My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook Goodbye post

Post by kop316 » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 1:14 PM UTC

yodsanklai wrote: post #5

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #2

As cited in this article, Frances Haugen is arguing against allowing Facebook to use end-to-end encryption because she suggests Facebook should have more surveillance of private communications: https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1452309133928054799?s... A lot of people jumped to the defense of the Facebook leaker because the media so successfully framed it as a “whistleblower” situation, but that’s not really wha…

HN is a bit schizophrenic on this topic. On one hand, it seems everybody wants more freedom and less surveillance, but they give FB a hard time for not monitoring content better. Hopefully these aren't the same people expressing these contradictory points of view. I'd be curious to know what both side think the ideal social network should look like.

Post by fareesh » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

AlexB138 wrote: post #9

fareesh wrote: post #6

On the popularity of Haugen: I find it amusing how your government treats a whistleblower who is promoting government control over social media, vs the way your government treats a whistleblower who leaks evidence of government spying and abuse. The fact that Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are treated the way they are (and the earlier treatment of Manning) gives the US government zero credibility on press freedom,…

> I find it amusing how your government treats a whistleblower who is promoting government control over social media, vs the way your government treats a whistleblower who leaks evidence of government spying and abuse. That is because e.g. Snowden is actually a whistleblower, warning the people against the powers that be, and Haugen is an activist pushing for an agenda which aligns with what the powers that be want,…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

54b4b54 wrote: post #3

"feel weird, in a “Frances Haugen may have messed-up my legacy” kind of way." Should have blown the whistle then. All engineers in tech have a certain level of ethical responsibility they have completely failed to maintain. An internal good bye letter you hope never gets leaked because it might ruin your chances with other companies later in life sounds like quite the opposite of that ethical responsibility. Fuck you…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

Post by marcinzm » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 1:21 PM UTC

fareesh wrote: post #6

On the popularity of Haugen: I find it amusing how your government treats a whistleblower who is promoting government control over social media, vs the way your government treats a whistleblower who leaks evidence of government spying and abuse. The fact that Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are treated the way they are (and the earlier treatment of Manning) gives the US government zero credibility on press freedom,…