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this is why I always laugh when people use biometrics. best case scenario, they use whatever it’s locked behind with you under duress. Worst case? they take whatever.

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“I laugh at people who use security that is possible – unlikely – but possible, to defeat”

-Internet Chode #577645086

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Security that is impossible to defeat is literally logically impossible

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The random person the receptionist let into the main office is not likely to chop my finger off to access my phone or computer. I don’t use biometrics because I don’t want Samsung and Microsoft having my fingerprints for their eventual reconstruction of humanity into Tleilaxu gholas in service to the shareholders.

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the random person that wandered in is also unlikely to ask you for your keys or your password

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I dont get it. In that cenario, using Biometrics is not less secure as that wrench would convince you of telling the password.

Btw biometrics dont work on first boot on android, or after you used the wrong finger a few times on GrapheneOS. They will also implement a duress long-powerbutton-press feature in some future, to reboot the phone.

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At least they need to keep you conscious and able to speak if its a password tho. Small mercies.

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I dont get it. In that cenario, using Biometrics is not less secure as that wrench would convince you of telling the password.

A password is safer because they will need you alive and conscious. To bypass the biometrics, you just need the body part.

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Lol, he used this comic in the video as an example of what to do against a Wrench Attack (CVE-1800-4096), to shoot them before they beat you with the wrench.

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Well, it’s Mental Outlaw. He’s a contender for one of the most paranoid tech YouTubers out there.

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But its great that people like this exist imo. The average person might not need it but if someone does actually have a real reason for this level of security then its nice to have sources or at least entrypoints into the topic.

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Yeah I like his videos though

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he has good linux videos, he seemed kinda right wing tho

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Idk I didn’t see much right wing stuff in his videos but he’s a big fan of freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

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He never hided it, his video are kinda great tho

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7 points

If you are paranoid it doesn’t mean you are not spied on.

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That’s true. But paranoid people often mistake how much of a shit others give about being spied upon

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A lot of people didn’t give much shit before Snowden’s leak. A lot of themstarted after.

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“Tech youtuber”? this guy just regurgitates whatever is already trending and then adds in his own right wing idiocracy. He’s “tech’s” reaction video guy.

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A person who uploads videos discussing technology to YouTube is a tech YouTuber, notwithstanding the originality of those videos.

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“Check out my gun! By the way I use Arch.”

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Wait, is that a real gun? That looked like a toy to my non-American eyes

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That’s just a sand colored SIG, very real gun.

Edit: Accidentally thought it was a Glock at first, my bad.

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That is a SIG idk the exact model

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Looks photoshopped in, though, and they blurred off markings

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Edit: Accidentally thought it was a Glock at first, my bad.

Sig boys are seething

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That looked like a toy to my non-American eyes

And that’s why they ban guns.

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If you were an American cop, you would’ve unloaded over a 100 rounds on this guy’s back.

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unloaded over 100 rounds on this guy’s back if he’s not white

FTFY

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Yes, that’s a gun. Maybe its time for you to brush up on guns.

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That’s not really knowledge I need day to day, lol

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Thats not needed knowledge in many areas of the world. Police is still shooting people in Germany,

But thats WAY less than in the US

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What about it makes it look like a toy?

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I don’t really know, it just looks like a plastic toy your nephew would play with.

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The fact that it looks like something from a 90s Judge Dredd comic and is a funny plasticcy colour. I would have totally gone for it when I was 9 though.

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Core 2 Duo

wow

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Coward is the word you’re looking for, not paranoid

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Huh?

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Gun owners/cowards. Same thing. Look it up in the thesaurus

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There’s a very large overlap, but I can’t blame any minorities wanting to arm themselves in the current political climate. Arm queer people!

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Lmao this dosn’t make any sense

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Lmao if someone comes at me with a gun I’m just gonna square up with them? It’s not cowardly to want to arm yourself in case your life at risk.

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not coward but maybe having a victim complex

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“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” —-Karl Marx

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Ha ha I see how your worker’s rights ended up even with guns, you fucking coward 😂

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Did you just assume their nationality?

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Normally I would just let it slide, but I’m bored so why not have some discourse :)

  1. I do not own fire arms personally due to mental health issues. I do carry pepper spray and have a taser readily available. Worst case scenario a bow I use for hunting.

  2. There are legitimate uses for fire arms full stop. Protection against bodily threats, hunting, tyrannical government, etc.

  3. I support universal background checks and “common sense gun regulation”. It is a dangerous tool, but it is still just a tool. I’d love to see mandatory fire arm safety training before attempting to buy a gun.

  4. Workers rights are bogged down because of hierarchical systems designed towards uplifting the few and the expense of the many.

Why should the government have exclusive use of violence? In any case, the eventual goal (for me personally and people like me) is peace and liberty. Until that happens the working class must have access to fire arms. The people who should not own guns are those with mental health issues, and access should be limited to trained/responsible individuals.

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Citing some random dead person, wow

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Karl Marx isn’t really random, he is the godfather of communism. Now I am not a full blown communist by any means but Karl Marx was a really smart dude who correctly saw and anticipated the negative effects of capitalism. It’s ok to disagree, I respect that completely but I’d ask we keep it civil.

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I know you’re just trolling or whatever, but I’d love to have some reasonable answer to what a non-cowardly response is supposed to be if there is some armed person trying to hurt me or my family. The police response time where I live is 30-45 minutes. I don’t want to shoot someone, I hope I never have to, but if it’s either me or them? Well that’s what makes having guns practical.

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Mental Outlaw is a Gentoo user, BTW

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Chad

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That explains why he is still compiling

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