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Regardless of your politics, being anti-vax has gotta be the dumbest position to come to
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Anonymous 13w

The crazy thing is they’re like “let’s just inoculate people not vaccinate them”

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Anonymous 13w

true, but when (weak science education) x (distrust of healthcare profiteering) x (endless social media disinformation) are multiplied together, i do understand why so many Americans fall for it

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Anonymous 13w

It makes sense to be against certain vaccines if they haven’t been tested properly but yeah being completely anti vax

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Anonymous 13w

Regardless of your politics, trusting doctors and pharmacists who look like the human equivalent of zombies on anything related to “health” has to be the dumbest position anyone can come to.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

except every vaccine on the market has had thorough testing. Even the covid vaccines had the same level of testing as others, many were just done concurrently rather than consecutively to help meet time constraints

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

i had a guy that manages clinical trials for a big biotech group explain for covid that the fda recognized the tech was mrna, already proven delivery, and so they gave it a jump to actually be tested and not go through many other steps that slow it down

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

You do know half the time it’s not actually tested as much as they like people to think right? Covid vaccine was still in trials when given to people. I didn’t get it till months after it came out and it was tested more

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

by that point they had already cleared phase 1-3 trials and were already deemed safe. the remaining testing was for long-term effects which by their very nature couldn’t be done in a meaningful time. the vaccine still passed all safety regulations to be sent to the public

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

yeah i think you might be confusing the initial “testing” vs “monitoring” all medicines have to complete clinical trials with non-human subjects, and then human volunteers before they make it to the public, Covid included. the CDC continues monitoring for side effects years later, but the safety testing is complete.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

what does this mean 😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

i’m going to assume this is commentary on RFK Jr

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

That was under emergency use authorization. At that point the risk/reward benefit was fairly clear

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

This was allegedly the American highest ranking military officer leading “public health” during COVID.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

oh cool transphobia. you can fuck off now

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

I knew this was where this was going. The fact she lives in y’all’s minds rent-free is crazy. She wasn’t even the secretary of HHS 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

This was the alleged head of LA

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Canada’s alleged health sec during Covid.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Who cares about Canada and LA???

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

This mf just doesn’t know what older women look like LMAO

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

all women. curious.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Probably people who want to be healthy in LA and Canada and not be compelled to do mandates given by people who appear to be undead.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

You know who the US health secretaries were during COVID, right? A pharma lobbyist 🤣 and someone decently qualified who no one knows (because he’s not trans)

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

If you want to roast people, Maggie de Bloch was snubbed

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

“Alleged” as though you’re not allowed to directly say so because they weren’t convicted 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

this is legit how men act when u don’t wear makeup

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

God forbid LA’s health secretary is somewhat old lmao. This was her in 2020. She looks fine

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

I cant believe we still have lookism in the year of our Lord 2025

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Don’t kid yourself she looks happy and I’m happy for her, but she does not look healthy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

But sure…this guy was completely healthy?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

and again I ask: why are all the examples of women?

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

I wanna know 5’s take on this man

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Yes we have regained believing our own eyes rather than being hypnotized by paper or a TV. You are in on the ground floor, welcome back to reality.

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Anonymous 13w

that’s an odd response to me pointing out lookism and sexism

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

I allege because just because a screen says someone has a title and is smart, doesn’t mean they are smart, real, or deserving of that title. Most of politics and PR is complete theater. 🎭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Apologies, given the comments about women I saw I read that sentence incorrectly. You’re good #2 keep fighting the good fight

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I read 5’s as in the mysoginistic rating, not the commenter.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

No I would def not listen to that guy. You’re spot on.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

No one said they were smart. But they do indeed have that title. They were nominated and in most cases confirmed by the senate (or were the acting secretary/acting assistant secretary)

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

That’s like me saying “alleged president” lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

just because someone looks healthy doesn’t mean they know how to stay healthy

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Yeah look and health can be related, but in reality plenty of healthy looking people have abysmal levels of cardiovascular health.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

RFK Jr is anti-vax and believes it causes autism, for example

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Most of the senate looks like potatoes wrapped in wet paper towels I would not listen to them either on anything health related.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

No one is telling you to listen to senators lmfao

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

You shouldn’t be listening to the senate for your health advice, that’s not their fucking role. They may make committees and appoint those with experience and education, but lawmakers are to be representatives for their districts, not SME’s.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

have you heard of aging before?

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

You can say alleged president. I didn’t see him get sworn in. It’s more honest.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

There’s also a whole lot of dispute about the election given the dozens of official Russian voting disinformation campaigns in blue wall states day prior and of the election.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

there’s precincts in NY which have 0 votes for harris but testimonials from people saying they voted for her, and the state supreme court just ruled for discovery to begin

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

The alleged Supreme Court. They don’t look very supreme. I hope yall are getting the general idea where it’s not partisan, just if you don’t see it with your own eyes, we can’t confirm it’s real. If all they are showing us is a bunch of people who look less competent than people we’ve actually encountered, it’s likely just a big theatrical production. Also they can deepfake stuff now. Trust the people you see in real life more than the dystopian titled people only shown on TV and phones.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

It’s on video bud, take your tinfoil hat off

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I’m curious to see how that investigation goes but I don’t think there was any issue on a large scale. She won NY anyway, so it wouldn’t have made a difference

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Do you really want me to make an AI video illustrating my point? Cuz I’m on the road right now but, if you really want me to, I might be able to make something that passes in the next day or two.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

40% of the country used the machines in those precincts and other issues were found with the machines themselves. If anything I think this will just lead to countrywide investigations

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Everything digital can be hacked now with quantum computers and AI. Paper ballots are the only way to insure something close to legit is happening.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Most states use paper backups

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I’m ngl this was exactly what republicans said in 2020 and barely anything came out of it. I’m interested but I’m not buying any allegations of widespread issues without much evidence. Her loss was completely predictable and reasonable

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Im in that field and quantum computers aren’t at that point, we still have a few years. LLMs are also not at all able to hack voting machines… what are you talking about? paper-only disenfranchises voters and still has the issue of human error. voting machines also have PAPER audit trails for each voter

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

yeah i’m not expecting much, even with the alleged fraud i think Trump won. but I am interested to see to what extent the fraud reached

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Well the fact that EVERYTHING was done in under a year is extremely concerning especially when phase one usually takes a year alone for vaccines.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Have you busted into the military industrial complex yet with their quantum computers? As a good general rule, the public is usually 20 to 40 years behind what’s behind Raytheon’s vault doors in any given field: missiles, drones, aircraft, aquatic propulsion, etc

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

If anyone could break modern encryption with a quantum computer today, the government would be in serious trouble. All top secret information would be leaked, basically every password would be compromised, and everyone’s crypto wallets would be drained. Quantum computers haven’t reached that point yet

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

are you saying the military is going to hack voting machines? someone will rob the military to use it? access control would immediately end any plan for that, and a hack of the military’s quantum computers would be known very quickly. this isn’t a good take

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Dude quantum computers are primarily being worked on at research institutes, and while they have cyber weapon capabilities eventually in terms of encryption vulnerability, there are already new quantum encryption methods being developed and finalized.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

and those encryption standards would then be implemented into voting machines, erasing the issue entirely.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

I’m not claiming at all that the vote was hacked, but there were official campaigns to guide voters to incorrect polling locations and dates, or try to convince them they had been de-registered through emails and texts, etc.

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Anonymous 13w

We have post-quantum encryption standardized now by NIST, but it’s pretty recent and barely anyone uses it. The biggest number that has been factored so far is 22 bits. I believe everyone uses 1024 or 2048 now lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

That’s true and definitely should be investigated as voter suppression efforts

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I’m saying the reasoning behind “Brave New World.” On the slow release of technology as to not disrupt societal balance was a sound concept. The internet was a good example of an absolute failure when released to the public. When it was only Cold War military comms, people were professional, it functioned, when released to the public and weaponized for “social engineering” by private corporations, we got furries, tablet kids, and “misinformation”

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

i’ll admit I don’t look into quantum computing very much, but that’s because I know it’s still in its infancy. thank you for sharing. We’re still making breakthroughs on the necessary hardware, let alone the software. a massive hack of our voting systems is still a long ways away, and if the government is developing the tech to destroy voting’s security, they’re undoubtably investing in resecuring it

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Yeah, and most hacks aren’t achieved that way. People really underestimate the power of social engineering, people are almost always a systems biggest weakness.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I want to be clear, I’m not saying the military industrial complex is “Good”, just pointing out that it’s been SOP to not release R&D grade technology to the public until it’s known it will not collapse society. Quantum computing tech falls into that category.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

the only way quantum computing ruins voting security (and ALL other digital security due to its nature) is through incompetence. And security measure to replace the ones rendered obsolete by QCs is already being developed if QAs are already at that point (they aren’t, the tech is still in its infancy as a whole) then we have FAR bigger issues than voting machines. all of our nation’s government data could be harvested in seconds.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

if the military was actually at this point, you’d see quantum encryption standards being put in place nationwide.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

You’re right. Let’s put it all back on paper to avoid that. Trust only what our own eyes show us. And not create unnecessary avenues to be hacked/hypnotized by screens. Those two weeks when auburn argued Osama Bin Ladin was a good dude because TikTok said so, were weird enough.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Historically that’s weapons tech, things that aren’t just raw compute power, no?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I mean encryption updates are part of the militaries new tech modernization mandate right, that’s why they swore in 4 tech execs at Lt. Col.’s.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

you want the entire US government to return to paper documentation and auditing? yeah, i’m sure that will happen overnight and not slow down efficiency at all. we’re in a digital age. this suggestion is impossible to realistically achieve. when quantum computing improves, the government’s systems will move to it to so they aren’t at risk. they haven’t yet, meaning QC hasn’t reached anywhere near that point.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Still working on the “incompetency” problem in the military right now. There’s some pretty competent units. Others, not so much, but I haven’t seen them all with my own eyes so I will not judge those I havn’t encountered.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

you read that word in an entirely different context than I used it. I was talking about government security incompetence, not incompetence among troops.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

It goes for bio-weapons as well. Things of chemical flavors. Other things I would rather not go into on YikYak for the sake of professionalism. It’s a whole gambit of things. If it can be weaponized, chances are, at some point it was.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

yes but if we’re at the point of QC being a threat to encryption and other security measures then the entire government would be implementing it, not just the military.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

I’m unaware of Auburn has an ARL lab, but if it does have an ARL program, they can likely elaborate on the projects universities do for the military industrial complex. Actually, as I type this I remember with a convo with a coworker who was doing a thing for them with satellites so, there are Auburn students spun up on many of their programs.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

How many years off do you figure we are from QC being a threat to all encryption systems? Rough math is fine if you would be so kind.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

The encryption updates would usually come through FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards — basically all software the federal gov runs has to have this mode switched on). NIST only recently established post-quantum encryption standards so they may end up in FIPS at some point. But that’s not why the Palantir guys are there 😬 better encryption doesn’t make us more lethal and efficient as much as AI-powered surveillance and identification of targets

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

The algorithms have been around since 1994, look into Shor’s or Grover’s algorithms if you’re curious. But we need to get them to run in a reasonable amount time

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

i do not know enough about the tech to give you a good answer, but people more knowledgeable than me estimate viable machines won’t even be created until 2030. again, the tech is still in its infancy. by the time the tech is viable, our government will have to start implementing it for encryption and security purposes. to not would be incompetent and the biggest risk to national security in history.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

You are not wrong, I was just arguing the competency point on that one. “Critical” infrastructure, defense and manufacturing systems (blanking on the technical name rn but got hacked a bit ago through struxnet) are being updated as well even if they have no government ties, because modernizing your encryption standards is normal practice.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I’d agree with at least 2030 if not later but I don’t work in that field. If it was sooner, then we’re utterly screwed, because implementing post-quantum encryption is not anywhere near the roadmap of most companies atm

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Yes, it’ll probably be done through public-private partnerships like the symbolic Lt. Col’s. Speaking of hacks on a completely different topic, Aflac got hit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Well, if any nation has the raw resources, manpower, and infrastructure to accomplish a solution in that ballpark by 2030, it’s America. Godspeed to you and your coworkers. Please don’t get distracted or hypnotized by the political theatrics distracting the masses. Deepfakes are getting better at what seems to be a parabolic rate.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

if we get QCs before security is updated, we can expect essentially a total technological blackout. Everyone’s social media and banking accounts will be breached, government secrets leaked to every country on earth. Sites and services will blackout en masse as they are taken down in record time. I really hope it doesn’t come to that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

I’m in policy and law so also not in the compute field, but at several conferences I’ve attended A.I. and Q.C. have been central topics, so it is something the regulatory field is looking towards.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

Ooh that’s good to know

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Yeah, it’s kind of like the ending of Silicon Valley lmfao, our job is to find and require an updated standard before that inflection point.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

I like to compare it to Y2K, though it’s far, far worse than that.

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Anonymous 13w

Yall seem quite knowledgeable on the details. I prefer to minimize my digital footprint for the reason you just mentioned. I was super into crypto, now I’m just buying physical gold waiting for the deepfakes of cash to hit.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

what on God’s green earth is a deepfake of cash

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Anonymous 13w

I am as Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty put it, “Taking Roy off the grid.”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Inevitable. Ever see AI make a fake receipt? We are one or two steps away from people making fake cash.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Yeah, I’m kind of in the same boat but with KYC laws and a massive erosion of privacy rights over the last couple decades, I don’t know there’s much we can do as far as that goes. Crypto’s its own thing but definitely attached with KYC. Good in theory, flawed in practice.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Correction; technically all cash is fake, but you get the idea.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Idk, identity theft?

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

Well said.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

You voice verify with some banks for account access, and I have heard of people getting scammed with fake voices asking for money for a flight home from their kid.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

Grazie.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

how is an LLM going to print money with the correct markings and fibers within US currency? the most it can do is create an image of stacks of cash

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

an LLM removes none of the issues counterfeiters already face

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

Identity theft will likely be big. Anyone with a photo of you can make an ID with their photo or ID swapped. There are no national databanks of who’s photo matches what name exactly save maybe NCICs, even that last time I had my stuff ran had maybe seven blatantly wrong points of data it said it was 100% confident on. (Former emails, phone numbers, addresses)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Yeah the issues with physical counterfeiting come down to manufacturing, and there are regulations like printers being unable to copy most bills, which helps with that. It’s the digital currency that could be subject to what I’d more call forgery, like NFT’s but I’m far from informed on the nitty gritty of blockchain, so that’s pure speculation.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

that fake ID still needs the correct id number to be verified in a government database. this is an easy adaptation

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

well an NFT is just a receipt saying you have “ownership” of data located on a server somewhere, and I don’t think anyone has interest in counterfeiting a Bored Ape. counterfeit crypto is also no more practical with an LLM, and i’m not sure if it’s practical at all. A crypto miner would still be a better investment

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Think about how often you scan your ID though, and how easy it could be to copy that barcode as you do if you’re working as a cashier or something. Probably not likely to hit a HVT, but possible.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Had a friend who will not be named yeaaaars ago, able to scan a QR code on the back of any ID, decrypt and use the code to make his own IDs. Guy was a genius. Go figure, he works for the govt now through one of those military industrial companies. This was before AI or QC was even being discussed.

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 13w

that’s very fair, and I struggle to see a way to fix that aside from physical identification only with some security measures that Real ID and US currency has but with digital verification? I’m not sure how that would work

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Good to know. I mean it really does all boil down to encryption with that stuff I guess. Do you know what encryption they’re running?

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

what kind of ID? a US driver’s license doesn’t have a QR code and isn’t encrypted. Its as secure as an NFC tag

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I will not confirm or deny it may have been a military ID because that’s a whole other can of worms.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

I don’t even think it’s encrypted. They’d have to share that key with every manufacturer of an ID scanner. I think it would defeat the point. The barcode probably just encodes the data on the front

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Oh that was in response to blockchain

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

that still wouldn’t be encrypted. the only IDs that get encrypted are digital ones, like a digital REAL ID. That physical card has no secure means to send its decryption key or establish end-to-end asymmetric encryption

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

Yeah it’s essentially just a fancy barcode, it was still impressive he managed to do it with what I can only assume was some GitHub code and photoshop. These weren’t CAC cards, reserve units just used micro print. It’s more of an optics and hardware challenge than modern encryption.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

it’s not a challenge… a QR code needs to be scannable because that’s its purpose. Once scanned you already have all the data it contains, and can run it through a public and standardized algorithm to recreate it. I think the biggest struggle would be funds for the printer used to create new plastic cards, but actually copying the ID is a breeze.

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