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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lazarou</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> are always at the point of import - never at the point of export!<ul><li>Cuz that's how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#customs</a> works and also why should any manufacturer/exporter/shipping company/nation care about what the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> likes or not?</li></ul>Like for real, if I were "P.R." <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> I'd rather give <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> the finger than let him decide what products to export at which cost and to whom.<ul><li>The fact that any nation outside the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> even considers following <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITAR</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USML</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OFAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OFAC</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanctions</a> at all is more a testament to how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>-centric certain industries like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> are than to the importance of the USA globally.</li></ul>We can see that play out with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShadowFleet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShadowFleet</a> that subverts the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PriceCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PriceCap</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oil</a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> because the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> was too cowardly to enact a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TotalEmbargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TotalEmbargo</a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> & his regime!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@lucasmz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lucasmz</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/@Avitus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Avitus</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@david_chisnall</a> the benefit of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> is that there are <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/xmpp.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">several providers, including free options</a>...<ul><li><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@monocles</a> also supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monero</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CashByMail</a> for those that can't use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PayPal</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stripe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stripe</a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEPA</a>.</li></ul>All <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PII</a> incl. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhoneNumbers</a> can and will be abused by existing governments and if users don't pay, then they are the product and their data is the one to be sold.<ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KYC</a> IS THE <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IllicitActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IllicitActivity</a> WHEN IT COMES TO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComSec</a>!</li></ul>After all, you have the same cost problem with phone numbers. Even if one doesn't pay per line/number and never pay for calls and texts, they still have to top it up to extent validity.<ul><li>And again: It's way easier for a government to demand an ID for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIM</a> that works in networks around their country (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> demands registration on a per-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMEI</a> - basis *with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ID</a>) than to tunnel XMPP+OMEMO through <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@torproject</a> over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGEland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EDGEland</a>-speed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2G</a> networks.</li></ul>Plus you relying an unfixably insecure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Telephony</a> makes a system inherently unsafer than it needs to be...<ul><li>This is how people get caught!</li></ul>Also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> is able and willing to use said PII to restrict and ban users and if I were some dissident in Cuba or North Korea or even just Eritrea or Yemen I'd not rely on non-enforcement of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OFAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OFAC</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USML</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITAR</a> since Signal can obviously distinguish & identify accounts by virgue if their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhoneNumber</a>! <ul><li>Always think "How can this be weaponized against someone?" when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a>!</li></ul>

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