smbullet | 3 years ago | on: The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter in 2015
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smbullet | 3 years ago | on: Signal Introduces Stories
That reason might be a nice scapegoat that they invented after criticism because it's mentioned nowhere in their official announcement.
>There are three big reasons why we’re removing SMS support for the Android app now: prioritizing security and privacy, ensuring people aren’t hit with unexpected messaging bills, and creating a clear and intelligible user experience for anyone sending messages on Signal.
https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/
So I think this "myth" will probably persist for a while.
smbullet | 4 years ago | on: US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
I don't know where you got terrorism from. The definition under question is "domestic extremism" which is not well defined. Depending on who you ask an extremist can vary between anyone who believes in the 2nd amendment to actual terrorists.
smbullet | 4 years ago | on: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said
America has an enormous obesity problem which contributes to a significant number of Covid fatalities. When we tell Americans to get healthy it's mostly targeted towards those people.
smbullet | 4 years ago | on: Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool
Could you please explain how an optional feature is user exploitation?
smbullet | 4 years ago | on: “They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
It doesn't sound like either of those reverts are necessarily for malicious patches. They are reverting all commits from umn.edu addresses regardless of their involvement with this professor.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
> The allegations are all innuendo without proof
Unless you have proof that the allegations are false then you cannot say the absolute worst case is she has a questionable history.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
> at worst, questionable
Don't you mean at best?
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling
I'll admit that if the GP holds the opinion that all ad blockers are "scummy" then I wouldn't be bothered. But considering I never see ublock origin get criticism here I have to assume that when most people criticize Brave's business model, they don't actually care about the publishers.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling
That's a feature, not a bug. The point of the Brave ad blocker is to (optionally) replace unethical ads with ethical ones so you can compensate the content creators you browse. How is this scummy?
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Google-free /e/ OS is now selling preloaded phones in the US, starting at $380
Agreed, I'd probably pick one up if my pinephone wasn't already in the mail.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: The curious case of the handlebar bag scam
I've also been scammed with Ebay + PayPal. Now that I know how useless PayPal is I will never use them again. Never had any issues (or heard of people having issues) with requesting a chargeback with Citi or Chase.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Things Nerds Can Appreciate about Football’s Game Design
I don't understand the racism here. Millions of white kids, consisting of every position in football, would kill to get a chance to play professionally. You're acting like only black kids are allowed to be linemen.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: School or Prison
Calling somebody sheltered is objectively a personal attack on this forum.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: School or Prison
Rather than personal attacks you should take the time to actually respond to their comment if you feel so strongly against it.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Facebook and Twitter
> It’s worth noting that the first thing Parler did was start censoring anyone unsupportive of their form of conservatism.
Thanks for the link but nothing in that article supports this comment. The only mention of content not allowed is:
1. Matze's post about spam, NSFW content, and death threats not being allowed (https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs/public...)
and
2. Matze's post about banning the accounts of a group of ANTIFA supporters (https://imgur.com/WaAMEyn). This image was linked without any context (perhaps because Matze posted this without any context) so we don't know why these accounts were banned.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Facebook and Twitter
Do you have a source for this? Genuinely curious and couldn't find anything searching myself.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Is there still somebody in the Cairo community who is able to make a release?
Weird, I guess the first comment on your HN account isn't allowed to be political.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Is there still somebody in the Cairo community who is able to make a release?
Just an FYI, all of your comments are getting automatically marked dead.
smbullet | 5 years ago | on: Gender and Race Preferences in Hiring at Silicon Valley Tech Firms [pdf]
They're saying it's dangerous to have an Us vs Them attitude when it comes to race.
- If he's charging for the service now then he'll clearly do anything to maximize profits.
- If the service remains free then he clearly needs to sell granular user data to stay above water.
Perhaps I'm missing the point you're trying to make but I don't think you can conclude anything from this.