What encryption protocols does Signal use? Who is auditing their source code? I am serious; I would like to know. Don't just say "encrypted end-to-end" and expect me to gleefully embrace this service. I have written low level code to implement encryption protocols. I am not stupid.

The Directors of National Intelligence and the CIA obviously are though.

This. Exactly. Some people really need to get out of the house more.

Why is that scarier to you than half of the population using something else? Almost everyone in the US used AT&T until they were broken up, for example.

When in the history of mass communication have a bunch of competing players agreed on a common messaging protocol? Never. They never will. It has been winner take all for forever. I think there are better ways, and that is one reason I am a socialist. But CAPITALISM CAPITALISM!!!

AT&T and Verizon, on the other hand, epitomize upstanding protection of consumer data. Give me a break.

Many people in countries outside of the US use WhatsApp as their primary means of communication. I live in Costa Rica for example, and I do not have a single friend or acquaintance here who has a traditional phone number. US phone companies have brainwashed Americans into thinking they must have an expensive monthly phone bill just to receive a phone call. The question you should be asking instead is - "why does anyone have a monthly bill for a stupid phone number anymore"? You don't have to like Mark Zuckerberg any more than you have to like AT&T or Verizon to appreciate the benefit of not paying a monthly fee for sending voice data over the internet. I still pay (Mint) for one reason only - 2FA for one or two services that I depend on still requires text messaging. Which is stupid.

We weren't going to have charging stations, but instead battery-swapping stations with the speed and convenience of petrol. Serial liars really attract each other I guess.

Also, we must ask - if his own AI model is so fantastic, then why is he so fixated on acquiring a competitor?

If this is to possess any semblance of intelligence, he better not have trained this model on his own tweets.

Agree. Free speech includes propaganda. In theory. This whole debacle shows what a bunch of BS "free speech" in the US is. Russian propaganda on Twitter that helps Trump is just fine. Chinese propaganda that might cause people to question US hegemony and billionaire oligarchs is not ok. The US is NOT a free country. That has become nothing but a giant lie that late stage capitalists use to herd the sheeple.

Completely untrue.

Can Logitech just move on to their next CEO *before* allowing this one to execute on such idiotic decisions?

...and then, after buying the nuclear power industry, they should put AI in control of running the reactors.

What an easy problem to fix. There are plenty of people who would be happy to move north to live in the countries with birthrates below replacement value. There's just one hitch - they are brown. Complaining about birthrates in white ethnocentric economies is practically the definition of bigotry.

The only reason we are able to sustain as many people as we do today is because most people are poor. Imagine a world where everyone has at least a middle class (by contemporary standards) lifestyle. Every family gets to eat steak at least once a week say. Everyone has their own home, electricity, and their own means of transportation. Absolutely impossible with our current population. We are FAR too overpopulated already. Climate change isn't simply the result of burning fossil fuels, it is the result of THERE ARE TOO DAMN MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. No one in the US should be condemning poor people for burning coal and charcoal - the US contributes more to global warming than anyone. Because burning stuff gives us our standard of living.

I remember that the dumb rich kids who get MBAs had not yet figured out how to move in and monetize it. Now that they have, everything has gone to shit.

I have a YouTube Premium plan, I live in the US, but will soon be moving to another country. I use this account for my business. Are they going to unceremoniously shut me down if I start using NordVPN?! Come on Google, don't be d'ks.