Moon Beam

But here’s the thing, when the FBI needs location data on someone, they need a WARRANT to get that information from that company, or that company’s cooperation. Back in the early 2000s, there were a number of companies that simply handed over data to letter agencies like the NSA or FBI, and they got roasted for it by their customers. Don’t fool yourself, the only reason why backdoors weren’t coded into your phones by companies like Apple is because they did the math and realized that the cost of cooperating and alienating their customer base was too high, not because these companies have ethics.

So we live in a climate where companies are promising users security and privacy, and when they don’t it’s a scandal that loses them customers and money. They aren’t playing nice with the FBI, so what is the FBI to do? Easy. Circumvent silicon valley.

There is exactly zero reason for the FBI, as an organization, to make entertainment apps. Educational is maybe in line with past practices, but even when they did stuff like that in the 90s, we called it out for the propaganda it was. This app is absolutely a trojan horse. This is so they can get the data you would normally give to a 3rd party company without a warrant.

But we look back everyday- rechecking emails, making sure a friend is still behind you, checking to see if you remebered to pick up your keys. It's second nature, a habit of care.

Uh… okay?

Next they’re going to start calling him “Free Lunch Tim” or “started a GSA club in the 90’s Tim” or “State Championship Football Coach Tim” like ???

Republicans have left reality. Their party is in tatters and those who remain have no clue whatsoever how to connect with average voters. They knew once (specifically in 2012 after Mitt Romney lost) but then they decide to cater to the lying, cheating coalition of the far-right instead… and this is what they got. A weird-ass group of pundits who are just dying to publicly state how much they hate most people in this country. Specifically how much they want them to be poor, miserable, or dead.

And yet, they still have a chance of winning.

As someone who lost their father to cancer I feel this is very important to share. Please vote in 2024, and vote for those who care more about the people rather than bullshit politics.