Posts by Amanda Taylor5

So, I’ve got a question here.
Why do certain people—the ones constantly pushing their incredibly shallow takes on this forum—insist on being nothing but pure provocateurs and straight-up insults?
How is that even allowed?
How can they spread blatant lies and act like they’re right while insulting everyone else, all under the watchful eye of the mods?

Honestly, I thought this place was decent, but then I checked out the tech section and it’s an absolute train wreck. That guy Annatar and his little fan club just run wild, acting like they own the place when they don't have a single clue what they're talking about. They're just talking nonsense.
Is this really how this forum wants to present itself to the world?

I seriously wish posts wouldn't get deleted. Someone outside this little clique needs to be able to read this and see what this forum actually looks like.
Look, I don't care if Annatar is someone's grandfather, but why is he allowed to spout total garbage and fantasies in threads where it's obvious he doesn't even grasp the most basic, elementary concepts?
It doesn't matter how much knowledge someone actually has; why are the mods backing him up? Is it some kind of popularity contest? Or is it just a dictatorship?

It’s not just an American thing. It’s everyone.
The guys making the hardware—the low-level driver devs for chipsets and processors—they have a direct obligation to the NSA to bake in backdoors.
And it isn't just Windows either. Even Linux is suspect. Sure, Linus Torvalds claims the NSA tried to slip a backdoor into the code and failed, but let's be real: Linux is still under the NSA's thumb.
Look at SELinux. It's a supposedly "hardened" project designed for users who want maximum security, yet it just so happens to be a project started and developed by the NSA. Coincidence? I think not.

Personally, I don't have anything to hide, but I value my freedom. That’s why I use open-source Linux to build my own secure system. I build every single application, and even the chipset drivers via the Coreboot project, to handle my drivers and BIOS. It’s the only way to actually feel free...
By the way, Firefox has backdoors too. So does the Tor browser, which is marketed for "secure" deep web browsing. Even the apps for network protocols—everything is monitored. They aren't necessarily spying on you constantly; instead, those backdoors trigger based on specific "phrases" or certain actions.

That's why we need to build our own chipset drivers and BIOS from Coreboot, or even build our own version of Linux from scratch. Honestly, even Coreboot feels a bit sketchy to me lately, but there are other free firmwares and chip codebases out there.