We switched to symmetrical gigabit the moment it was available, in fact we were one of the first in the state. I’m never going back. In 5 years we’ve only had to call for help once and they didn’t need to come out to do anything. They were able to fix the issue over the phone in about 5-10 minutes. The rest of the time the internet just fucking works.
Amazing how offering a working product gets you customers.
It is though. Think of it this way. You are a spy, you are communicating with someone over Signal. Signal is e2e. The person you are talking with doesn't know you are a spy. They've verified that Signal is working and yet their secrets keep getting out. They go to law enforcement and say "they're a spy" and you say "no I'm not, it's e2e, nothing could have been getting out!".
If you can read the text on the screen, then it's past the point of e2e. e2e is just about transmission. It has nothing to do with the endpoints.
In this case Meta can utilize iOS App Groups which allows applications by the same company to access shared data. So imagine the easiest to understand scenario.
You get a message on WhatsApp. Your Operating System takes a screenshot of the message, and sends it off to the FBI. Nothing has broken e2e here. Your OS can't be trusted (in this example).
Now let's expand it:
You get a message on WhatsApp
WhatsApp takes a screenshot of the message and saves it to its storage. It does NOTHING ELSE WITH IT.
Facebook (which you also have installed) now accesses that shared data store, utilizing iOS App Groups, takes the screenshot, and sends it to Meta.
Nothing has broken e2e here. The client can't be trusted, so no matter what you do, e2e doesn't have to be broken, since the company is untrustworthy. They can claim e2e, implement fully working auditable e2e, and still exfiltrate your data.
Of course, WhatsApp probably isn't taking screenshots. They can just save off the text after they decrypt it (even if they use the Signal protocol).
There are lots of claims going around, but the physics just isn't there. Battery storage density isn't high enough currently (and doesn't look to be close) to support large planes. It's the same problem as with 18 wheelers. The larger the vehicle, the battery size increases superlinearly, not linearly. Because adding in battery storage increases the weight required to carry the vehicle, thus increasing the battery storage needs, thus ... and so on. With liquid fuel, the weight is variable based on the passengers, and the weight drops as the flight continues, thus increasing fuel efficiency the more weight is lost.
No I’m asking you to explain how it’s not carbon neutral. I do not give one shit about the cost, I do not give one shit about how much the gas it produces costs (for reference the Porsche plant is at over $40 a LITER). You have stated it’s not carbon neutral. Explain how. If the machine does what it says then it is carbon neutral.
I have an electric car, I do not care about this machine. But I do care when people claim something and have zero evidence to back it up.
We switched to symmetrical gigabit the moment it was available, in fact we were one of the first in the state. I’m never going back. In 5 years we’ve only had to call for help once and they didn’t need to come out to do anything. They were able to fix the issue over the phone in about 5-10 minutes. The rest of the time the internet just fucking works.
Amazing how offering a working product gets you customers.