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Israeli Spyware Firm Exposes Paragon Spyware Control Panel on LinkedIn (cybersecuritynews.com)
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[–] [S] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There might actually be a direct relationship there as well. Taiwan being the chokepoint for western chip production puts them in a perfect position to insert backdoors into all western tech. There's a reason the US was freaking out over Huawei tech spreading in the west. The problem with it isn't that there's some Chinese malware in it, but rather that western agencies can't use it for spying.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    part of me is glad the the chinese didn't insist on the tariffs on chip making; but as someone with a very slightly above average passing familiarity w the industry; i'm aware that it's going to take them decades to catch up using the methods that the united states employs.

    given the extent at which the epstein files shows us how much in the palm of their hands we exist, it's become my sincere hope that they're able to bridge the gap more quickly somehow. however, given their anemic responses to venezuela or cuba or the reversal of the tide of their belt & road initiatives in asia and latin america (and soon africa), i'm not sure it'll make much of a difference.

    too few of us are applying what we've learned from those files and combining it with what the marxists have already revealed, but we can do little more than watch the overwhelming majority double down on the red vs blue team fights as well as blame russia for epstein illuminati's existence.

    technology has been the most impactful reason -- by far

    for why the phrase "ruling class" entered into american mainstream consciousness and gave us the opportunity to temporarily pierce this self imposed veil and i don't doubt that the other illuminati groups referenced in the latest batch of files have already enacted plans to close this breach.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not really sure what critical areas China needs to catch up in at this point. The chips they produce are already good enough for any practical applications. It's also worth keeping in mind that improving software is much easier than hardware. Western software stacks are incredibly bloated. For example, Huawei starting fresh with their HarmonyOS can make a much leander stack by cutting all the cruft and backwards compatibility out.

    I also don't see China being decades behind in chips. They can already make 7nm, they're prototyping EUV machines, it's not going to be long at this point. On top of that, China is investing into research of alternative substrates like graphene, spintronics, etc. Any one of these could make silicon look like vacuum tubes overnight if they can scale them up to mass production. There's no new fundamental physics that need to be discovered here, we know these these things work in a lab. It's just a matter of scaling up production. And that's precisely where state driven development comes in.

    Can you explain what this tide of reversal you're talking about with BRI? Last I looked, the investment is record high https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3340442/china-signs-record-us213-billion-new-belt-and-road-deals-2025-report

    The Epstein files are the biggest scandal the western system has faced to date in my opinion. This is bigger than stuff like Watergate because it spans multiple administrations in the US, as well as other western regimes. It's a total indictment of the idea that there's any sort of a democracy in the west. It's now plain for everyone to see that the west is ruled by diabolical monsters who are accountable to no one. And this comes at a time of a rapid decline in the living standards which makes people angry and politically engaged. Things that might've been ignored before cannot be ignored any longer.

    Finally, it seems to me that the west is headed for a massive financial crash. While people keep playing games with the numbers, it's pretty clear that all the tangible metrics like job numbers and cost of living are doing very poorly. The only question in my mind is what the catalyst will be. It could be the coming war with Iran which might drive oil prices through the roof.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    the financial crash looks likely and my inner pessimist expects it to be heralded by a nuke.

    epstein has been supplanted by iran as the top story within the united states; a milestone of sorts that maps the trajectory of its infamy.

    the bri reversal was a reference to the damage done to the industrial railway project in iran during the 12 day war w iran; now moot for obvious reasons.

    it takes roughly 8 years to clear enough of the red brick road for each feature size. there a 3 feature size delta between china and the west, so that's roughly 24 years. (my money's on china to prove that the red brick wall is just a holdover from the western control. lol)

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