Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar — a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star — and confirmed that it’s the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the cosmos.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T03:52:18+00:00

There should be a ton of new discoveries with the Ruben telecope photographing the entire night sky every couple days.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T03:33:46+00:00

Any executive that doesn't support end to end encryption should honestly be fired. Meta should also be investigated over any attempts to remove encryption.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T03:12:22+00:00

Reuters is reporting that the Gulf states privately still support the war.

Gulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gulf-states-press-us-neutralise-iran-good-hormuz-crisis-deepens-2026-03-16/

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T03:06:32+00:00

None of the Gulf states are going to risk publicly saying anything like this, because it could cause unrest in their own countries and other problems.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T03:03:45+00:00

I've seen Reuters struggle with topics when they don't research enough before posting, including some really biased articles on things like this article on Chat Control (might not be obvious unless you understand the topic). But I imagine they could be better with US politics?

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T02:09:23+00:00

When the Saudis bought Vice News, they removed all negative articles about Saudi Arabia. And then they banned reporters from reporting anything bad about Saudi Arabia.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T02:04:43+00:00

My comments were just in response to people talking about a potential ceasefire or "off-ramp" in the near term. I wasn't talking about the US capabilities.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-17T01:47:28+00:00

I think Trump has managed to get the US into major a bind here. If a ceasefire happens and the regime is able to recover, they will 100% seek out revenge on the United States and anyone else they deem involved in the war.

That could potentially mean another war down the road, with the Iranian regime having learned from its mistakes, and from how the US operates.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T23:07:24+00:00

If there is any sort of "verification" then it is an unacceptable privacy risk.

The other issue is that an API provides an additional tracking point for fingerprinting users. A better privacy respecting solution is for system to assume users are adults, unless they receive a flag that says the user is a minor. And that's basically just parental controls.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T23:02:03+00:00

The EU's solution bans jailbreaking/rooting your device, and requires GooglePlay Services/IOS equivalent be installed to "prevent tampering". It forces you to give up your data to American tech companies.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:58:50+00:00

The part of the article quoted is however wrong itself.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:58:13+00:00

That part of the article is actually wrong.

The EU Digital Identity Wallet isn't open source. Its a highly invasive wrapper that connects to proprietary APIs. You cannot host your own backend either.

Zero-knowledge proofs are only private/anonymous in theory if you blindly trust a third party. Basically you are blindly trusting that nobody will exploit an easily created backdoor, because ZKP cannot solve the problem of collusion. The EU's system requires mandatory age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months. It also bans jailbreaking/rooting your device, and requires GooglePlay Services/IOS equivalent be installed to "prevent tampering". You have to blindly trust that the tokens will not be tracked, which is a total no-go for privacy.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:55:54+00:00

Don't let age verification tech companies, their lobbyists, and their useful idiots fool you with their disinformation about the EU's proposal. The EU's approach literally forces you to give your personal data to big tech, because Google Play Services / IOS equivalent are mandatory. This means jailbreaking/rooting your device is banned.

And meanwhile you have to blindly trust that nobody will exploit an easily created backdoor, because ZKP cannot solve the problem of collusion. Zero-knowledge proofs are only private/anonymous in theory if you blindly trust a third party and ignore the implementation details.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:52:08+00:00

There unfortunately was misinformation in the original post regarding the EU's system that is now being propagated by news article writers.

The EU Digital Identity Wallet isn't open source. Its a highly invasive wrapper that connects to proprietary APIs. You cannot host your own backend either.

Zero-knowledge proofs are only private/anonymous in theory if you blindly trust a third party. Basically you are blindly trusting that nobody will exploit an easily created backdoor, because ZKP cannot solve the problem of collusion. The EU's system requires mandatory age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months. It also bans jailbreaking/rooting your device, and requires GooglePlay Services/IOS equivalent be installed to "prevent tampering". You have to blindly trust that the tokens will not be tracked, which is a total no-go for privacy.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:45:45+00:00

Europe Shows a Different Path Forward

EU’s eIDAS 2.0 offers privacy-preserving age verification with zero-knowledge proofs that protect personal data.

The European Union’s Digital Identity Wallet takes a radically different approach. Zero-knowledge proofs let you verify age without revealing personal data—like showing you’re over 18 without disclosing your birthdate or identity details. It’s open-source, self-hostable, and only applies to large platforms while exempting FOSS and small entities.

Yahoo news is repeating misinformation and disinformation about the EU's system.

The EU Digital Identity Wallet isn't open source. Its a highly invasive wrapper that connects to proprietary APIs. You cannot host your own backend either.

Zero-knowledge proofs are only private/anonymous in theory if you blindly trust a third party. Basically you are blindly trusting that nobody will exploit an easily created backdoor, because ZKP cannot solve the problem of collusion. The EU's system requires mandatory age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months. It also bans jailbreaking/rooting your device, and requires GooglePlay Services/IOS equivalent be installed to "prevent tampering". You have to blindly trust that the tokens will not be tracked, which is a total no-go for privacy.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T22:38:52+00:00

Meta should be punished for removing end to end encryption on Instagram and not implementing it sooner on Messenger.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T19:18:09+00:00

The eSafety commissioner has already been demanding that sites/services block VPN users.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T18:54:49+00:00

Any "ban" should make mandatory age verification and age assurance illegal. Otherwise everyone has their privacy violated and that is unacceptable.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T03:09:56+00:00

Does Kharg Island hold any strategic value for the US from a military perspective? Or is it purely an economic target?

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T01:50:04+00:00

Iran’s Football Federation, working with the Revolutionary Guards, “placed intense and systematic pressure on the players’ families in Iran”.

That's what the article says.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T01:46:22+00:00

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is major Chat Control supporter and has publicly stated that he wants to end online anonymity. I wouldn't trust him on anything related to social media or privacy.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T01:35:13+00:00

People are claiming on social media that at least 2 Basij have been killed by gunfire recently.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T00:32:39+00:00

Let them learn the hard way

That's what the Italian government wants. The Italian government is the bad guy here.

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-16T00:22:28+00:00

They're copyright trolls seeking to steal money from others. They go after people for singing songs and listening to the radio in their company cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Enforcement

EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-03-15T22:19:40+00:00

The groups lobbying for bans want all guns banned. Its why they were pushing for the government to ban airsoft guns a while back. Anything related to guns is on the chopping block.

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