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Good thread here that provides a counter-balance. https://twitter.com/nireyal/status/1443882540868063241?s=21

https://twitter.com/NiamhSweeneyNYC/status/13471854630571171...

Slack took over the world ? They only have 12M DAU. Sure, they’re successful in the enterprise market in the US, but by no means they have taken over the world.

Isn't this what Sacha Baron Cohen asked for in his speech? That there be state mandated rules on what's fake vs not. I don't think this issue has any good solutions - damned if you…

Apple makes a big deal about on-device security but they heavily promote backing up data to iCloud. They hold the keys to iCloud encrypted backups, and your backed up messages are …

This. Apple cooperates a lot with law enforcement than they let out. While they make a big deal about on-device security, iCLoud which most users turn on is the loophole. Apple tur…

You are making a bunch of assertions with no basis. WhatsApp's encryption hasn't been weakened. FB can't look at encrypted message content, neither can WhatsApp. A lot of people us…

Yup, it just seems like some random unsubstantiated theory being touted by VCs who want to show they're smart.

I'm looking to accumulate a list of dark patterns that are misleading and lead users to mismanage their own privacy or leads to unintended outcomes. The goal is to create a templat…

+1 It seems like someone just created a spreadsheet with no description of what methodology was used to test the assertions.

I find all these articles that try to compare and measure sympathy and emotion as pointless. People are comparing the outpouring of grief for Cecil to apathy towards human killings…

I hope not. I think it's like the nuclear arms race. Everyone wants one so that it can deter it's enemies but using a nuclear weapon can be disastrous. Similarly, the US strategy h…

I think cyber warfare is inevitable. Because systems are so complex, defensive techniques will always fall short. The only effective deterrent is an offensive attack or at least th…

I guess this is a way for YC to participate in the upside of the most successful companies without creating signaling risk. But from a pure investment perspective, there's a possib…

Yeah, I think they could be trolling. And, yes, if so the whole thing does seem flippant, given that real people have lost jobs and had their names splashed all across media. But I…

Sam Altman's response https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3cs78i/whats_the_...