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|    Aaron Thomas to Ron L.    |
|    Re: Big Tech Political Co    |
|    16 Aug 25 21:00:21    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A49       MSGID: 1:342/200 186d816f       REPLY: 1:120/616 2e41775c       TZUTC: -0700        RL> AT> not sold on the need for accelerated graphics in web browsing. I am        RL> AT> sold on the fact that the elite want as much information about us as        RL> AT> possible, and it's perfectly logical to use that as a basis when tryi        RL> AT> to decode their secretive behavior.        RL>         RL> Another theory: Most operating systems today have lots of checks to        RL> make sure that the CPU isn't running anything malicious. But would        RL> those checks work on a GPU? A requirement for more GPU power        RL> potentially because it's running spyware that's not detectable today?              This makes me realize that the Chrome/Edge developers are probably not       targeting people with old hardware in an effort to get them to buy new       hardware, because most people have already been conned into buying newer       hardware and into using Windows. So they already have them where they want       them.              It seems like this is an effort to target the smaller population of PC users       who use linux and/or older machines. How are they victimizing the       Windows/newer PC people already, and why do they care to get the smaller       population on-board?              Maybe the newer GPUs (and I hope I 'm wrong about this) are releasing toxic       chemicals, or something. Spying seems like a good guess too but I just don't       see how it's possible through the GPU.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64)        * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/200)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 307 317 400 426 428 470       SEEN-BY: 229/700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 342/202 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35       PATH: 342/200 229/426           |
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