We're slowly seeing what leftists always warned about in the UK: all these laws against 'terrorism' are now expanding the definition to be used against every day citizens, from authors being arrested for donating money to activist organizations or hundreds being arrested for protesting a genocide.
It's never just a word, never just a law, and it'll never just affect everyone but you.
He’s a public figure and journalist, he’s not exactly a spy. I don’t see the point of them bringing up this unrelated discussion to attack Medhurst and derail the conversation about the terror laws and destruction of free speech in the UK. Priorities? Message discipline? Never heard of them apparently.
The thing is, GrapheneOS can’t really hide his tracks. Him reporting publicly already puts a target on his back, and GrapheneOS can’t help him with that.
Western-made privacy software like GrapheneOS, Signal, Tor, etc. are designed first and foremost for anonymity from Global South governments. Most were funded by the Open Technology Fund, a CIA cutout originally founded by Radio Free Asia to make software to help CIA informants and color revolution planning. Because of this, you can’t really expect them to protect you from the West itself, especially if your anonymity is already busted by being public.
It’s an alternative Android based on the AOSP that’s supposed to be more private/secure/whatever.
I think it was just brought up because Medhurst clearly isn’t an expert on how to hide his tracks.
He’s a public figure and journalist, he’s not exactly a spy. I don’t see the point of them bringing up this unrelated discussion to attack Medhurst and derail the conversation about the terror laws and destruction of free speech in the UK. Priorities? Message discipline? Never heard of them apparently.
The thing is, GrapheneOS can’t really hide his tracks. Him reporting publicly already puts a target on his back, and GrapheneOS can’t help him with that.
Western-made privacy software like GrapheneOS, Signal, Tor, etc. are designed first and foremost for anonymity from Global South governments. Most were funded by the Open Technology Fund, a CIA cutout originally founded by Radio Free Asia to make software to help CIA informants and color revolution planning. Because of this, you can’t really expect them to protect you from the West itself, especially if your anonymity is already busted by being public.