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by hn_acker 3mo ago
> Them continuing on such extremely partisan platforms like Truth Social for the left (BlueSky) Especially but not exclusively due to the fact that whatever "censorship" Bluesky imposes can be avoided with different clients in
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CARDiac, syntax coloring, view source and vibe code(pluralistic.net)
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by hn_acker 3mo ago
> The article link appropriately disqualifies itself of not being partisan Where does EFF call itself non-partisan, and how is that relevant to Twitter's/X's violations of privacy? Definitions of partisan include [1]: >
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by hn_acker 3mo ago
> The EFF's mission statement supports them prioritizing freedom and innovation over privacy. What about the sentence right before the mission statement? [1] > The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organizat
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The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work"(pluralistic.net)
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Gemini is better than search because Google enshittified search(pluralistic.net)
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Primed for Malware: Stop Selling Compromised Android Devices(eff.org)
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We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme(eff.org)
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Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones(eff.org)
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Jailbreaking Isn't Theft(pluralistic.net)
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Four Years After Dobbs, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Keep Coming for Online Speech(eff.org)
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
> In 20 years; if we are still using a keyboard & a mouse on a daily basis - it would be as awful as not getting to superintelligence. 20 years from now, I do not anticipate having any more control over a "superintelligence&quot
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
So far, the three top-level comments by Georgelemental, rayiner, and torstenvl are all ignoring that the very definition of "government" as used in the relevant law [1] explicitly includes individual government officials [2]: &g
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
Although I'm glad that the federal government and Google/Cloudflare are in alignment about the need to shorten the PQC schedule, it doesn't feel great to hear a president say > The second order I'm signing directs fed
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Supreme Court Empowers Prison Guards to Violate Religious Rights with Impunity(ballsandstrikes.org)
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
The original title is: > The Supreme Court Just Empowered Prison Guards to Violate Religious Rights With Impunity
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Illinois' Social Media Tax Is a Modern Stamp Act – and Just as Doomed(techdirt.com)
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What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance(pluralistic.net)
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
Historical context at [1]: > In 1999, a case testing these protections made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. In Olmstead v. L.C., two women with mental disabilities sued Georgia, arguing that the state had failed its obligation to provide s
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Trump DOJ Outlines Dubious Path to Force People into Psychiatric Institutions(motherjones.com)
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
Medicare covers only a minority of the population but (and?) relies heavily on the general US private healthcare system. At minimum, Medicare cost is affected by high drug prices (perpetuated by lobbying-influenced government avoidance of p
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
> The later is the case that then supreme court ruled on in 2024 ( https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c100l6jrjvno ). > I suspect it goes to explain why this new bill is bipartisan. That case failed because the
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
"Government coercion" are important keywords used by EFF here.
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
It's an interesting new phenomenon.
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A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech(eff.org)
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Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)
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For comparison [1]: > When I was at NOAA we were forbidden to share information about severe weather incidents until the official notice so as not to affect those who trade in weather stocks. Why are our "leaders" not held to t
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The Stock Market Should Never Determine Foreign Policy(barrons.com)
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by hn_acker 4mo ago
Alt link with no paywall [1]. The full title is: > Donald Trump Has It Wrong. The Stock Market Should Never Determine Foreign Policy. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/donald-trump-has-it-...
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Field Notes from a Year of Opsec Training(eff.org)
14 points by hn_acker 4mo ago|0 comments

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