I did not have more details, I just love any opportunity to spit on USA international policies. ... At least do some research before attempting to, this just makes you look like an ass or a propaganda account. What do you mean with this? The problem is not how to deal with the narcos, the problem (since the past administration) is the given order was TO NOT deal with the narcos, to let them do because the past president (and current cult leader) owes them everything. Like in the past it was bad and at least something was done to protect the civilians... Now it's the opposite. Also the narcos are 1 problem, the rest comes from inside the goverment and the civilians. We're being censored hard, the media is already heavily manipulated, the official numbers are doubtful (hence my constant complain about lemmy users posting graphics about how cool México is doing while we suffer a different reality), our rights are being trampled and stripped from us, and the president only exists to excuse the crimes and abuses from her party cult. It's a fucking shitshow and they are working hard to make it worse. So... Shitting on the USA intervention is pointless after so many years, is a disservice to reality and (at least speaking from México) a way to excuse shitty goverments and a completely apathetic population who chooses the worst to try and make everyone else as miserable as they are (yes, that was the reason most of the people who voted for the current cult in power gave to the media and how they behaved on social networks).

There are worse people who didn't go to jail: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-pfas-settlement-water-chemical-contamination These days all companies got to do is pay a fine.

One runs a mailbox app on any old disused android phone, it temporary stores content and deliver it to the main unit once the connection is restored. Bit simpler to install an app and scan a qr code for the average user compared to even configuring an XMPP client IMO.

They're coming for our VPNs soon enough, be sure of that. Here in Australia they've already flagged wanting to ban them.

i had assumed that PDs already had all this. either way, they've got your DL photo on file, so it's not like you weren't already in there edit: nevermind, i misunderstood and thought the AI co was giving images to the PD. this is fascist nazi bullshit

It's not a back door, it's just a rear entryway

Only way I'll want a different phone brand is if it comes with ZERO bloatware and has an excellent internal memory/storage cleanse that has nothing to do with Google's Files or a random app I'm not sure I can trust without paying or rooting. So far my A series phones do what I need mostly and in my opinion is superior to the Motorola's my fiancé prefers minus the phone-phone charge ability his has, everything else I'm just glad I have enough control to tweak things to my liking, however these days Samsungs seem to be infested with Google bloatware and apps that insist on opening themselves back up regardless of the widespread battery restrictions I've assigned (even was sent a "Stop Closing my Apps" notif that sent me to an article ) short of Disabling many unnecessary apps bc fully rooting my devices is something I rarely do anymore. I have a random Chinese brand tablet where I actually have more control over the apps than either of my A series phones whee Force Stopping STAYS that way when I tell them to! I hate being listened to for ads and the unwanted draining my battery life and data (I live off-grid and pay data rates because "Unlimited" is some throttled BS) so my ability to control what's going on in the background matters a lot to me, enough that I'm anti Meta-apps and avoid all non-essential Google apps. I can't afford topline phones and the largest data plan, so I work with what I can afford and I'm sad refurbished A lines seem to be getting more expensive while giving away my control to companies. Last A line I bought that was supposed to be my first 5G phone was network locked, so I got ripped off, but it still serves me well in off-grid life. Only app that actually regularly malfunctions when I Force Stop it's background presence is Roku, which I find to have very an almost insidious presence in our lives. Google Play, Chrome, and Spotify never acts incompetent in any way no matter how I have to open the setting every single time I turn Airplane Mode off. Don't need Gmail with Chrome and DuckDuckGo has been awesome at intercepting self-loading ads. I hope one day DDG gets better bc Google seems to be terrible lately and I even caught their AI contradicting itself when asking about if Homo Florensis is considered Human (yes) and then asked the oldest age of human remains, and was fed the outdated narrative of 300,000 years versus 700,000+ years bipedal pre-humans have been carbon dated outside of the Cradle of Humanity in South Africa. SO sorry to go off-topic, but I've got a big gripe with Samsung's partnership with Google, especially considering the launch of Quantum Computed AI that is still being fine-tuned with company-approved censorships.