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How? Though, I am certain that it won't grow indefinitely on earth.
> I don't see a fundamental reason why humans would stop at 8 billion
It can stop at 9 billion and still not grow indefinitely. Currently a peak of 11 billion and no more than 12 billion is estimated. As said. Because of increased living standards.
> To keep total consumption constant, avg. consumption per person needs to decrease proportionally to the increase of the number of people.
It better to decrease proportionally with a coefficient smaller than 1 and bigger than 0 than decrease consumption not at all.
> Not a real counter-argument.
Yes, it is, because it implies a logical fallacy.
You imply that population will increase indefinitely (max peak expected at 12 billion actually) or that degrowth needs to happen forever.
Further you imply population development increases if degrowth is applies.
Also, slippery slope argument.
Study for attitude to climate policies and more for countries all around the world, rich and less rich: https://www.oecd.org/climate-change/international-attitudes-...
Would be interesting to know if Amazon could reconstruct that information without Signals knowledge
The information can be obtained in an automated way.
Even on a theoretical level their sealed sender technique doesn't work: https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/improving-signals-...
Now, include lower level technical Details such as the IP layer.
1. Imagine you connect to a server to send a message. Now, you send a message to someone else. The server can't see who you are, right? Because the letter misses your name. Imagine someone else sends a message to you.
2. Imagine you to connect to the same server to receive messages that the server stored for delivery with your name on it. The server gives you the messages.
Do you notice something?
They have access to that data alone through the fact that they are in control of their servers and, thus, can see who sends and receives messages.
But Signal could store that data because they have access to that dats
Matrix does leak more meta data though, e.g. message relationships for instance, but what does that matter?
Most important is who when with who which both leak to the server operators