Microsoft.
how can we help? Where are you currently stuck and what have you tried so far?
At this point I think it’s a hardware (or the lack thereof) issue. I tried to virtual box on my computer using…I think cinnamon? Was recommended as a noob distro. Got weird error codes, googling them didn’t help.
Upon further discussion, I was informed that VB is one of the more complicated methods and I should just install it on another computer. Unfortunately I don’t have a fully functional second computer.
2 quick recommendations :
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do not focus on Linux itself but rather everything else. If you use e.g. Firefox on any operating system, it is basically the same on Linux. You can even bring your data over. Most software running on Linux runs on Windows too, so the transition will be much easier than if you stay stuck on proprietary Windows only software.
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try https://distrosea.com/ this way you don’t need another computer nor even a virtual machine
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I’ve been using Linux for 20 years. I need a lot of help and I’ve never had any people be dicks about it or seen anyone else do it to others.
You know that XKCD comic about the assumpitions of experts? Thats what you sound like.
You may not be an expert in your eyes but compared to that commenter, you are, and when you speak to actual experts to find help you are already able to use the language that opens the door to that help. While to others its akin to searching for something when you don’t have the key words or phrase that will lead to the appropriate results and you just get nothing.
This person wants things like an info-graphic to help them get to where youbare or somewhere close.
Point taken.
Maybe this will help: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.inspiredandroid.linuxcommandbibliotheca
For other OSs, the github has download buttons on screen. https://github.com/SimonSchubert/LinuxCommandLibrary
It’s a tool and has a tldr section in case you don’t want to read everything about a command. Sometimes I get bored and read through it just to brush up.
Send an IM if you need anything specific.
My boy is a hero for not allowing his contacts to become states evidence
Apple IOS user accused of chil… Google Android user accused of chi…
fuck off.
