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 threadDamien MurtaghDec 30, 2022
@timbray couldn't read the NYT article, did he bother to mention that dispute having access to the vast majority of Jan 6th communication, the 'good guys' proceeded to do nothing?
Show threadPatrick
@damomurtagh @timbray wonderful point! I was going to point out that it seems we have a sh*tload of criminal records on certain (former) politicians and nothing happens. So it’s not about privacy or encryption, it’s about the missing will to do something, but still asking for more and more data.
Dec 30, 2022 at 6:41amWeb