@w8emv to the tune of _Once in a lifetime_?
Competition is just a click (and $45b) away
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1328941/download
> #Google pays $45 billion a year for contracts to lock out rivals, signing deals with “Apple, LG, Motorola, and Samsung; major U.S. wireless carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon; and browser developers such as Mozilla, Opera, and UCWeb— to secure default status for its general search engine and, in many cases, to specifically prohibit Google’s counterparties from dealing with Google’s competitors.”
I've only recommended one VPN service, ever (and no, I don't have any financial relationship to them): Mullvad. They have always seemed to be one of the few entities that practices the mantra, "You don't have to protect what you don't collect."
This is quite a press release:
"Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised
20 April 2023 NEWS
On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant.
They intended to seize computers with customer data.
In line with our policies such customer data did not exist. We argued they had no reason to expect to find what they were looking for and any seizures would therefore be illegal under Swedish law. After demonstrating that this is indeed how our service works and them consulting the prosecutor they left without taking anything and without any customer information.
If they had taken something that would not have given them access to any customer information.
Mullvad has been operating our VPN service for over 14 years. This is the first time our offices have been visited with a search warrant."
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/a-deep-dive-into-the-residential-proxy-service-911/
There's a lot to unpack in this Extended IQ classification chart.
https://www.deviantart.com/vanga-vangog/art/The-Extended-IQ-Classification-Classified-910590133
Let's start with: who do you think made it?
@Victor_el_DM what did it say before?
Those look like the (lame) standard terms that social media think they need to show a post on a feed because of bizarre copyright overreach.
I have a lot of disagreements with how things are binned and scored here. But it's interesting.
Enlightenment: Low-ish
Child Consciousness: Low-ish 10-20th percentile
No Self: Upper 65-70th percentile
Phoenix: 45-50th percentile
Incoherent Screaming: pretty high
Chaos Monkey: 55-60th percentile
Anxious Mother Energy: upper 60-65th percentile
Hot Mess: Upper 75-80th percentile