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## Apps
- HelloChinese
- DuChinese
- [HelloChinese](http://hellochinese.cc/)
- [DuChinese](https://www.duchinese.net/)
## Listening / Watching

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- After his death AOC Tweeted to commemorate John McCain, saying his [“legacy represents an unparalleled example of human decency.”](https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1033538876370046977)
- [Believes that Trump "betrays" US values.](https://i.imgur.com/H61toBx.png)
- [Despite her curated image as a New York bartender, she only bartended for 6 months, and worked primarily for a startup incubator called Brooklyn Avenue Press.](https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/mho3dm/aoc_was_at_a_startup_incubator_in_2011_where_she/) [2](https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-surprising-entrepreneurial-roots-run-for-congress.html)
- [Wore a "tax the rich" dress at the 2021 Met Gala in New York city (a fundraiser held by New York elites), while protesters were arrested and beaten outside by police.](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-tax-the-rich-003540608.html)
- [Claims that socialist theory is only for priviledged few with college educated parents, and that working class people aren't capable of understanding theory. Is unaware of the Spanish-speaking socialist tradition. ](https://medium.com/@marko_v_kobak/sharpening-the-mind-a-response-to-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-24babecac9c5?fbclid=IwAR2I8uYX9ZUvPyd5MZxKiIEeXgbgnfzulR4qjzOGF1hxK6SEX7oqkFmyBIc)
- [Wore a "tax the rich" dress at the 2021 Met Gala in New York city (a fundraiser held by New York elites), while protesters were arrested and beaten outside by police.](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-tax-the-rich-003540608.html) Afterwards, she sells ["Tax the Rich" merchandise on her store.](https://archive.is/IbUtn)
- [Claims that socialist theory is only for privileged few with college educated parents, and that working class people aren't capable of understanding theory. Is unaware of the Spanish-speaking socialist tradition. ](https://medium.com/@marko_v_kobak/sharpening-the-mind-a-response-to-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-24babecac9c5?fbclid=IwAR2I8uYX9ZUvPyd5MZxKiIEeXgbgnfzulR4qjzOGF1hxK6SEX7oqkFmyBIc)
### What's wrong with Elizabeth Warren?

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- [ ] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16754432
- [ ] http://download.people.com.cn/waiwen/eight15840920921.pdf
- [ ] go through how to hide an empire, add puerto rico contraception testing. 18% all births were followed by sterilization
- [ ] go through shock doctrine

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The US has an [interesting law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter) that applies to *any US company* operating within its borders: it is **illegal to tell your users that the the US government has asked your company to spy on their behalf.** This is called a [key disclosure law](https://www.privacyguides.org/providers/#kdl), and the US's version of it, called [National Security Letters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter), underwent an expansion in with the PATRIOT act.
Companies that don't comply with this law, [such as Lavabit, are forced to shut themselves down in protest, in order to avoid prison time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spW0q-g2BxU), or remain open, and funnel user communications to the US government. Signal is a US domiciled company, and must comply with this law.
Companies that don't comply with this law, [such as Lavabit, are forced to shut themselves down in protest, in order to avoid prison time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spW0q-g2BxU), or remain open, and funnel user communications to the US government. The Signal foundation is a US domiciled company, and must comply with this law.
Signal also interestingly **isn't self-hostable**: there's no way to run your own signal server, and control your data. [Marlinspike ruthlessly shuts down anyone attempting to build alternate clients or servers that could communicate with the main one.](https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165) [2](https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal)
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### Bundling a Cryptocurrency
Recently, [signal has been attempting to integrate a cryptocurrency called MobileCoin, into the app itself.](https://cointelegraph.com/news/signal-under-fire-over-mobilecoin-partnership) What a messaging platform has to do with an obscure cryptocurrency is a little vague; but there is probably some money driving this. Since Marlinspike doesn't allow 3rd party clients, it is impossible to avoid these types of unwanted "features".
Recently, [signal has been attempting to integrate a cryptocurrency called MobileCoin, into the app itself.](https://cointelegraph.com/news/signal-under-fire-over-mobilecoin-partnership) What a messaging platform has to do with an obscure cryptocurrency is a little vague; but there is probably some [money driving this](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/04/09/signal-founder-may-have-been-more-than-a-tech-adviser-to-mobilecoin/). This "feature" similarly [caused outrage among users.](https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/mm8w44/i_shouldnt_have/)
### Others
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### Self hosted
A messaging platform should be able to be run in an entirely private manner, controlled only by the person who has downloaded its software. That person should also be able to build the project from its original source code, ensuring that nothing nefarious was inserted.
A messaging platform should be able to be run in an **entirely private manner**, controlled only by the person who has downloaded its software. That person should also be able to build the project from its original source code, ensuring that nothing nefarious was inserted.
Having full control over your data is extremely important, especially for activists who want to avoid malicious 3rd parties.
### Federated
### Federated / Decentralized
The best way to describe federation, is to think of email. Many people can sign up on different email services (Gmail, hotmail, etc), yet can still email each other. In the same way, a communications platform should be able to talk with other people running the same software elsewhere.
The best way to describe [federation](https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/03/networktypes.png), is to think of email. Many people can sign up on different email services (Gmail, hotmail, etc), yet can still email each other. In the same way, a communications platform should be able to talk with other people running the same software elsewhere.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) is a subset of federated, where instead of anyone being able to run a server, the server is as small as an app. These apps communicate not through servers, but directly with each other.
Peer-to-peer (P2P, or distributed) is a subset of federated, where instead of anyone being able to run a server, the server is as small as an app. These apps communicate not through servers, but directly with each other.
### No required linkable identifiers
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The obvious offenders are those companies that have already signed up to the NSA's [PRISM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)) program. Their applications include Facebook and its messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram, Skype, Microsoft teams, Gmail, Youtube, Apple messages, and cell carrier text and voice calling.
Other disqualified alternatives include US domiciled companies or those with centralized servers, including Signal, Discord, Slack, Zoom, Telegram, Snapchat, Viber, Line, Twitter, and Reddit.
Other disqualified alternatives include US domiciled companies or those with centralized servers, including Signal, Discord, Slack, Zoom, Telegram, Threema, Snapchat, Viber, Line, Twitter, and Reddit.
Email is an archaic protocol that [was not designed with encryption or security in mind.](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16088386) Even supposedly ["secure" email providers](https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/07/protonmail_hands_user_ip_address_police/) have been found time and again to be insecure.