Yes, our internet providers and mobile providers are in bed with the NSA, CIA, FBI, DOD, NIS and probably many other 3 letter agencies. But those aren’t the almost wholly unregulated Police of america staffed by literal gang-members in some jurisdictions. At least today that data is (ostensibly) behind a warrant.

This is terrifying enough of a privacy invasion at the nation-state level. It’s catastrophic to give police this authority and capability. If this comes to the U.S., we are fucking doomed.

OK, going to admit it - this one got a chuckle out of me. Well done on the mix of brand new and nostalgic meme.

Meta has blown 10’s of Billions on the their failed metaverse and you’re wondering if they will have a team of devs on Lemmy? They already do - it will start with the protocol first, not the UI, but you’ll start seeing PRs there too.