Eugen RochkoMay 16, 2017
The British tabloid press has doxxed the guy who stopped WannaCry https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/15/doxing-hero-stopped-wannacry-irresponsible-dumb/
Show threadAntoine Aflalo

@Gargron
Researcher: Respect my privacy 🔏
Journalist: he has something to hide! Everybody want to be in the tabloid! Look how much he likes pizza 🍕

Wow... Great journalism there...

May 16, 2017 at 12:00pmWeb
Show threadSandro HawkeMay 16, 2017
@Balor @Gargron Unfortunately, structurally, journalism is a bit like open source used for ill. A massively parallel / decentralized (human) system motivated, in this case, to get people's attention. Odds are it's going to do bad things.
Show threadAntoine AflaloMay 16, 2017

@Gargron @sandhawke add to that that advertiser are pushing for this kind of attention and you have a recipe for disaster.

It's a pity... It's so hard theses days to get good information.

Show threadSandro HawkeMay 16, 2017
@Balor @Gargron I see Mastodon as the best step in a long time toward improving that situation. It's got a ways to go, but I'm optimistic.
Show threadAntoine AflaloMay 16, 2017

@Gargron @sandhawke we need to see how many instances will stay up in the long-term.

This is the only part that scares me. I'm not sure people will keep running them as the cost to do it rise, as much as money wise and time wise.

Show threadSandro HawkeMay 16, 2017
@Balor @Gargron Indeed. Perhaps the highest priority, then, should be migration, so users simply move rather than be burned. Content migration is easy enough; follower migration is harder, but even a partial version might be good enough. https://github.com/swicg/general/issues/1 I'd also like a clear ToS flag where admins explicitly commit to N-days notice of ending support.