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@npub1tva8...2yl5 is being threatened by French authorities for refusing to add backdoors and they're dealing with coordinated attacks in French media right now. They're pulling out of France entirely, moving all their servers, and fighting off a wave of bullshit one-sided reporting that makes them look like they're helping criminals. They need us to fight back. Support them however you can, whether that's a dollar, sharing their story, pushing back on the garbage news coverage when you see it, or just telling someone you know about what's happening. All of it matters because they're drowning in attacks from governments and media and bad actors who want them gone. This is the only Android OS that actually makes me feel like privacy isn't just marketing. They fight for us now they need us to fight for them. The EU is allowing this, governments think they can just threaten developers into compliance, and if we stay quiet we're letting it happen. Show up for them in whatever way you're able to. #grapheneos #Privacy #NoBackdoors #encryption #security #chatControl

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@npub1935p...4n96 @npub1tva8...2yl5 Certified baguette here; I just checked, because I was really surprised that this was happening, and it looks like it's right-wing leaning journals that are doing this... So I'd chalk this up to the usual fearmongering, and not something widespread (e.g. Le Monde hasn't written anything about it, and they're IMO far more grounded and diligent). Here's an article on a (small) French tech site, noting the altercation before pointing out that @npub1tva8...2yl5 went on conspiratory-like afterwards... I side with the final paragraph, stating more or less that we're all trying our best, and bashing each other's gonna lead somewhere. "*Le Parisien* calls GrapheneOS a secret trump card for drug dealers, devs are miffed" PS: I happen to type this from a iodรฉOS phone, because I decided to buy a Fairphone out of ethical reasons, and thus GrapheneOS was a non-starter. Consider that this kind of reasoning might be at play for why they're receiving government funding and not you, not just conspiracies?