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But they're not choosing the content. Algorithm -> Tiktok -> China -> Communist party is.

What's weird is when people imply that opinions form from the ether, rather than from interaction with the cultural conversation.

There's nothing that can be done about that reality, so we have to worry about people and mechanisms that have control over that conversation.

It should not sound unreasonable to worry about an adversarial country possessing what amounts to a gigantic, unauditable mind control machine.

What you want is Urbit (though hn hates it for political reasons)

How to secure your computation on a compromised device??? Is this a joke?

Just use keepassxc and be master of your keys. You have to move forward. Every 6 months I hear about a breach at lastpass. I assumed only clueless normies were left on it, but I guess their efforts to blockade data exports were effective.

> for some reason

Google plainly dropped totp wherever possible in order to confirm everyone's identity.

Totp was an open standard that didn't help them spy on anyone, and they regret releasing it bigtime.