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There was an opportunity to apply over a decade ago. The plan is to open another window for applications next year.


Now I see, there is a whole list of them out there

https://icannwiki.org/New_gTLD_Brand_Applications


Unfortunately, I don’t think end-to-end encryption guarantees much when it comes to legal intercept in proprietary messaging apps. The intercept functionality could be done in the client and capture data, not just metadata.


Why hasn't any evidence of such client-side interception ever been surfaced? Reversing apps and software has been done since forever, and has been used to discover things the app-makers don't want made public - such as unannounced new products, but this happens perennialy with Apple & OS updates, and upcoming features in apps that are behind flags.


> Why hasn't any evidence of such client-side interception ever been surfaced?

In such scenario only the target of the wiretap would receive the modified client application. Both google and apple allow pushing updates to small subset of users. It's not unthinkable that they also have the (internal) ability to push a specific update to a specific user.

But I guess now you'll move the goalpost to ask "Why hasn't any Googler come forward and admitted it's happening?" That is a fair question, but I think most people would see this legal spying as no big deal and perhaps even a good thing.


> It's not unthinkable that they also have the (internal) ability to push a specific update to a specific user.

So the lack of evidence is itself evidence of another layer of nefarious activity? Are Apple in on it too (since they approve updates control the app store roll-outs)? I have no stomach for debates over unfalsifiable scenarios - your position is clearly set in stone.


> This is false, and they even claim so just a few paragraphs down

It’s not false. The first quote is about asymmetric, and the latter is about symmetric.


What I’ve read suggests that vitamin d toxicity from sun exposure isn’t a thing because your body self regulates production.


I laughed. :)


In “Outlive” Attia said the goal was for men to farmer’s carry their body weight for a minute (half BW per hand).


[citation needed]


I believe you’re thinking of Five Eyes.


Maybe 9 eyes?

The countries involved in the 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, and 14 Eyes alliances and their partners

    Five Eyes countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
    Nine Eyes countries: The Five Eyes plus Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and France
    Fourteen Eyes countries: The Nine Eyes plus Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and Spain
    Partners of the 14 Eyes: Israel, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, British Overseas Territories


And it's actually hard to find much that looks like original news articles I thought I read.

This is close enough https://www.pcworld.com/article/448520/dutch-civil-society-g...

Though in my fuzzy memory there were some more specific examples/cases that were reported on.


Ah yes 9 eyes - I was thinking there were 5 and then 7 eyes (and recalled NL wasn't in the first group).

While trying to find years old news articles that mentioned some specific instances of Dutch doing "quid pro quo spying" for another countries ... So far I ran into https://www.jns.org/dutch-agency-spying-on-holocaust-survivo...

And holocaust survivors fits description of OP news article? /Note I didn't read this JNS article, nor know if website is credible/


The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an Anglosphere intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes


This doesn’t reproduce for me. Also, it sounds more like a bug than a “disabling.”


product market fit


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