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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@onlmaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>onlmaps</span></a></span> You forgot at least 1:</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WesternSahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternSahara</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SADR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SADR</span></a>) - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morocco</span></a>-occupied &amp; annexed Western <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sahara</span></a>, which is the longest, contiguous <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/landmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmine</span></a> field in the world!</p><p>(No, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Guerguerat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guerguerat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Checkpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Checkpoint</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mauritania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mauritania</span></a> doesn't count! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sahawri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sahawri</span></a> citizens are being denied entry and Morocco illegally forces migrants to cross the minefield into the lethal desert!)</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamepad.club/@nico198X" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nico198X</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.riley.pub/@robin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>robin</span></a></span> Problem with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> et. al. is that there ain't real &amp; global competitiors.</p><ul><li>AFAIK, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a>-bound <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wero</span></a> won't allow people to setup accounts outside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EFTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFTA</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> area and get them at least topped-up (unlike PayPal, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VISA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterCard</span></a>, which literally offer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a> cards aroubd the globe except North Korea, Belarus, Cuba and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WesternSahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternSahara</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SADR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SADR</span></a>)…</li></ul><p>And not only is it impractical for people to travel in person to i.e. Germany just to wait weeks (!!!) on an appointment and get a bank accout opened in person but even then the <a href="https://www.bafin.de/EN/Verbraucher/Bank/Produkte/Basiskonto/basiskonto_node_en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bsic Account</a> as per <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BaFin</span></a></span> regulations only applies to consumers in Germany and not SMEs from overseas and even then those business accounts are usually way more expensive than partnering with an expensive payment processor to outsorce headaches.</p><ul><li>Ask me how I know... </li></ul><p>Needless to say the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPalMafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPalMafia</span></a> got their power to basically monopolize global payments...</p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Wonder what's been going in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WesternSahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternSahara</span></a> the past few years? The International Crisis Group recently published a good detailed summary (PolGeoNow takes no position on their policy recommendations): <a href="https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/western-sahara/paving-way-talks-western-sahara" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no</span><span class="invisible">rth-africa/north-africa/western-sahara/paving-way-talks-western-sahara</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morocco</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Polisario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polisario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SADR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SADR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defacto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defactostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defactostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
Sherifa Zuhur<p>Al-<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Sadr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadr</span></a> Calls for Rallies Against <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Swedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swedish</span></a> Embassy Amid <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Quran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quran</span></a> Desecration Controversy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iraq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iraq</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Al-Sadr-Calls-for-Rallies-Against-Swedish-Embassy-Amid-Quran-Desecration-Controversy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Al-Sad</span><span class="invisible">r-Calls-for-Rallies-Against-Swedish-Embassy-Amid-Quran-Desecration-Controversy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kevinrns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kevinrns</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://spore.social/@gdeihl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gdeihl</span></a></span> I mean if it were my decision I would've already made a deal with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SADR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SADR</span></a>... </p><p>But I'm not <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@AuswaertigesAmt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AuswaertigesAmt</span></a></span> so yeah...</p>