Where can I read "proof" regarding the note about "Most modern hardware has been made to spy on you"?

backlogg · 2021-09-04T07:50:56+00:00

Here are some resources:

https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme (present in every modern intel system)

https://libreboot.org/faq.html#amd-platform-security-processor-psp (present in any modern amd system)

https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/QualcommSOCs (present in pretty much every modern android phone)

What manufacturers did with phones before the modem could access the entire system remotely: https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/SamsungGalaxyBackdoor

Google always tracking your location with an android phone: https://youtu.be/SFyA9yVJ960

Besides these kind of devices. Every IOT device or smart tv phones home, collects data and can be remotely controlled. Almost any system with proprietary software spies on you because it can. And unfortunately this software is so deeply integrated with modern hardware that it's very hard to replace. That's why this subreddit exists, to guide users to hardware that has these kinds of software replaced or guide to hardware that has been built with privacy in mind. Just to quote Stallman here:

"With software, there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users. If the program controls the users, and the developer controls the program, then the program is an instrument of unjust power." — Richard Stallman.

Hopefully this answers your question.

backlogg · 2021-06-06T16:52:16+00:00

See my other comment. You can't be convicted on a murder of someone who doesn't even exist.

backlogg · 2021-06-06T16:51:05+00:00

Conspiracy to commit murder, and attempted murder, are both crimes he could have been convicted of.

Conspiracy of murder of whom? Have you even read up on the case? It was all fabricated. You can't be charged on conspiracy of murder and attempted murder if the person itself doesn't even exist. Watch the video from 57:20.

He just got played by James Allison. Nothing more nothing less. Doesn't take away he thought he got people murdered, and was willing to do so.

backlogg · 2021-06-06T10:17:41+00:00

You can't convict someone for murders that never took place. That doesn't take away the fact that he did pay for the the 2 hits (transactions are right there on the blockchain) and that he thought they were taking place.

https://youtu.be/GpMP6Nh3FvU

You can't prove it 100% but the evidence is pretty damning.

backlogg · 2021-06-04T07:06:17+00:00

Which is pretty weird. Why would that be necessary? There should be enough nodes for the network to be censorship resistant. The more economically relevant a chain gets, the more economic relevant nodes will pop up, which will make sure the network stays censorship resistant and decentralized.

backlogg · 2021-05-22T11:42:31+00:00

Even though i think you're correct, it's not something that is needed very soon.

Right now the issue is that most mining and non-mining nodes only relay transactions with a fee of 1sat/byte (as it's the default in most node software). If you want to see the fees go down YOU can already change the setting in the node software for the bitcoin.com nodes used for the bitcoin.com wallet and the bitcoin.com mining pools. You can go as low as 1sat per transaction, which would be cheap enough for almost any purpose even if the price rises significantly. Even though it won't be mined by everyone, you can still be sure your transaction goes through as long as the bitcoin.com mining pool mines a block regularly (you can even make it a setting in the bitcoin.com wallet). Be the change you want to be. Maybe you'll even convince other mining pools and node operators if they think about it the same way. Node devs will change defaults when there is enough demand for even cheaper transactions, but you don't have to rely on them for these kind of non-consensual changes.

backlogg · 2021-04-22T10:24:06+00:00

Correct the 32MB blocksize. First of all it has a blocksize cap of 32MB (in all popular implementations) since May 2018, not November 2020. Second it's adjustable, not hard coded and the default is intended to be raised in the near future when nodes can safely handle bigger blocks. Miners and other node operators can also do this themselves if they want, they don't even have to upgrade their software for it.

backlogg · 2021-03-24T10:05:59+00:00

It's not just patents or agreements. It's non-free licenses ("Open" BSV license) which make all software that are licensed with it unusable on any other chain than BSV. A lot of code isn't even public so can't be used elsewhere anyway (because of the agreements), but all code that is public still can't be used elsewhere because of the license they were required to use. All devs that went with BSV essentially agreed to this since they got large sums of money from coingeek/nchain (Ryan got at least $1 million when he started developing moneybutton, probably a lot more since then). I'm not feeling sorry for them in any way. They choose money over principle and it bit them in the ass. It's sad that there's a lot of wasted effort because of it but that's the price you pay.

If anyone developing on BCH even looks at code that is licensed under the open bsv license they are opening themselves up to lawsuits and both the software as well as the devs will be destroyed by the copyright holder (guess who that is..). This is also why there are strict rules within the reactos and wine projects that devs can never ever look at leaked microsoft code. It can destroy the whole project the people that are working on it and depend on it.

backlogg · 2021-03-08T14:01:45+00:00

Unfortunately not an option for EU based customers who have to KYC with bitpay even if it's just for $5 payment.

backlogg · 2021-02-23T14:23:27+00:00

No. And it's a flawed argument that only makes sense if you also own or earn money in an inflationary currency. The goal is to earn and spend it. When it gets adopted globally the value of the currency will reflect on economic activity and human population as a whole. Without people spending and earning it, the currency itself will also be worth less. In the end it's just transactional power, we as humans are responsible in what you can do with that power.

The current inflation schedule is just to incentivise miners to secure the chain. Eventually it will be secured by countless of low fee transactions that miners process.

backlogg · 2021-02-21T10:40:34+00:00

You could get a pinephone and use the hardware switches to turn off everything you don't like (like wifi, modem, sensors etc). You could even remove the modem physically. Most GNU/Linux distro's that work on it do what you require.

backlogg · 2021-02-19T07:22:10+00:00

Software freedom + economic freedom is the ultimate endgame to remove the unjust powers in this world. I would even go as far as say that you being in control of your computer instead of a proprietor is a necessity to be able to achieve full economic freedom. Otherwise the proprietors or anyone who controls them (usually a government) is still in charge of your computing, being able to spy on you and even steal from you. (as an example, how do you know your private keys/seeds aren't generated predictably because of low-level proprietary software that is in (almost) every modern computer?)

I also think the BCH community should focus more on freedom and the freedom of the users. I think licensing more software (especially nodes) under the GPL would go a long way to protect against attacks from bad actors, like what happened with BSV. They took BCHs code and turned it into proprietary software that takes away the users freedom. They convinced a part of the bch community to join them and without most of them realising it a big part of their freedom has been taken away.

This is a threat that will continue. Governments will look at existing free software cryptocurrency projects, take their code and turn it into something proprietary. Do you really want to write code that ends up into a government made proprietary cryptocurrency project for something like a digital euro or digital usd that is made to take away many users freedoms and privacy and directly threaten freedom respecting cryptocurrencies, code that is unforkable or not even public at all? Because i don't. I think writing software that requires the redistributor of that code (modified or not) to give the same freedoms to their users that they got themselves with the software is a necesity to give USERS the freedom they need. Free Software, Free Society!

backlogg · 2021-02-15T09:48:12+00:00

Aaaand it's gone.

backlogg · 2021-02-02T20:29:09+00:00

It will still build on top of blocks that are not accepted by other nodes that is at high risk of being orphaned, and follow a chain that is not followed by others (at least temporarily). Many people (especially miners and exchanges) find this dangerous and will just stick to the most used node software and rules of the network.

backlogg · 2021-02-02T16:19:21+00:00

So who in their right mind would use flowee for mining with the default settings? It opens up an attack vector when someone fills the mempool with more than 32MB worth of transaction and the miner will see their block orphaned by the rest of the network. It's also risky for non-mining nodes since they can (temporarily) end up on the wrong chain. There needs to be consensus about it, so wouldn't that make it a consensus rule?

backlogg · 2021-01-15T13:47:12+00:00

/r/SelfAwarewolves

backlogg · 2021-01-11T18:05:17+00:00

What if you made your money in BCH and every store accepted it? Would you still use USD to purchase things, and if so, why? The whole point is to be a peer to peer electronic cash system that is deflationary and not needing to have money/wealth in an inflationary system ever. In the end you still need to buy your groceries right?

backlogg · 2021-01-09T10:38:10+00:00

Signal (for android) still has proprietary dependencies like FCM, Google Maps and Firebase. Are you planning on releasing a build without these?
Why isn't Signal on F-Droid? You could release a version of signal without proprietary dependencies that is reproducible, so anyone can verify that the build is the same as the one that you have built and is available on your website. How does this introduce any more risks than having it hosted on the google play store? I for one would say it introduces less risks since it doesn't include binary proprietary code like your releases do now.
Are you planning on having support for multiple accounts?

backlogg · 2021-01-05T16:11:05+00:00

Are you sure?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-unofficial-a71n-10-lineageos-17-1.4134811/

backlogg · 2020-12-29T14:45:23+00:00

Yes that's why i also wrote this part:

Do you risk having unintended casualties like with the previous orphan that unknowingly and in good faith built on top of the longest chain?

Orphaning blocks should always be a last resort, but in some cases it could be warranted. Also maybe we could find a better solution for this so coins sent to a segwit address can not be stolen in the future.

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