[KingOfCoders]

"being criminals is a state sponsored attack on the GrapheneOS project."

Yes, I know, age of hyperbole, but a state sponsored attack on the project is mass arrests, blocking of funds etc.

Graphene does their PR, the police does their PR. Both have different views on the world.

[Forgeties79]

That's a very high bar for "state sponsored attack." I'd say the various internet ID verification laws being rolled out qualify as a state sponsored attack on our privacy/individual rights writ large.

[KingOfCoders]

And that's a very low bar for "state sponsored attack". Essentially everything you disagree with that the state does is a "state sponsored attack." This muddies the waters and when there is a "state sponsored attack" on a group of people, everyone is numb and we're out of words.

[Forgeties79]

“Attack” doesn’t exclusively mean physical assault/restraining people. It’s called a “DDoS attack” after all. You’re creating a strict and narrow definition that most of the world does not subscribe to.

If I say “stop attacking me” during a heated argument no one thinks you’re physically assaulting me. That would be ridiculous.