@Colman @coffeekomrade @arstechnica which is my original point. As a pro-open web person, the idea of geocaching entire countries/regions disturbs me. As does the idea that to protect myself I would have to potentially geometric access to my website, even for read only. Again, I have no doubt that Threads/Meta is doing evil stuff with tracking, so I don’t defend them. It’s a case of competing core principles, and I don’t know that I like either side of the argument.
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@mrawdon I always thought that the Jedi should have had a hard time predicting where droids would shoot because droids are “non-living” and outside the force as far as being able to read their minds, etc. but that boat sailed in TPM, if not earlier.
@mrawdon I agree overall. The only iffy bit for me is if this somehow ends up with someone worse. Like someone who wouldn’t have extended the debt ceiling which would be catastrophic. McCarthy is an untrustworthy weasel, but at the end of the day not a suicidal one. There’s always the chance the next will be worse. Like the people who thought that Trump was good to get the 2016 nomination because no way he could win.
@coffeekomrade @Colman @arstechnica I agree it’s the best technical answer. But I dislike it from an ethical standpoint (the web should be open) and from a who’s responsibility standpoint. If Florida banned the sale of rainbow flags, I can agree that my website shouldn’t sell them to you, but not that I should have to block you from seeing the website. Again, meta goes further with their active tracking,
@coffeekomrade @Colman @arstechnica agreed. It’s tricky when talking about internet and international laws. If I build a website for a plumbing company in Florida, I shouldn’t need to know what the laws are in Europe or Japan. But it also feels wrong to say that I should actively block those countries to avoid jurisdiction.
@tfab09 @arstechnica I’d be more concerned about one company (Sony) edging out a console maker. Game developers are a far more renewable resource. The barrier to entry to making a great FPS is a lot lower than making a console.
@scentedbuttholes no, but my concern is that a small operation might be a lot more vulnerable to a fishing expedition / compromise of security by state actors then a big one. To be clear, it doesn’t mean I won’t use (I am already here after all), but it makes me wish that the federations would put together a legal alliance team to at least be a defense. (yes, you don’t have to without a court order, but a legal team contesting overbroad court orders is just as important as a basic firewall)
@arstechnica this highlights one of my concerns with the federated services. Who’s going to risk paying for lawyers when the FBI comes knocking on a small instance server asking for details they may not have the right to have.