Interesting read on #matrix privacy issues (reading the official response to it now, linked to the gist). Best case interpretation: even when everyone has the best intentions #privacy is hard (you don't have to be #facebook to slurp up data without explicit consent)
https://gist.github.com/maxidorius/5736fd09c9194b7a6dc03b6b8d7220d0
@privacytools dang, that's so much less cluttered!
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WeChat is fascinating in that it's like watching a grim cyberpunk story unfolding in real life.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-48552907
This is not a good thing. Cyberpunk was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual.
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@jonah seems to be on the server side, I am seeing that issue on the web too. correction on scope though, seems to affect viewing federated accounts only e.g. @michel_slm
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Yale Privacy Lab explains why they won’t recommend Purisms LibremOne services.
https://twitter.com/YalePrivacyLab/status/1139039274987327489
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@jonah something seems a bit off - on Tusky I can't see anyone's toot history when viewing their profile, whether local or federated. Works fine on my accounts on other instances
Facebook Production Engineer by day, #privacy enthusiast by night. #Linux user since 1998, #Fedora package maintainer since 2005. @michel-slm for my cat pictures.