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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 328 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Trump is a Russian asset and the Kremlin dictates U.S. policy.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Krasnov, destroying America from within since 1987, the best accidental investment Putin ever made. Great success, comrades! 👍

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 216 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Looks like Russia won the ideological war and will be exporting authoritarianism to the globe.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 144 points 3 months ago (6 children)

The main thing to remember about authoritarians is that none have ever been documented to be impervious to small pieces of metal moving at high speed.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 74 points 3 months ago

It's too soon to say conclusively that they all aren't though, additional testing is required.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Note to self: before becoming dictator, develop natural immunity to small arms fire. Begin with BB gun?

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This isn't a nationalist idea .... the oligarchs have won and are exporting authoritarianism to the globe. Most or the majority of people everywhere just want to have a peaceful life whether they are in the US, Russian, China or anywhere on the globe ... it's oligarchs and wealthy morons that think they can manipulate everyone, everywhere all the time and allow them to become rulers of the universe.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is being tested right now.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 months ago

i'll have you know that social contract that formed in russia after 90s looks just like that: citizens fuck off from politics in return for some prosperity. every time when russian state expected that that won't last due to things like 2008 crisis or covid or what have you, they started a war as a distraction and to rally around the flag some nationalists. now they're on 4th attempt, this one was due to post-covid recession. difference is, this time they were high on their own supply of propaganda and planned accordingly. they also can't back down because they see it as a weakness, and that would mean a coup

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 17 points 3 months ago
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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 115 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a bunch of traitors.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are you just figuring that out now? Attacking all its allies is what did it for me.

The US is a captured state now, and there are only a few ways out; voting is not one of them.

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Welcome to the party pal, most of us knew it was traitor town when "Russia if your listening" was said on national TV.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 96 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Independently verifiable detail number 28543 showing that Trump and everyone he has appointed are unfit for office, and that no one who voted for him will ever care about, and from which no consequences will ever flow.

I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters. -- Mr. Donald J. Trump

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 3 months ago (6 children)

That encryption is not impenetrable, however, and the Google Threat Intelligence Group warned just last month of "increasing efforts from several Russia state-aligned threat actors to compromise Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services."

This is somewhat disingenuous. Signal can't be directly cracked. Only access to the phone directly or via mirroring can expose it. The article somewhat explains this.

I am in no way whatsoever excusing the actions of these douche-chalupas. I prefer accuracy in my reporting, though. That said, Witkoff in Russia may as well have been a direct line to Putin.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The most uncrackable encryption can be defeated by Steven Witkoff sitting on Putin's lap while reading the messages.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago (8 children)

This seems a bit too nitpicky tbh.
The author is correct, Signal is not "perfect", because the weakest link is always the endpoint device and the end user. Which is kind of the whole point of this article; The issue is not that Signal was used, as it's reasonably secure, it's that the people using it are not secure at all.

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[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm sure that everyone, including trump will feel the full force of the law. The FBI will immediately investigate make arrest and punish everyone involved in this blatant act of anti-patriotism and treason.

Right?

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

These fucking fools, these incompetent baboons. Gods damn the whole lot of 'em.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

You are assuming it wasn't puposeful. And clearly it's been going on a while. They only got caught due to their incompetence

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The French Revolution can't come back soon enough

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[–] Klutzikaze@reddthat.com 25 points 3 months ago

I'm looking forward to anyone using the word 'signal' around trump being suspected of mocking him.

Sensitive egotistical maniacs are so much fun to placate.

[–] Itwasntme223@discuss.online 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm shocked....but I'm also not shocked. This has gotten to the point that you think they can't one up themselves and then they go and do it.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

Full texts got released! See update on the Atlantic!

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Literally zero chance they weren't monitoring his phone while he was in the country.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why monitor what he went there to inform them about?

*receive orders about

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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