Yeah, they're all a bunch of harvesters now - but I see you on the other account! will be shutting this one off this morning...

I wish I could really pound into people's heads the importance of the point you're trying to make...

Finally, if you want to keep following me, check out the post below to find out how. Best of luck and stay safe out there...

authormichaelhicks.com/2025/01/25/s...

I personally use Signal, as it seems to be the most secure, and is also open source and independently funded, so it would be a lot harder for the USG to compel them to provide data, and it's about as secure as you're likely to find...

...to overemphasize the impact this could potentially have on 4th Amendment rights under a second Trump regime.

Bottom line: do NOT say anything via *ANY* unsecured electronic media that you aren't comfortable sharing with Federal, state, and local LE and Federal intel agencies...

This update lowered a longstanding barrier between the DOD intel community - which includes NSA/CSS (Central Security Service) and the military cryptologic components - and civilian law enforcement elements beyond the Federal intelligence community (e.g., FBI, DHS, DEA, etc.). It's hard for me...

Also, keep in mind a recent update (under Biden) to DOD Directive 5240.01, which opened the door to DOD intel community assistance to state/local law enforcement agencies and other civil authorities:

www.esd.whs.mil/portals/54/d...

Also, DMs aside, anything you post publicly to the social media community at large would NOT enjoy 4th Amendment protections. It's like standing on a street corner and shouting out what you plan to do. Any cop in earshot, or who's informed by someone who hears you, could arrest you.

...could potentially view as illegal, seditious, etc. This could run the gamut from helping a friend get an abortion in an abolitionist state, organizing a protest, or any sort of disruptive or potentially violent (in the eyes of the State) act.

In the past, your communications have enjoyed significant, if certainly imperfect, privacy protections under the 4th Amendment (unreasonable search and seizures). This is almost certainly going out the window very soon, ESPECIALLY if you're engaged in anything the State...

...to compel service providers operating in the United States to provide any data the government wants, including metadata (e.g., from/to, date-time, location, etc.) and content of your communications. NOTE THAT THIS PERTAINS TO ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING VIA CELL PHONE, EMAIL, ETC...

...assure you that EVERYTHING you may post on social media platforms - be it in public (or protected) posts, DMs, chats, etc. - is potentially accessible to Federal, state, and local law enforcement, as well as various elements of the intelligence community. The U.S. Government has the power...

That sounds like an excellent idea!!

I'm blocked by 100 on this account and I'm blocking 153 (although many of those are dreadful people on X who I preemptively blocked on here)...

Yeah, this is one of the reasons I'm shutting down this account soon and shifting to @authormichaelhicks.bsky.social - happy to talk politics via DM with folks, but not going to engage on it otherwise. And the people driving it are "libs"...

w00t! Sorry for the hijinx!

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LOL! Omnomnom! Oh, BTW:
bsky.app/profile/kree...

Truly. Argh.