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@josemanuel True. I kind of consider nearly everyone on here anonymous lol

@pganssle I don't have google play services on my devices. Signal offers a direct apk link, as to protonmail and a few other services https://signal.org/android/apk/

@corv Yup, they announced it a few months ago, as not to confuse users as to the security of their SMS messages. @pganssle

@pganssle I'm on the latest direct apk version and it still hasn't made me yet. I don't want another SMS app 😢

@josemanuel They could still just follow you as an RSS feed tho right? Anonymously.

@peterweyand 😂 I knew what you meant @LouisIngenthron @trinsec

@LouisIngenthron You are right, ISPs are the guard shacks on the road leading to the town square, heavily controlled by the government. "we aren't barring you from the town square" but good luck getting in, and past our guards on the only road to that town square. @peterweyand @trinsec

@peterweyand Yeah, personally I think it's all blown out of proportion. If you don't like what someone is saying, just block or mute them. Not a big deal. Banning starts at the "extremes" and next thing you know any person who doesn't fall inline to governmentally accepted sheepish norms will lose their internet, banking, water, power, and life @LouisIngenthron @trinsec

@peterweyand valid argument. To me, ISP banning would be the same as the Water Department/Power saying "We aren't going to give him our water supply, did you hear what he said last week? Blacklist him, we don't need his business." @LouisIngenthron @trinsec

@peterweyand I agree with this. @LouisIngenthron @trinsec

@peterweyand @LouisIngenthron @trinsec but she is pretty fat....

@LouisIngenthron @trinsec @peterweyand Ohhhh. So you are of the traditional right wing perspective. So you would side with the bakery owner, who didn't want to put a personalized message on a gay couples cake then?

Or are you just a hypocrite that thinks you should only be able to discriminate legally on issues you find important?

@LouisIngenthron @trinsec @peterweyand so if an ISP wants to not host people of Native American descent for example, you must be OK with that then?

Of course your not. There are discrimination laws. The only way not to discriminate is to host everyone, as long as no laws are being broken.

@bagginz I would say all that does is feed the argument that Wikipedia is seriously biased, but it isn't actually on Wikipedia lol.

@slider7420 you see his response?

@empiricism The amount times that they are not caught would be a scarier indication.

@mur2501 no @freemo

@TheOldGuy I quickly looked into it and they are a "think tank" based in washington D.C., founded by businessman in order to "monitor the tax spending policies of government agencies". To me, government overwatch lends some credence, but "founded by businessman" also makes me skeptical. Will continue looking into them, but as of now, I am skeptical of their bias.