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Post by sctiger on Aug 7, 2020 13:12:13 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Aug 7, 2020 13:25:02 GMT -6
I was reading this article this morning and there's just no explanation other than cruelty
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Post by willow on Aug 7, 2020 14:32:29 GMT -6
Also, the TikTok ban seems to be a move to force them to sell it off to a US company. So the goal is not really a long-term ban. There's no way WeChat is getting sold off to an American company so that seems to be more punitive to people in the US who have connections to China as it's really the only messaging app in China. I don't think they're going to long-term ban all those games for people in the US as it would be very unpopular to people Trump cares about. This is just my take. We'll see! Sorry I am late to reply to this but this is the only thing I agree with Trump on. Through my channels in IT, I have seen evidence of the dark web kind of spying is done by the Tencent apps especially Tic Tok. The faster they are gone, the better. This includes secretly accessing your camera and microphone, bank data from your apps, facial recognition and voice sampling as well as location data from everywhere you go no matter if it is turned off or not or appear to be. It all goes toward the surveillance state they are building as examples by the Xinchang province to control the uiegurs. I don't know what half of this means but my husband is in IT and a super computer nerd and he has told me multiple times he'd be very irritated if I downloaded Tik Tok because he also believes it is not safe. I have never used Tik Tok in my life so I don't plan on it anyway but I generally trust that he's not overly paranoid so I believe him.
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Post by cakewench on Aug 7, 2020 15:46:41 GMT -6
Jerry Falwell Jr is taking an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University:
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Post by AmyG on Aug 7, 2020 16:39:01 GMT -6
ok so normally an app is found to have proven IT security issues, and then the app store and itunes removes the app from being downloaded, and sends out a security update advising users to delete it. The thing is, tik tok has oly rumors, worries and assumptions that based on how popular it is, and the location of it's company of ownership, and how you give it access to your camera and contacts and location services, but nothing proven that I have seen. only that it could to this or that. Compare it to many other apps built in china, the us and elsewhere, many most apps ask or assume with clicking I read and agree, give the same kinds of access to your phone, computer, contacts, camera and location services. Which begs the question, if it's soooo dangerous, why is the app store and itunes looking the other way? or is this another example of this government overreaching, and doing things they want to do without good reason??
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Post by dc2london on Aug 7, 2020 16:40:32 GMT -6
AmyG my understanding is that it isn't about security issues within the app itself, like a hacking or malware issue, it's that the data they can collect on users is then turned over to the CCP.
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Post by richard on Aug 7, 2020 17:28:10 GMT -6
What - and I mean what - the fuck.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Aug 7, 2020 18:07:52 GMT -6
I spent a LOT of $ this afternoon prepping an emergency kit. I still need cat food and water. Bye bye monies.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 7, 2020 18:25:39 GMT -6
My kids are watching some movie about a Yeti who befriends some kids (?). I just came in and there's a goon squad of militarized stormtroopers in riot gear facing down a furry creature and three kids with tranquilizer guns that sure look like actual rifles. This is an animated children's movie. I'm not at all impressed.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Aug 7, 2020 18:28:27 GMT -6
This is bleak but I've been feeling this coming for 5 years. The American Century is over even if Biden wins.
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Post by elle on Aug 7, 2020 18:30:27 GMT -6
What - and I mean what - the fuck. So which one of those unmasked golf club patrons is going to be the super spreader of this event?
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Post by athn64 on Aug 7, 2020 19:09:46 GMT -6
My kids are watching some movie about a Yeti who befriends some kids (?). I just came in and there's a goon squad of militarized stormtroopers in riot gear facing down a furry creature and three kids with tranquilizer guns that sure look like actual rifles. This is an animated children's movie. I'm not at all impressed. Abominable?
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Post by dc2london on Aug 7, 2020 19:13:16 GMT -6
My kids are watching some movie about a Yeti who befriends some kids (?). I just came in and there's a goon squad of militarized stormtroopers in riot gear facing down a furry creature and three kids with tranquilizer guns that sure look like actual rifles. This is an animated children's movie. I'm not at all impressed. Abominable? Yes!
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Post by richard on Aug 7, 2020 19:42:27 GMT -6
I’m rewatching the Pelican Brief. Such a good movie. So many people in it.
Julia Denzel Tony Goldwyn Stanley Tucci Cynthia Nixon Sam Sheppard John Lithgow and like a million 90s character actors
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 7, 2020 21:07:54 GMT -6
We're being punked right? How is this real life?
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Post by blurnette989 on Aug 8, 2020 1:48:07 GMT -6
So I cannot stand David Brooks- but I think this is a good read even though I disagree with a lot of what he says. I do think it's important for us to consider what conservatives think the Republican party will look like post Trump. The one thing I agree with Brooks on is that Trumpism will survive Trump. Also the comments section is actually a good read on this one! www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/opinion/sunday/republican-party-trump-2020.html
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Post by dc2london on Aug 8, 2020 12:25:59 GMT -6
I forgot how to put make-up on the bottom half of my face.
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Post by cnf on Aug 8, 2020 12:44:59 GMT -6
I forgot how to put make-up on the bottom half of my face. I've forgotten how to put makeup on all of my face 😂
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Post by cnf on Aug 8, 2020 12:52:09 GMT -6
Kind of off topic, but maybe not, because healthcare related. But you guys, look at this EOB for my busted kid. It's 16 pages long. And almost all of this was racked up over the last 8 weeks. I can't even wrap my brain around what we would be dealing with right now if I had lost my job during this pandemic and therefore our healthcare. We need someone to untangle healthcare from employment asap. And fuck Trump for again trying to strip ACA from people. He's such a dick.
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Post by byjove on Aug 8, 2020 14:04:37 GMT -6
I’m rewatching the Pelican Brief. Such a good movie. So many people in it. Julia Denzel Tony Goldwyn Stanley Tucci Cynthia Nixon Sam Sheppard John Lithgow and like a million 90s character actors That’s one of the movies I have downloaded on every device. A classic, and bizarrely, a comfort movie for me.
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Post by jaygee on Aug 8, 2020 14:09:14 GMT -6
There is literally no grift he doesn’t employ.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 8, 2020 21:14:44 GMT -6
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Post by LaRo422 on Aug 9, 2020 9:14:36 GMT -6
It was felt here in north Georgia too. Crazy!!
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Post by lemondrop on Aug 9, 2020 9:29:40 GMT -6
It was felt here in north Georgia too. Crazy!! So wild!
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Post by LaRo422 on Aug 9, 2020 9:39:28 GMT -6
It was felt here in north Georgia too. Crazy!! So wild! H texted his sister in SoCal super amped up and she was totally nonchalant about it and he was so mad 😂 My husband is from San Diego. He wasn’t impressed 😂
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Post by cakewench on Aug 9, 2020 9:47:16 GMT -6
I lol’ed:
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Post by thebanich on Aug 9, 2020 11:33:25 GMT -6
I’m in WNC and asked my husband why the house was shaking. He thought I was nuts until my mom called and was like... WTF. My kids are at their grandparents about 45 minutes from the epicenter and apparently thought it was the most exciting thing ever.
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Post by Ls2012 on Aug 9, 2020 12:32:44 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Aug 9, 2020 12:36:38 GMT -6
Oh my god. Adam Scott has a full quarantine mullet and porno moustache.
I. Am. Horrified.
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