@fromjason Sounds a lot like how people feel about #Moxie, the official soft drink of the state of #Maine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie
Moxie - Wikipedia

@divVerent The problem is that @signalapp mandates #PII like #PhoneNumbers, which is critical for said #phishing...

#Signal can spout all their "#Metadata" - #FUD all day but in the end they fall under #CloudAct and will snitch on users because if they didn't it would've been a statistical inevitability that @Mer__edith and #Moxie would've been in jail and Signal shutdown like #EncroChat was.

  • Make of that what you will, but demanding a #PhoneNumber [which is either directly ("#KYC!") or indirectly / circumstantially linked to a person should be seen as *THE BIGGEST RED FLAG for any service.
    • It's like asking for an #ID at a store not as means to "verify age" with like a #DOB & Photo on something not trivial to forge but rather demanding someone's address just to buy a beer!

Moxie / NIKS @ The White Hotel - 06 Mar feat. Moxie, NIKS

#SESH #Moxie #NIKS

https://sesh.sx/e/1569741

Moxie: por que confiar no criador do Signal

Quem você acredita quando o assunto é PRIVACIDADE? 🤔🔒

• Palavras do próprio Moxie — não é o Eddie falando.
• Moxie é o criador do Signal e do protocolo Whisper.
• Whisper é usado por muitos sistemas de mensageria para garantir privacidade e criptografia ponta a ponta.
• É o estado da arte para comunicação entre duas partes sem que um terceiro possa interceptar.
• Conclusão: se o...

#privacidade #segurança #criptografia #Signal #Moxie #MorningCrypto

#amber #moxie #Relics #history
Highland sticky syrup ruckus
Rolling history's fields
Hair silks tainted stations
Squishy sand pies camelized
Hazel eyes duplicates
Spruced green journeys
Boomers got tee time
Snow cones frozed
Intensive credits united
Healthy survivors righteous
Sunsets Amber's ember
Mayas remember? we were friends now not so much Calvary comeback gave gravel graveyard pop-up
Staves with spades filets
Chopped orlaf mushrooms
Records of space
Weird time case ...
I don't understand how Moxie Marlinspike's Confer "Private LLM" works

So I was reading [this article](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messag…

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115890507145344401

So sad, another case of #AIhype crossing the blood-brain barrier, skipping the part of your brain that always asks „but why?”.

Yes, #LLM #chatbot​s have a inherent econonic #privacy problem, but … that's not our biggest problem with them.
Yes, Trump reeks of old man stench, but that really is not our biggest problem with him.

What a waste of time and talent.

#Moxie #confer #encryption

Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging

Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.

Ars Technica

Lockhart ISD partners with developer on teacher housing

As the Lockhart Independent School District continues growing, the district is looking at ways to attract and keep teachers in the area.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/caldwell-county/lockhart-isd-partners-with-developer-on-teacher-housing/

#CaldwellCounty #Austin #Education #Local #News #Texas #TopStories #AffordableHousing #CentralTexas #Growth #Lockhart #LockhartIsd #Moxie #RedOakDevelopment #School #TeacherHousing #Teachers

I used Moxie Pest Control. When I was laid off, it was one of the services I intended pause, or to temporarily cancel if they didn't have a service pause. Moxie told me there is no pause, so I opted to cancel, then resubscribe when I was employed.

A month later they sent an email stating if I did not confirm the cancellation that my November service would be scheduled. I replied my displeasure with that email and noted a firm confirmation of cancellation and a request not to sour the relationship.

Today I got a reminder for my scheduled service.

I called and was greeted by their new phone based AI chatbot.

I requested a person and it insisted it should help me. So I told it I wanted cancellation for an account that was supposed to already be cancelled.

I informed the rep of the situation, that I initially planned to return once I was employed again, and that this whole experience convinced me I don't want to see their business at my home again. He gave his nonsense, of course. Then offered a free service.

I hate repeating myself. I insisted I never want to see them here again.

Because it's a sales tactic to keep the account open. You might think it's stupid to reject a free service, but it's specifically designed to keep the account open.

At the end I explained their use of an AI chatbot on the phones was also a problem for me. "I don't like talking to AI chatbots."

Louis Rossmann is currently on a crusade for consumer rights, among which includes right to cancel. Moxie just placed themselves in the same position as gyms, basically. Cancellation of service should NEVER be more difficult than it is to sign up.

So it looks like I'll be looking for a new pest control later.

#Moxie #MoxiePestControl #ConsumerRights #RightToCancel