Yeah, I agree that’s the more likely scenario. People seem to worry way too much about AI, when it’s really only going to replace junior devs, and only for short-sighted companies.

I meant the user on TikTok, I used “you” in a general sense. I apologize that wasn’t clear.

And after a quick review of the links you posted (<5 min), it looks like he’s more a software design and ethics enthusiast than a privacy advocate. The fact that he has no privacy-friendly platforms on their website and the only ones listed are perhaps the worst for personal privacy (LinkedIn and TikTok) makes me more confident that my assessment is correct.

It’s certainly not conclusive though, since other privacy advocates also tend to have accounts at those places (e.g. Naomi Brockwell has IG and Twitter (hasn’t updated to X lol) in addition to TikTok, LinkedIn, and YT, but she also has Odyssey, which is a step in the right direction. She’s looking for maximum reach, and her content is almost exclusively about privacy. I would prefer that she also have PeerTube, Matrix, etc, but she’s targeting a specific demographic here.

So yeah, idk, but it definitely seems that privacy isn’t nearly as important to him as software ethics, and those are very different (though related) things.

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Odd, because I didn’t get it blessed by a priest. :)

Seriously though, there’s a pretty big difference between doing the genocide yourself and supplying weapons to an ally, who uses those weapons for genocide.

Where do I begin:

1. China has more-or-less direct control over the app, and China is an enemy of the US
2. extensive tracking
3. it’s designed specifically to be addictive instead of beneficial

Other SM apps do 2 and 3, but that doesn’t mean TikTok is okay, it means those other apps are also terrible.

Recent, extensive, and active. The US doesn’t have a direct part in Gaza, China has a direct part in the issues w/ the Uyghurs.

I’m not saying the US is innocent here, just that they’re very different situations.

More like they just learned about politics from some very biased sources.

Or better yet, contribute to something that opposes mainstream social media. If you have development skills, help build something viable. If you don’t, encourage others to use something viable.

That’s not a point in either’s favor. That’s a moral wash.

Ok, you’re either trolling or been fed a lot of misinformation. The problem is about recency and extensiveness, and China is worse on both.

Not clicking that link, but the mere fact of having an account there means you don’t care about your privacy IMO.

You just need to be careful of which part of gov you give the finger to, and where you are when you give it.

Snowden did it the right way, he gave the middle finger on foreign soil and made it to an enemy of the state’s soil before the gov caught up.

It goes both ways, users are giving the middle finger to the US gov, the US gov is giving the middle finger to the Chinese gov. Lots of middle fingers flying around.

To be fair, the law is broad enough that it could target these other services as well pretty easily.

Both can be true. I’m against banning TikTok, but I also think TikTok is absolutely terrible and nobody should use it. China is authoritarian, and this ban by the US is wrong. I say this as an American.

I’m behind CGNAT, so I have a local DNS server that resolves to the internal IP, and regular DNS resolves to my VPS, which tunnels into my home network through Wireguard.

If you’re not behind CGNAT, you’ll just hit your router after DNS resolution and you’re golden.

I think it’s more that devs see Linux support as a liability. Linux market share is low, and supporting Linux opens them up to Linux specific cheats, so they’ll need to spend resources on Linux specific mitigations. Why do all that for ~2% market share, most of whom seem content not playing their games?

I don’t think we need to jump to conspiracy theories. If Linux adoption gets to 10% or so and still see this issue maybe the conspiracy theory carries some weight.

You’re doing fine. Have a wonderful day.

Yup, I occasionally read their articles. It’s nowhere near where it was before Google ate its lunch, but it’s not Google, so I give them some views from time to time.

I don’t think anyone is blaming him for making the deal, they’re just mad that the deal exists.

If I got that payout, I’d be able to retire…

Doesn’t Windows as well?

Regardless, Windows recording literally everything I do is worse than logging the apps I open.