The French wouldn't say that. They'd say whatever is French for "Sign here!"
We'd then pay them a few more BILLION dollars, and the French would wait a week or two for another policy reversal.
At the rate we're going, we'll end up buying our subs from China...
Yeah. It's like "Foster's" supposedly being our national beer.
Who the f*** in Australia actually drinks Foster's? (Rhetorical question...)
Sean Bean? Naaah.
The husband survived.
Sean Bean pretty much only takes roles where his character dies...!
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@galoisghost
Wearing clothing without washing it first is NOT advisable.
When a label reads, "wash before wearing," it is a safety instruction.
If one wishes to wear new underpants that are "factory fresh" complete with formaldehyde, go for it. Just don't act surprised when diagnosed with leukaemia...
https://www.choice.com.au/shopping/everyday-shopping/clothing/articles/chemicals-in-clothing
Yeah! I hear you, especially regarding 'onboarding' often being a barrier. (Thankfully, Signal is bloody easy.)
My own attitude to family and friends is to say, "If ya wanna communicate with me, these are the acceptable options..."
If they don't wish to use appropriate methods, that's fine, but they can't message me. Bugger 'em!
I encourage the use of Signal as a 'gateway drug"... I mean, "app," and several people have subsequently added other private messaging apps as options.
I know I'm going to regret asking this, but why not Signal?
Yes, I know it has the disadvantage of not being decentralised, and it's not anonymous as a phone number is required.
However, for the *vast majority* of people, it is the simplest and easiest solution to gaining E2EE comms.
Are Ice Break (2 litre) bottles not recyclable?
There's no deposit on them, but they're marked with "please recycle".
Yes...
... but that's OK.
Lemme explain...
A Signal user will commonly have the client app installed on their mobile device.
They may also have a second client on a laptop that syncs the same data.
If the user goes on holiday for a week but leaves their laptop behind, it won't be synced to the laptop.
On return from holiday, the laptop client uses its decryption keys to retrieve the last week's worth of messages.
I *think* Signal can do this (retrieve cached messages from the Signal servers) for up to 14 days.
That said, the entire Signal cache is encrypted on their servers, and one's messages are fully E2EE and retrievable only by the user.
(However, one weakness of Signal is that a desktop or laptop client's cache is stored unencrypted. To secure these, one needs to use full disk encryption at the OS level or higher.)
"Under FISA order, signal would provide logs."
How would Signal do this? Logs of what?
Corresponding parties? Messages? They don't have them.
They'd have to rewrite their backend code to obtain them, and changes would also need to be made to the Signal client apps.
It would not matter if the FISA Court ordered that logs be produced in secret by Signal. Any such logs could not be obtained without significant changes to the way Signal works. Users would know.
Yes, Signal does have some shortcomings, but these are acceptable in most 'use cases' for most threat models.
Signal is best used as a private, E2EE alternative to SMS. Only a fool would use it for the *most sensitive* of communications. (Like, you know, discussing an impending military strike...)
We all know of the alternatives, including (but not limited to) SimpleX, Session, Briar, Element etc.
Read the Affidavit produced here:
https://signal.org/bigbrother/santaclara/
Read Signal's complete source code here:
https://github.com/signalapp
Once you understand the code, you'll understand "what they can do" and what they cannot do.
When you've identified any flaw in the code that runs the Signal servers that would allow IP logging, let me know. I'll be glad to file the bug report on your behalf.
@Zagorath
"Road usage" has been taxed through the fuel excise paid at the bowser. This method is far from perfect, but it does allow reasonably anonymous travel.
In the future, the gov't will have (at least) two ways of taxing the road usage of EVs.
One way will be fair, equitable, based on 'mileage', and anonymous.
The other way will permit the government to conduct 'real time' monitoring of every vehicle's speed and position.
Our gov't will choose this second option, and with bipartisan support.
@Davriellelouna