SN9 test flight imminent, engines being chilled, launch in less than 30 mins:
You can't use HomePods (even to just play music via Wi-Fi) without an iCloud account. You can't use iCloud without an Apple ID, and an Apple ID requires a phone number to create.
This means that you can't use HomePods, a wireless microphone you install in your house, without providing Apple and their government partners a strongly identity-linked unique identifier (a phone number).
Cool, huh?
the whole fucking society is wiretapped 24/7 and yet they still can't do basic policework.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/fbi-increases-reward-for-rnc-dnc-pipe-bomb-suspect-to-100k.html
such a great read, posted by one of the new amazing users on my bbs which launched yesterday:
Extreme Privacy, 2nd edition:
https://mega.nz/file/dZMARD4I#1h6AZ_pDh3eTIgWiB8CF5zsLBruGyete4vEmLINsVEQ
I've started a BBS to serve as the comments section of my website/blog, but it's also open to anyone reading this via the fediverse:
Please come and claim your username. :)
periodic reminder:
craig wright is a fraud, a liar, not satoshi, and a bully to boot:
Hacker, researcher, entrepreneur. Make sure we're connected at https://sneak.berlin/list
these toots are also available at https://s.sneak.berlin/@sneak.rss if you're into that.