Until now, it has been before time.
Neverclear
Instead of giving the state another avenue for oppression, what if we label religion as the disease that it is and work with mental health professionals to develop a treatment for it?
iPXE maybe? But there's a lot of implementation details you would have to figure out. Two that come to mind are:
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A mobile device from which you can selectively provide an image for booting
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A physical intrusion detection system for your home machine that you can also read remotely
Yah, I'm just saying I could see China twisting the word "originated" in this way.
I could see the US working on a manufactured virus or something similar. China steals the research, botches it, and accidentally releases it into the wild.
You seem to spend a lot of energy questioning people's intentions, inventing reasons to question whether people's intentions toward you are genuine. Some do deserve to be questioned, no doubt. It just seems draining, and for what goal?
Do you aim to be the sole determiner of truth? To never be duped again? To sharpen your skills as an investigator?
How much more creative energy could you put into the world by taking people at their word in all but the highest risk cases?
Maybe even... several
Because the current administration is acting with impunity, meaning they don't feel the need to explain themselves while they hold themselves above the law.
Provides "No" in so many words in JSON format... also from a mastadon service
Edit: Original mastodon link: https://chaos.social/@FlohEinstein/114431056473852558
something, something... cooold war