Yohan Yuki Xieㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 on Nostr: > Anyway, apparently this is a thing in the Philippines, whose government is ...
> Anyway, apparently this is a thing in the Philippines, whose government is basically organized crime
Hahaha, I can't deny that one, as much as I want to. LOL.
Although, foreigners who live here sometimes say their own government is worse. I guess it all comes down to how much is the political system used for the benefit of politicians and their allies?
If so, then yes, that's definitely true with our country, and possibly other Asia-Pacific countries. The corruption is just… crazy.
We don't even have standardized measurements outside of the government. I mean, a simple thing like that? Only government agencies were mandated to use SI and Metric. It's why it's so confusing purchasing drinks (for example), because everyone use either Imperial or Metric; and they have their own measurement for “small”, “medium”, and “large”.
> I'm afraid of them slipping further malware into my machine through their HTTPS interception, stealing my credit card number, etc. Or them getting compromised by criminals who then use their interception system to do that.
I think that is already happening, but the NBI's lack of sophisticated tools or at least hiring talented security experts (they don't have a budget), is preventing them to solve cases properly.
Our government even is floating the idea of creating a digital “great wall”. And we can't even tell Facebook to do this and that, instead Facebook is the one telling the government what they can and cannot do. /facepalm (I really hate we can't do something similar to the US and EU, re: Meta.)
Hahaha, I can't deny that one, as much as I want to. LOL.
Although, foreigners who live here sometimes say their own government is worse. I guess it all comes down to how much is the political system used for the benefit of politicians and their allies?
If so, then yes, that's definitely true with our country, and possibly other Asia-Pacific countries. The corruption is just… crazy.
We don't even have standardized measurements outside of the government. I mean, a simple thing like that? Only government agencies were mandated to use SI and Metric. It's why it's so confusing purchasing drinks (for example), because everyone use either Imperial or Metric; and they have their own measurement for “small”, “medium”, and “large”.
> I'm afraid of them slipping further malware into my machine through their HTTPS interception, stealing my credit card number, etc. Or them getting compromised by criminals who then use their interception system to do that.
I think that is already happening, but the NBI's lack of sophisticated tools or at least hiring talented security experts (they don't have a budget), is preventing them to solve cases properly.
Our government even is floating the idea of creating a digital “great wall”. And we can't even tell Facebook to do this and that, instead Facebook is the one telling the government what they can and cannot do. /facepalm (I really hate we can't do something similar to the US and EU, re: Meta.)