@MagpulPony
It was more to do with how trustworthy the government’s statements were, actually. I mention the masks because it’s blatantly obvious that the governments all over the world downplayed their importance in order to cover up their ill-preparedness in that regard, despite evidence from the last worldwide influenza pandemic outright stating their efficacy.
As an aside, I find it pretty galling that a lot of people are not only accepting of this, but also applauding the governments for
lying to us in order to assuage the population.
Which brings us to the TikTok ban. Their
reasoning is sound, but their justifications are a little iffy (China can’t spy on everyone simultaneously, but it’s likely that they can and probably are spying on important persons and persons who a vehemently anti-CCP). My main concern with the ban is that it’ll lead to an assload of security theatre, which as someone who has information security as part of their job portfolio, endlessly aggravates me. Banning TikTok (or any major Chinese product for that matter) is akin to blocking people from Afghanistan for entering the country in order to prevent Islamic terrorism:
Yes, you’ve secured one potential vulnerability, but you haven’t put in place good practices to either limit vulnerabilities in the first place, or ensure that exploited vulnerabilities have a limited impact.
It’s also why I roll my eyes at the
muh Russia™️ narrative that the Hamilton libs push as the reason their shitty candidate lost last time, and will push again if their shitty candidate loses again.
@Zincy
Heard about that from my gun frens on Twitter. At the very least we can all agree that no-knock raids should be done away with, because a lot of innocent people are dying due to them as of late.
@Wiimeiser
Search for
Deterrence Dispensed. My understanding is that fire control groups can be a bit harder to get in Vickie than here in NZ, so you may want to ask an American friend to postal launder them to you.
