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US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system (www.theguardian.com)

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Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS

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[–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 46 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I smell the “all Linux users are hackers” argument approaching:

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[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

If you don't use an OS with mandatory ID you're a terrorist

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[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago (1 child)

It is the necessary precondition to the "anyone with greater than x FLOPS in their own home is a terrorist" argument.

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[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Who would have more than 1 flop at home? Hackers and Communists obviously

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 9 points 3 days ago

We are. And that's completely legal

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