This is nothing on the order of watergate, prism, etc and you and I both know this admin has that level of corruption going on
Sit on this bombshell, which is ultimately that the admin uses a non approved communication modality that hides their tracks (shocker, they’re afraid of being on record). You still have evidence of that by sitting on this. Wait until they drop some real shit and leak that. But that would probably end with you needing to leave the country
Yeah maybe. But maybe not. I’d rather not bank on a potential when the actuality was literally manifested, but what’s done is done
Maybe the only way this happens again is if someone from within the administration develops a spine and leaks info
You accept risks when you take the job. He used his discretion here and did not release classified info that could compromise operations. sometimes doing what is morally and ethically right does not align with what is legal
USB c has active negotiation for power and communication via a cc pin
The usb a to c cable has a pull up resistor that mimics this and says “give 5v”
Some usb c chargers have a fallback 5v mode for this scenario but not all do
Okay and? He has a direct line into the administrations secret signal group. This is tremendous thing dropped into his lap
It’s like if bob woodward met with deep throat once, reported there was nonsense going on in the Nixon administration, but then told him to fuck off becuase it was too risky to continue. That’s insane and his bravery led to Nixons corruption being exposed
Or like Snowden going to greenwald and co and them reporting that “some guy told us about government corruption but we sent him on his way” instead of coordinating his transport to Hong Kong and Russia and passing of the document cache because it was “too risky”
Modern journalists being cowards is a huge part of the reason we have trump. He should be ashamed he threw away such a tremendous opportunity. You better believe they’re going to improve their opsec now.
Scummy misdirection
It’s technically true and they say it to calm users but what they’re not communicating is that the buyer does not have to guarantee the same protections
They’re “important considerations” but they have no leverage whatsoever. They’ve mismanaged the fuck out of this company and have been desperate for buyers. Now they are in a position of potentially selling to the highest bidder
Coincidentally my parents used their service. I’m logging into their accounts to delete things. Last week when I logged in (assuming this was coming) to request copies of their records the site was snappy and responsive. Today when I log in to actually request deletion of their sample it is abysmally slow. I’m sure it’s getting hammered but I’m also sure they will put up whatever roadblocks they can as they need those samples preserved, that is their value
Being a journalist is about taking huge risks to expose things like corrupt governments. Man got the golden ticket and threw it away once he verified it was real
The bigger bombshell from the actual Atlantic article imo is that the administration is doing all of its communication via signal with messages set to auto delete after a week. No one expected transparency but this absolutely confirmed it
And this journalist had the golden key but he removed himself from the group after he was able to verify it was real. wuss
thank god you circled it, I wasn’t sure what was being pointed at
I clicked that link
The one thing that sales do benefit is the potential for future localization and to be fair that does matter if you can’t read the raws
This is why niche titles are shifting. People complain about companies like viz doing less with niche shonen and yuri and stuff, instead translating tons of BL. But you know who buys tons of physicals? BL peeps. And when the expected sales are 3-5k units, if that, might as well go for the ones that drop cash
That said it’s still crap that viz doesn’t localize smaller titles. They can do digital only releases. They have a one time fixed cost of the licensing and localization then just bandwidth, which is not much for digital books, and still make a bit of profit. But their mission isn’t to bring media to people, it’s to make fat stacks
Full disclosure: I don’t have a dog in this fight really bc i can read Japanese and just get raws in Japanese. I typically pirate everything and I do for big titles like oshi no ko (which had a weak ass ending) and shit but for small titles I do buy them to support the creators. Buying from Japanese sites gives the artist (typically) an 8-10% cut and with the weak yen digital titles are real affordable
Obviously timing to be replaced by someone even worse
And now he can use his newly padded resume to get a cushy executive job at wherever guts the remainder of the usps