Mastodawn

After 15+ years of solid use I'm finally giving up on #Homebrew on MacOS; it was once the first thing I installed on any new Mac but now it's hindering me running older-but-still-capable machines. The surprising thing so far has been how little I'm missing it.

Alec Muffett Apr 15

I'm not a fan of iOS but in attempting to keep track of my kid's beloved plushie I'm at the cusp of buying a refurbished iPad & a batch of AirTags in order to keep track of it; unless anyone has better suggestions?

Alec Muffett Apr 15

‘Von der Leyen Announces the EU’s New Age Verification App Claiming it is “Completely Anonymous” & users “Cannot be Tracked”’ | …the EU is about to have its ‘Clipper’ moment
https://alecmuffett.com/article/156478
#AgeVerification #ZeroKnowledge #clipper #eu #oops #rofl

‘Von der Leyen Announces the EU’s New Age Verification App Claiming it is “Completely Anonymous” & users “Cannot be Tracked”’ | …the EU is about to have its ‘Clipper’ moment

Who is going to be this generation’s Matt Blaze? :-) The Clipper Chip was announced on April 16, 1993. 33 years, less 1 day:

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Alec Muffett Apr 13

From 2019: ‘If there were 5 million “bad people” on Facebook – terrorists, criminals, drug-dealers, whatever – that would be 0.2% of the userbase’
https://alecmuffett.com/article/156179
#OnlineSafety

From 2019: ‘If there were 5 million “bad people” on Facebook – terrorists, criminals, drug-dealers, whatever – that would be 0.2% of the userbase’

99.8% would not be “bad people”. This is “scale”. Occasionally people need reminding how this works.

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Alec Muffett Apr 13

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116395778447572916

"People with money are spending it wrong."

Alec Muffett Apr 13

I find it bizarre that the AgeVerification (AV) industry says “platforms don’t want AV because they don’t want private data” – BUT civil society says “platforms DO want AV because they want private data”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/156094
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct

I find it bizarre that the AgeVerification (AV) industry says “platforms don’t want AV because they don’t want private data” – BUT civil society says “platforms DO want AV because they want private data”

It’s like those criticisms of the BBC where they receive conflicting hate from both sides, so you have to start wondering whether the platforms aren’t simply doing the right thing to ha…

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Alec Muffett Apr 13

Trump posts graphic video of slaying to argue for stricter immigration policies | BBC News
https://alecmuffett.com/article/155924
#OnlineSafety #trump

Trump posts graphic video of slaying to argue for stricter immigration policies | BBC News

“Hey, d’ya remember the good old days back when journalists, politicians & civil society would rage that platforms “must do more to take down violent content” – in…

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Alec Muffett Apr 12

I find it disappointing that so many folk in "digital rights" today are defining themselves wholly via opposition to [phenomena & entities] rather than in pursuit & support of [liberties & capabilities]; it's tragically narrow, limiting, & strategically unwise.

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Alec Muffett Apr 11

Quoth @EFFLive:

"We stay [on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook] because the people on those platforms deserve access to information, too"

But the people on X are just pond scum?

If not, why do they not deserve access to information, too, #EFF?

https://x.com/vxunderground/status/2042874708949877078

Alec Muffett Apr 10

In a X/Twitter post that garnered over 3.2 million impressions, EFF declares X is”…no longer where the fight is happening”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/155764
#TakingMyBallAndGoingHome #eff

In a X/Twitter post that garnered over 3.2 million impressions, EFF declares X is”…no longer where the fight is happening”

A startling revelation: if folk who are supposed to be fighting for your rights abandon the battlefield in fear & despair, then there will no longer be a fight. Who would have guessed? Supposed…

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