President threatening to take over elections and send goons to patrol polling stations.
We aren't "heading to". We are already there. It happened. Here. Because Americans couldn't be bothered to pay attention and inform themselves responsibly.
Everyone shows up to the polls heavily armed and stays until everyone has voted.
Actually, not even everyone has to be armed. Just enough to form a group. Do not try this on your own. Totally safe if you're in a group that's packing though. They're cowards. They're only going to mess with people who can't defend themselves.
Saw a video a week or two ago. Cops roll up. Group of Black Panthers are heavily armed on a public sidewalk. The cops tell them to leave. They say "no". The cops leave.
It's a whole hell of a lot harder to oppress people who are heavily armed and in groups.
We're becoming Russia 2.0 and there's a pretty slim chance of that not happening.
America was warned. America chose not to listen.
Actual fascists are in control of our federal government and under no circumstances do fascists allow fair elections. We're most likely cooked unless something extreme happens.
Big claims require big proof. But I bet all you have is a hunch.
I work alongside law enforcement. Part of my job involves helping detectives follow the instructions Apple/Google provide to them for downloading and unencrypting people's phone data once a judge has given permission for them to request it from Apple/Google.
Now, I'm not familiar with "Lockdown Mode". Maybe that uses separate encryption to encrypt data stored on your phone that ISN'T cloud synced data. But even then, if that Lockdown Mode is software created by the manufacturer, then they could have the decryption algorithm to decrypt it and I wouldn't trust it. I would only trust open-source encryption software, like Veracrypt.
Bottom line is I'm here to guarantee you that if the data is synced with a cloud, which most people's phone data is, it absolutely can be obtained by law enforcement.
Not that it's particularly relevant, but typically when law enforcement get into the data, it's usually because they have reasonable suspicion and it's usually kiddie porn or chat logs proving they were trying to meet up with underage individuals. And I'm here to tell you that shit is way more prevalent than I think most people realize.
Reminder that none of your data is safe on a cloud. Law enforcement can get a judge to sign off and make Google/Apple decrypt your cloud data and give it to them.
If you really want your data private you have to put it on an encrypted hard drive. Recommend Veracrypt.
This might seem pretty tame when we all want bolder actions, but if things work out and we get our own Nuremberg trials, we need all the reliable documentation we can get to hunt these traitors down and bring them to justice.
The most blatant traitor in American history and America still hasn't handled him.
Fucking wild.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think we were this weak.