I’ve been thinking the exact same thing—military personnel on active duty should flat-out be banned from using smartphones.

https://www.franceinfo.fr/monde/iran/guerre-entre-les-etats-unis-israel-et-l-iran/six-soldats-francais-ont-ete-blesses-lors-d-une-attaque-de-drones-en-irak-annonce-l-etat-major_7863875.html

Confirmed by the French General Staff

I don’t get why Olvid isn’t more popular—it’s end-to-end encrypted and doesn’t even leak metadata

That’s incorrect—it hasn’t been redeployed and is still carrying out its mission in the Baltic.

https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/defense/le-groupe-aeronaval-poursuit-sa-mission-actuelle-mais-son-deploiement-est-reversible-a-tout-moment-c5f21a36-1643-11f1-9747-d91830b32b05

Does anyone recognize the frigate models? The Greeks have several types, including newer French ones and older German ones.

Nevertheless, violence is largely the domain of young (and often poor) men: crime, political violence, etc.

Sorry, it wasn’t showing up on my end.

Which quote are you referring to?