jolic

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by jolic 9y ago
I'm saying that both the claim that "WhatsApp is effective" and that "it is effective against mass surveillance" might be untrue even if it is effective at E2E encryption. You can argue that WhatsApp itself de facto
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by jolic 9y ago
The public editor wouldn't know any of that. It's pretty much thier job to not take someone at thier word. Even if he could verify each person's contribution, their position in the field and the relevance of these facts to th
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by jolic 9y ago
It's still not entirely accurate, or at least conclusive, that WhatsApp effectively protects people against mass surveillance. It might be that there's enough other sources, messages aren't that valuable in the first place or
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by jolic 9y ago
Few of the people on the list have any, at least obvious, position outside of their field. The purpose of seeking input is to make sure that this isn't 72 "climate change deniers" in fringe positions or with their own "c
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by jolic 9y ago
More likely that The Guardian weren't very good at finding any experts before or after the story. Apparently if you don't expose a distinguishable interface to the rest of the world journalist won't find you.
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by jolic 9y ago
No, the point is that Google is using their dominance in search, which isn't easy to switch away from, to compete in price comparisons. Google just having a price comparison tool isn't the problem, it's when they include it a
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by jolic 9y ago
Probably not. Someone using Spotify and their hypothetical music recognition service is more like someone using Google Search and Gmail which isn't a problem. This is more like is someone would search Spotify and artists from their own
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by jolic 9y ago
This is part of a whole debate which you find by searching for "personal data as counter-performance". For example: > The German Minister for Interior, Thomas de Maizière, has voiced many of the concerns of Member States over t
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by jolic 9y ago
I'm referring to Microsoft v Commission (EU) and related events.
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by jolic 9y ago
Wow, the screenshot in the post is like a parody. (And that's the "new Google Shopping experience"). https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nw0uS-CN17o/T8cd822KTBI/AAAAAAAAA...
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by jolic 9y ago
> AFAIK this has never been written into law or ruled illegal before. Doesn't seem that different from the case against Microsoft over Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player?
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by jolic 9y ago
> When I go to the SNCF (French rail) website, are they showing me flight and bus options or only their train results? Yes, apparently they do show bus results. Both from their own bus company and at least one seemingly unrelated one. I