Tim BrayDec 29, 2022
I know, it’s just a “Someone Is Wrong On The Internet” piece, but that NYTimes piece about Why Signal Is Bad And Privacy Is Bad needs to be refuted in a compact explainer, so here’s mine: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/29/Privacy-is-OK
Privacy Is OK

ongoing by Tim Bray
Show threadCharles RoperDec 29, 2022
@timbray What I find worrying about this is not the piece itself - it’s an argument that has been raging for some time (in UK at least as part of online safety bill, not sure about US). What’s worrying is that it is placed with NYT, a solidly left leaning paper. Who or what is behind what feels like this quite deliberate political placement?
Show threadKitty (she/her)
@charlesroper
The NYT hasn't been reliably left-leaning for a while now, though.
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Show threadCharles RoperDec 29, 2022
@kitrona @timbray Yes, that's the point. They're a left leaning paper. This is not the sort of story you would normally read in such a paper. So why now? I can't believe it is simple ignorance. But I'm not exactly tuned in to the details of American politics, so maybe this sort of message is pretty normal for left of centre media?
Show threadKitty (she/her)Dec 29, 2022
@charlesroper
No, they're not left-leaning, and haven't been for quite a while. That was my point. They haven't been left-leaning at least since they started supporting attacks on trans people by allowing anti-trans articles by transphobia to be published. This article is not surprising.
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Show threadCharles RoperDec 30, 2022
@kitrona @timbray Ah, maybe that's it then? (Sorry, I misread what you originally said)