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brightlancer
·3 years ago·discuss
The conflation of "MacOS" with "Apple computer" is a problem that should be addressed.

Tails works on Intel arch. It does not work on ARM arch.

This has nothing to do with an Apple branded computer.
brightlancer
·3 years ago·discuss
> I know it sounds weird, but unless you reviewed the source code AND built the binary from it, no open source software is to be trusted.

Why specify "open source software"? Is it not true of ALL software?

"Unless you reviewed the source code AND built the binary from it, no software is to be trusted."

That seems to be more accurate. Am I missing something?
brightlancer
·3 years ago·discuss
The TOR software is likely no more compromised than GNU/Linux generally -- the TOR _network_ is likely compromised by flooding it with honeypot servers that can track users by monitoring origins and destinations.
brightlancer
·3 years ago·discuss
> Because it's inequitable.

I presume you mean "inequitable" as in "unfair", and that's just life: life is unfair.

And as peoples have very different ideas of what is "fair", we should be very careful using _force_ to try and make things "fair".

> You rely on an impoverished underclass to prevent your waste, while harming their ability to change the situation.

As a practical matter, letting poorer nations develop their own manufacturing and become wealthier is almost always better for everyone. A rising tide lifts all boats.

The problem is that developed nations like the US have argued it's "unfair" for poorer nations to ban imports of second-hand clothes while getting certain preferential treatment to export new clothes to the US. For example, Rwanda banned imports of second-hand clothes and so their manufacturers face higher taxes (than other "developing" nations in Africa) when exporting clothes to the US, which puts Rwandan businesses at a disadvantage.

What's the "equitable" solution there? Who decides what is "equitable"? What if peoples disagree?

Instead, an appeal to self-interest should tell us that letting Rwanda and other poorer nations engage in _some_ economic protectionism against developed nations is likely to work out better for the developed nations.
brightlancer
·3 years ago·discuss
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