Geopolitics

This is as good an opportunity as any to set the record straight about Telegram. I cannot for he life of me understand how it become a default for the broader crew of people who profess allegiance to the ethos of cryptography and anti-surveillance systems. 

I remember asking people about this early on to a lot of hemming and hawing. People like to feel like they are opting out while secretly maintaining convenience. Be a frontiersperson or don’t but don’t lie to yourself about it.

This is as good an opportunity as any to set the record straight about Telegram. I cannot for he life of me understand how it become a default for the broader crew of people who profess allegiance to the ethos of cryptography and anti-surveillance systems. 

I remember asking people about this early on to a lot of hemming and hawing. People like to feel like they are opting out while secretly maintaining convenience. Be a frontiersperson or don’t but don’t lie to yourself about it. 

https://x.com/zooko/status/1827806008351285444?s=46

cypherpunk • human rights lawyer • actress • queen  // hosting /aaina • also indivisible.fm 

For a long time it was hard for me to be enthusiastic about moving to Signal because of Signal's dependence on phone numbers. They did recently add usernames, which certainly motivated me accelerating moving my network over, I feel like I'm at around 50/50 between signal and TG now.

Doing my own things on the blockchain

I follow everyone back

I'm down to go to Signal but idk anyone who's there so what's the point ?