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> Users willing to give up privacy for convenience.

It’s not possible to give up that which you do not have. And the convenience isn’t for the users

If you’re trying to leave Facebook, going to WhatsApp might not be the best move.

If you received the text about the account hack as I did, it had this at the end of the message:

“Learn more about practices that keep your account secure and general recommendations for protecting yourself: “

When on a support call with them, they claimed that my account was fine and I had nothing to worry about. And then the last thing they tell you is to improve your security.

The government believes it can create a surveillance state and at the same time retain control over the data created by its civil rights violations. Also, if the company wouldn't exist without government funding either directly or indirectly then the third party doctrine should not apply.

Nudity is not inherently sexual. It's your default state as a human.

Cameras with facial and gait recognition everywhere you go

RFID/NFC broadcasters/scanners all over the place

Credit cards that track your spending and movement

Contact tracing

Daily massive data breaches

Social media manipulation

Every modern car has built in GPS tracking that is uploaded to the dealer and stored

Three letter agency programs to capture as much metadata and content as possible

Hash bashed copyright scanning enforcement on your local devices

Oh and the stuff you create on these services? They own it. Everything they "sell" to you? You're renting it.

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Sorry for the rant but the reality is that this is already a dystopian nightmare and there is no way to go back.

The only difference between what the cell carriers consider business as usual and a “hack” is getting paid for your data.

EDIT: And who knows, maybe after insurance payouts and tax write offs and the usual corporate B.S., it’s still as profitable if they just sold it directly

I’m honestly fine with Apple doing this if it’s for the stated reasons. But experience has shown me that this is essentially copyright infringement enforcement dressed up in some emotional blackmail. Of course the point where this became inevitable was when Apple began creating and distributing media.

Of course they would fight it, disinformation is very profitable for them.

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Why not limit available content based on the payment information instead of IP address?

I'm sure there are international travelers that would be inconvenienced but Netflix could create a separate plan for them.

The federal government should quit using private companies to get around the limitations placed on it by the powers enumerated in the constitution.

Psychiatric hospitals have an enormous amount of power that not many people realize. M1 holds can be re-applied indefinitely to basically confine you against your will. Then almost like in the old Soviet Union days, they can medicate you until you exhibit the symptoms of the diagnosis the hospital wants, thus covering up the initial reason for being admitted.

This is correct. Qualified immunity is something that not many people understand. Cops can say or do anything about you for as long as they want and you have no recourse.

This situation can lead to even more negative impacts on the employee down the line as a company can use your employment verification step to confidentially say anything they want about you. Employers have entirely too much power over your reputation and career even when you are long gone.

Just wait until this behavior is combined with a social credit system.

Many of these companies invested tons of money in commercial real estate and can’t afford for that to have been a bad investment. Apple is a great example. They built a spaceship.

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The calculator likely exploded

Unless you're a funeral director

I’m not an expert on UK law. However this has been generally accepted for about a millennium:

The Magna Carta -

“No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.”

He has a right to a trial by jury, not indefinite detention.

Imagine how valuable Google would be if people believed they protected privacy.

The correlation between creation and consumption based on the device form factor is something to consider. A desktop computer often provided a good balance between the two.

Now with the corporate web, perhaps it’s no accident consumption devices have become so widespread.

Who else is in the Moonball league? Other Moon teams?

Yeah, fair point and largely the point of the article. Too many conditions exist for Signal to accidentally reveal information. I still wonder how many people assume the privacy offered is much more than just the data in transit. I’d bet a large percentage of users believe that.

Related question… How can an app developer guarantee end to end encryption when the main entry point is almost always a virtual keyboard? Seems like the weakest part of the chain.

Just wait until you all start hearing about the punitive psychology being actively used by law enforcement against U.S. Citizens. Methods and procedures trained against Guantanamo detainees. Awful stuff to do to any human.

In reality, the police were likely violating his rights and doing some good old fashioned parallel construction. They had his prints from his products, knew who he was already, waited until they watched him post a picture of cheese, then claimed it was only the picture that caused him to be caught.

This is a clear change in police methods, enabled by tech, and an abuse of your constitutional rights if this was a U.S. citizen. But hey, it’s funny because the guy liked cheese.