EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes
Apparently, the Chinese government brought the hammer down on Naomi for pointing out how they spy on Signal used via a third-party keyboard on phones
#Tech #Infosec #security #China
WTF, that's your takeaway? She was one of the few voices warning us about security risks from the inside. Her point is that social media has one weapon: the streisand effect... But when instead there is silence then it is known there will be no accountability. The government will be emboldened by this. It wasn't a metaphor, she thinks they will really kill her now if she tweets more, and less people like her will be willing to post in the future.
But you don't understand, she's an attractive woman and therefore must be an attention seeker and nothing more.
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Imagine being this fucking arrogant and blinded by privilege
Well, I find that really sad.
Whatever mistake they make, I think people living with constant fear of the threat posed by a totalitarian regime known for its violence against its own people deserve our sympathy.
Doing the CCPs work for them, I see
At some point in the past she said not to trust anything she says because she would flip and say whatever she had to to protect her family. So yeah, grain of salt with anything like that.
I'm not sure what the importance is of her being an Attention Seeker. Could you explain how that matters?
Sounds like that “bug” was actually a feature and Naomi just pissed off some government surveillance spooks by breaking their toys. God help her.
By the way, her girlfriend is part of an ethnic group that the Chinese government is currently genociding.
And you thought the USA was a bad place to live…
And you thought the USA was a bad place.
I can think that both are bad places to different degrees for different reasons. Particularly when some would like for the US to become more like that.
Indeed, and as a citizen of the US, that terrifies me.
I never heard of Naomi Wu before.
All of the sudden, articles like this one are all over the place showing a woman with red hair in provocative outfits claiming to be a tech activist being silenced.
Would anyone care to give me a two line summary of who she is and what her deal is?
She’s a techie just like a lot of folks. Likes to indulge in 3D printing, hardware modding, things like that. Just happens to also be a woman who likes to dress provocatively. Each to their own, of course. Been a while since I watched anything of hers, but what stuck with me is her emphasis on the fact that women can be engineers just as well as men can. She’s decently well-known in the modding community, I’d say.
She’s a tech activist who’s being silenced, just like you said
hardware / software hacker living in china (shenzen) has a great youtube channel and lots of other socials that advocate for open source hardware, builds cool shit, breaks shit in cool ways. just as willing to hack at her own body for fun and personal interest. uses her look to both be disarming / educate folks; her motto is "if I can do it, anyone can do it"
some extras: from being a subscriber to her youtube channel and a fan for many years now, she is indeed hyper capable / knowledgable, has some views that wouldnt be considered conventional by various western queer types but come from an honest experience living as a queer person in non western systems. she has also been more bitter about treatment by western media and other folks who assume their preconceptions are more valid than her lived experience, something I am personally familiar with being from a slightly controvercial country myself.
"Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes" sounds like a harry potter book title. More seriously, this is a damn shame. Always been a big fan.
Sadly this is what I've been feeling nowadays.
Yup, I only posted it on the off chance that there is some truth here or someone knowns more I've wondered why the Chinese Government didn't shut her down long ago It would be hard for them to not know she's getting around their measures and what she's posting or if she is/was an agent of government propaganda promoting Chinese tech Also ties in with the LMG drama as she has accused Linus of sexual harassment and propositioning her on a trip to China
It's not like we don't have our own problems over here that take up our time.
Also one of the increasingly problematic issues is getting news out of China
At least talk about.
That's what she's criticizing her western followers and the western media for not doing.
The thought that all the western world can do is to either declare war or sit on our hands is plain wrong.
She's absolutely right.