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The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
Rather the US than the PRC or Putin though. But I'd prefer the EU, imo.
The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
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This kind of response illustrates my point. The apple policy was likely about coming up with a way to enable encrypted photos on iCloud while still having some privacy preserving form of CSAM detection. Since it was only enabled when iCloud photos was enabled it was better for privacy on net than the status quo (unencrypted iCloud photos that are accessible to apple and scanned anyway). Now we may end up with a worse…
people are extremely up-in-arms about something that apple already does, and that every other cloud provider do, but when they made it public everyone went crazy. now we don't have CSAM scanning, totally unencrypted and accessible iCloud Photo Library, and for what? because people want privacy. you don't own anyone else's cloud and you never will, and especially not with government intervention. while i support priva…
I mean this in the most gentle and sincere way: This is just fascism of a different color.
When you support the curtailing of freedom of speech, then you enter into a slippery slope where it's possible that new regimes can use that power against you.
In all but the rarest cases where people are harassed and driven to commit suicide [1], hurtful words are just words. Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.
If you eliminated all of racism, sexism, and anti-LGBT feelings from the world tomorrow, you would still run into people that dislike you. That's just how people are. We're evolved apes, and a lot of us make in-group/out-group decisions on the most trivial lines. Class, style, designer clothing, attractiveness, rivalry, sports teams, school, etc., etc., etc.
No matter how many layers of protection you put on, you will always run into hate and unpleasantness.
You can't remove one of the most liberating and important features of our democracy - one that anticipates all types of futures and stands against any of their possible tyrannies - just to not have hurt feelings. That would be the mother of all bad trades.
When things get physical, there are laws to protect you. Even hate crime laws that escalate punishments. These are adequate protections.
Your brain is going to have to learn how to dust off the hurt. That's what makes us rugged, fierce, and independent.
I've been called a "f*ggot", bastard (it's true), short, ugly, and many worse, entirely hurtful things throughout my life. I'd like to think I'm doing alright despite it.
[1] Restraining orders and other legal protections for people being abused and bullied, especially online, need to be further developed. That said, there isn't a fine line between what politicians such as Ted Cruz face on a daily basis from Twitter and what pushes individuals such as Near to commit suicide.
The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
Rather the US than the PRC or Putin though. But I'd prefer the EU, imo.
They even brag about this in their own party-media: https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-tele...
I haven't tried reading the text of The Act, most of the press about it focuses on E2EE-type messaging systems. So presumably if this passes, Signal would have to move offshore or something? (for example) But what about HTTPS certificates, would The Act have any effect on them? Would there be any legal issues with (for example) running your own Matrix server? And what about hosting providers (instead of platforms). W…
Signal has threatened to exit the US market in the past, IIRC.
It would be "NoSignal" from this Act on.
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I'm disappointed that Jacky Rosen (D - Nevada) is a co-sponsor. She's a former software developer and should know better. I just watched some of the Senate hearing on Log4J and she seemed reasonably together on security, open source etc. I was feeling optimistic that she could become the Senatorial analogue to Judge Alsup[1]! But if she's on board with EARN IT, scratch that idea. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/…
> I'm disappointed that Jacky Rosen (D - Nevada) is a co-sponsor. She's a former software developer and should know better. I don't know why you feel this way - IME software devs are the least likely to care about privacy. Maybe they've been so acclimatized to being online all the time, or maybe it's because they feel that they aren't at risk. In any event, the first people to throw away their privacy has always been…
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> I'm disappointed that Jacky Rosen (D - Nevada) is a co-sponsor. She's a former software developer and should know better. I don't know why you feel this way - IME software devs are the least likely to care about privacy. Maybe they've been so acclimatized to being online all the time, or maybe it's because they feel that they aren't at risk. In any event, the first people to throw away their privacy has always been…
But software developers know . Surely, surely , there can't be anybody who knows , understands and still supports this stuff‽
Most people would trade their mother for some shiny - that's why we have laws to protect from predatory behaviour. And software devs are just people, in the end.
The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
Still yes US holds main strings. This act is about grabbing it all, so my high certainty prediction is that US would loose all it had. (read my longer post)
For the convenient clicker: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30298373
The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
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Rather the US than the PRC or Putin though. But I'd prefer the EU, imo.
Don't hold your breath. We have plenty of political forces here that don't like encrypted communication. SPD in Germany would gladly see Telegram be completely banned. They even brag about this in their own party-media: https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-tele...
They are like the people complaining about distrust in government while regularly extending surveillance of citizens.