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  • I think that’s very evocative phrasing for a less-than-productive message. It sounds like saying “we’re doomed anyway”, which is what the fascists want us to say.

    Privacy matters. I’ve worked at tech companies and many of them (Amazon excluded) honor their privacy policies. Especially companies with a presence in the EU or in based in California

    To those reading, feeling like there is no good in the world is a serious sign of depression. If you’re looking for a sign to talk to a professional, consider this it


  • The NYT is trying to get access to all chat logs including private ones and ones that the user requested be deleted? Yeah, no that’s really bad, please let’s not celebrate that.

    That private data could include things that would out trans people, immigrants, and other marginalized groups to a government that is actively building concentration camps.

    I don’t care about this drama over which billionaire copied another billionaire’s stuff. This request is unacceptable and needs to be stopped. Can we counter sue the NYT for breach of private data?


  • In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act into law. In theory, this outlawed the Communist Party of the United States and banned communists from serving in certain roles.

    WTF

    [It passed because] many opposed communism because of its explicitly declared and historically demonstrable goal to undermine liberal democracy. In the words of Ernest van den Haag, there was “no place in democracy for those who want to abolish [it] even with a peaceful vote”.

    • Wikipedia

    The irony of using it here would be palpable



  • I know the author will probably never read this, but in the off chance they or someone else working on open source accessibility reads it:

    Thank you. So much ❤️ Your hard work and dedication keeps me going when times get rough.

    And thanks for the rant. Nobody should have to suffer in silence, and that includes you. So any time you want to rant at us leeches about working in open source, please don’t hesitate to put us in our place.

    I hope that we find a way to make the internet a more positive and celebratory place for people like you who do hard work the rest of us don’t have the time or energy for.




  • Context: I worked in IAM (computer security) at a past job.

    In computer security, we don’t wait to get proof that a vulnerability was exploited. We have to operate under the assumption that any vulnerability was immediately exploited, and take immediate action to fix it and limit the impact. Doubly so when the stakes are high.

    We need popular support to get real security experts to investigate these claims. If there was even a single path that could have led to a vulnerability of this scale, we need to completely secure these systems and do an immediate recount/re-vote.

    I’ll also say, I was surprised to learn that these voting systems and their specs are not fully public and open source. That alone makes me very uncomfortable. Security through obscurity is not security at all.


  • That write up is much more than just “don’t vote.” It’s about fully withdrawing from the system and rejecting citizenship, including all of the things that come with it, like paying taxes and owning private property.

    If someone pays taxes, legitimizes the government, and also doesn’t vote… Then that’s likely the worst of both worlds from the author’s perspective.







  • On any site with unverified signups (all of them) you can’t.

    If you want to talk to real people, you’d have to use a platform that has in-person ID verification. Like a pub, or a park.

    Good luck finding a bot free place on your phone. It’d have to involve zero-sum proofs and biometrics. And even then you can’t really be sure that person isn’t using a bot to write without full root access to their system and a live webcam feed.