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Is there any good private messenger at all? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Conversations for android is an example of a good XMPP client.

Assange's first speech since 2018 streaming live tomorrow! - PACE hearing on Julian Assange's detention and conviction and their chilling effects on human rights in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The protocol is worse for privacy

'Trust me bro'

The problem is, you're comparing apples with orchards. Analogous would be: 'email is worse for privacy than yahoomail'. Plus in this scenario yahoomail only lets you send emails to yahoomail addresses.

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Phone numbers are no longer required iirc

Phone numbers are still required to register and maintain an account. Only difference now is you can choose to hide it from other users and give people a 'username' to look you up with instead.

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Matrix and XMPP are not alternatives and are worse for privacy and security

XMPP is exactly as good or bad for privacy as the servers and clients you choose. It's a protocol, not a service. Unlike Signal, which is a brand/app/service package.

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100 days too long! Free McBride. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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Today, the 22nd of August 2024, marks 100 days since army lawyer David McBride was imprisoned in Canberra for exposing war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan.

David stood up for truth and integrity, yet now he endures death threats and solitary confinement, while those responsible remain free.

This is not how we should treat our whistleblowers in Australia! ⚖️

Demand justice! 📢 Take Action:

  • Contact Mark Dreyfus or your local MP today to express your support for David.

  • Create and share a social media post or a short video using the hashtag #SpeakUp4McBride to spread the word.

  • Donate to support David’s legal appeal to help get him out of jail: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride

  • Hang the provided poster in a high-visibility location, take a photo, and share it online to encourage others to join the movement.

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#FreeMcBride. #Justice4Afghanistan.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

‘You can expect everything’: what next for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks? in c/world@lemmy.world
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Fact: there was only ever one rape allegation and it was brought by the cops. The alleged victim refused to sign the statement to police and never signed a version which was edited later. All names were then leaked illegally to the tabloid press before JA was questioned. Read Prof Nils Melzer's well-researched book.

David McBride vs Goliath in a nutshell in c/australia@aussie.zone
[-] BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What I don't understand is how the case wasn't thrown out by the justice when he wasn't allowed to see the docs that were then put in the safe. THIS IS NOT A FAIR TRIAL. The defendent is prevented from presenting potentially exculpatory evidence, even to a closed court!

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David McBride vs Goliath in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by BeeDemocracy@sh.itjust.works to c/australia@aussie.zone
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-> Alt text:

David vs Goliath in a nutshell:

Government: 'he stole [newspeak for copied] information but we can't tell you what it is, so we took it off his lawyers and put it in a safe. We'll all refer to it as the docs in the safe.'

Judiciary: 'oh, ok, np!'

Defence Department Whistleblower: 'Those docs showed what I believed to be leadership misconduct. I have no defence now; I plead guilty.'

6 months later...

Government: 'Please jail him with non-parole period'

Judiciary: 'lemme think about this for another week 🤔'

-> end alt-text

-> https://twitter.com/BeeDemocracy/status/1787773353438413019

BeeDemocracy

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