last boost, tangentially
the range of services where it is /technically possible/ to run your own, but this is heavily discouraged, heavily obscured, and|or intentionally made difficult (e.g. Firefox Sync, Signal[*]) should be called
(*: with Matrix and Mastodon (n.b. not fedi, Mastodon) moving in that direction with matrix.org. and mastodon.social.)
@chjara If I wanted to steal military secrets, I would just add a crappy version of them in the game and wait for the inevitable leak of classified data.
"De foto-herkenning en waarschuwingsbrief na een klimaatdemonstratie op Schiphol roept veel vragen op. Justitie gaat een grens over door zonder waarborgen burgers te koppelen aan een strafbaar feit."
---> "En dan begint het Kafkaësk te worden."
---> "Maar het wordt nog erger."
(Van @chrisklomp71 )
https://chrisklomp.nl/gezichtsherkenning-onschuldig-in-het-systeem/
Probably none of us who spent a lot of time there like to admit it, but Twitter was in many ways massively multi-player online game for news/policy people.
And by introducing what were essentially for-fee cheat codes, Elon broke the game.
I don't see a lot of tech reporting reflecting this reality, and that's unfortunate.
In the process of moving to @joepie91. This account will stay active for the foreseeable future! But please also follow the other one.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
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Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
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Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.