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The disclosure isn't that HN's comments are public (of course they're public), it's that the US government has decided to start trawling them in bulk. That's no
by perihelions 2y ago
The disclosure isn't that HN's comments are public (of course they're public), it's that the US government has decided to start trawling them in bulk. That's not exceptionally surprising either, but it wasn't certain, and it's IMO notable that that's now a confirmed thing.
- pvg 2y agoit's that the US government has decided to start trawling them. It's some ICE contractor make-work, an actual obvious case of government waste.
- PaulHoule 2y agoAnd "Facebook", "Flickr", "Fetlife", "Fediverse" [1], "FlightFinder", and "Furaffinity" in the F's. Not to mention "PGP", "Peleton", "AnimePlanet", "Apple Music", "Bodybuilding", "Companies House"... It would be news if any site got left out -- gotta tell them they got to keep an eye on "DPReview". [1] but not Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc. I got the feeling these folks might have trouble finding some of the sites that want to surveil