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  • Cyberflunk@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Introducing Proton SheetsEnglish
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    9 days ago

    a group called Youth for Climate was doing direct action in paris - occupying empty buildings near Place Sainte-Marthe to protest gentrification and airbnb bullshit. pretty standard stuff. they used a protonmail address to coordinate french cops wanted to know who was behind the email. proton is swiss so france couldnt just demand it. so they went thru europol, who asked swiss authorities, who then issued a court order to proton heres the part that matters: proton wasnt already logging this persons IP. the swiss court ordered them to start logging it. proton complied, collected the IP going forward, and handed it over. activist got arrested. charges were trespassing, theft, property damage protons response was basically “we had no choice, swiss law, we support activists but cant break the law for you.” they also quietly edited their website - it used to say “we do not keep any IP logs which can be linked to your anonymous email account.” now it doesnt say that the CEO said they didnt even know it was about climate activists when they got the order. which… okay? thats not really the defense you think it is my guy the takeaway: • proton can be legally compelled to start logging you specifically • swiss “privacy” folds when another country wants you bad enough • encrytpion doesnt protect metadata • if your doing anything that might piss off a state, use tor. proton even says this themselvs now

  • Cyberflunk@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Introducing Proton SheetsEnglish
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    9 days ago

    proton isn’t your friend I keep seeing people recommend protonmail like it’s some kind of activist infrastructure and it’s starting to bug me remember in 2021 when they handed over a french climate activist’s IP to the cops? swiss court order, data went through europol, person got arrested. this was while their website was still implying they couldn’t log you. they quietly changed the wording after they got caught and like… switzerland isn’t what people think it is. they have treaties with the US and EU, they share intelligence, their whole “neutrality” thing has always been about protecting money, not people. ask any dictator who parked their cash there also proton took VC money. it’s not a co-op, it’s not worker owned, it’s a company that sells privacy as a product. which means eventually the investors are going to want their returns and something’s gotta give none of this means “don’t use it” - it’s still better than google. but e2ee doesn’t hide metadata and metadata is often enough. your threat model matters. a corporation is not going to protect you from the state, ever

  • Cyberflunk@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Anubis is awesome and I want to talk about itEnglish
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    15 days ago

    thank you! this needed said.

    • This post is a bit critical of a small well-intentioned project, so I felt obliged to email the maintainer to discuss it before posting it online. I didn’t hear back.

    i used to watch the dev on mastodon, they seemed pretty radicalized on killing AI, and anyone who uses it (kidding!!) i’m not even surprised you didn’t hear back

    great take on the software, and as far as i can tell, playwright still works/completes the unit of work. at scale anubis still seems to work if you have popular content, but does hasnt stopped me using claude code + virtual browsers

    im not actively testing it though. im probably very wrong about a few things, but i know anubis isn’t hindering my personal scraping, it does fuck up perplexity and chatgpt bots, which is fun to see.

    good luck Blue team!

  • Cyberflunk@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•All of them...
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    18 days ago

    Documented Allegations & Evidence

    1. The “Jane Doe” / Katie Johnson Lawsuit (1994 allegations, 2016 lawsuit)

    What was alleged: A woman using pseudonyms filed civil lawsuits in 2016 claiming Trump and Jeffrey Epstein raped her repeatedly in 1994 when she was 13 years old at Epstein’s Manhattan residence. The complaint claimed Trump tied her to a bed, forcibly raped her, and slapped her when she asked him to stop.

    Supporting documents:

    • A sworn declaration exists in court records detailing the allegations
    • A second declaration was signed by “Tiffany Doe,” who claimed she was hired by Epstein to recruit adolescent women to attend his parties

    What happened to the case:

    • A judge dismissed the initial California case in May 2016, ruling the complaint didn’t raise valid claims under federal law
    • The lawsuit was refiled in New York, then withdrawn in November 2016
    • Her lawyers cited death threats and safety concerns as reasons for withdrawal
    • The woman hasn’t been heard from publicly since

    Credibility concerns:

    • Snopes and other fact-checkers traced the case’s promotion to Norm Lubow, a former “Jerry Springer Show” producer using the false name “Al Taylor,” who confirmed to Snopes he played a role in filing and promoting the claims
    • The case was never adjudicated on its merits—the allegations remain unproven in court

    What’s documented:

    • Recently released Epstein emails show that in April 2016, Epstein forwarded a reporter’s request about Katie Johnson’s lawsuit to associates, writing “nuts but I thought you guys should know” to Trump campaign adviser Tom Barrack —showing Epstein was aware of the allegations

    2. Miss Teen USA Dressing Room Allegations (1997)

    What was alleged: Multiple former Miss Teen USA contestants allege Trump walked into their dressing room at the 1997 pageant while girls as young as 15 were changing

    Named accuser: Mariah Billado, Miss Teen Vermont 1997, told BuzzFeed: “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here.’”

    Corroboration: Three other teenage contestants from the same year confirmed the story to BuzzFeed (they asked to remain anonymous)

    Billado said she told Ivanka Trump about it, and Ivanka responded, “Yeah, he does that.”

    Trump’s own statements: In a 2005 Howard Stern interview, Trump admitted to walking into dressing rooms at pageants he owned, saying he could “get away with things like that” as the owner. However, in that specific quote, he was discussing Miss USA and Miss Universe (adult contestants), not Miss Teen USA

    Denials: Trump’s spokesperson denied all the allegations in 2016, calling them attacks “magically put out there in the final month of a presidential campaign”

    Counter-evidence: Eleven other 1997 contestants said they didn’t recall Trump entering the dressing room, though some said it was possible it happened when they weren’t in the room

    3. What Does NOT Have Evidence

    Social media memes claiming Trump paid settlements to multiple named child victims (listing specific names, locations, and dollar amounts) originated from a subscription-only blog post by a conspiracy theorist with a history of false claims. There is no evidence whatsoever for these claims outside “toxic online conspiracy circles.”

    Summary Assessment

    Category Status
    Jane Doe/Katie Johnson lawsuit Allegations filed in court with sworn declarations; case dismissed/withdrawn; never adjudicated on merits; serious credibility questions about promoters
    Miss Teen USA dressing room Multiple named and anonymous accusers; corroborated by Trump’s general admission about pageant behavior; disputed by other contestants; denied by Trump
    Multiple child settlement claims No credible evidence—debunked conspiracy theory

    The honest answer: There is one civil lawsuit alleging child rape (the Jane Doe case), but it was withdrawn before any evidence could be tested in court, and the case has significant credibility issues related to how it was promoted. There are corroborated accounts of Trump entering a teen dressing room, but that’s distinct from rape. There is no proven, adjudicated evidence of Trump raping children.