Olives @olives@qoto.org

The "sensitive content" feature in iMessage is very suspicious. It reminds me of the "client side scanning" encryption breaking thing which we've been ripping into lately.

It is also of dubious utility.

Someone might see sexual content in a private chat with someone they know well and that might offend them.

Sketchy.

https://reason.com/2022/12/12/not-guilty-still-punished/ It's very problematic that a jury can find someone not guilty of a crime, and yet, they get punished for it anyway (because they're also guilty of some other crime and the judge can boost the sentence accordingly).

https://tutanota.com/blog/chat-control German encrypted email service, Tutanota, opposes the Chat Stasi (as does hundreds of scientists).

Relevant to the other #onlinesafetybill.

I would strongly advise against any sort of mass censorship. Here's some examples of over-reach in regards to app stores.

If Threads, Gab, and Truth Social were to all start federating, that would complete the unholy trinity.

Contrasting with Gab who used to federate for a bit but decided they didn't want to do that any more.

It appears to be run by complete puritans.

This isn't a surprise, as it is Facebook, however, why on earth would someone use this over any other social network?

It joins Bluesky as a company marketing itself off the possibility it might get federation but not actually doing it.

Oh, look at that, Threads never actually bothered to federate. Another marketing ploy.

Federation coming 🔜

Jack Dorsey appears to be going for an image of a zen guy who goes on meditative retreats with those little ceremonies with the smoke and donning a white robe.

He is still a techbro swooping in with Bluesky (a gated community), in place of the fediverse.

Heh, yes, Twitter is indeed speedrunning the enshittification cycle.

Anecdotally, the fediverse appears to be getting a larger migration in that area.

I don't know whether I would refer to "dozens" as "flock" though. Lol.

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1013241 Japanese illustrators apparently flocking to Weibo in wake of Twitter stupidity. #anime

Nice to see hundreds of academics from many countries signing a letter to oppose the Chat Stasi.

1) Australia is very authoritarian.

2) Australia is one of the biggest exporters of coal in the world.

The Greens (who actually opposed the ridiculous and puritanical think of the children bill) and their supporters are troubled by climate change and frequently clash with them.

Uh oh, the server issues are starting again.

It really feels like he got in a fight with management, got sacked, and went off the deep end.

Oops, it was tens of millions, right.

Meh. Tens of millions. Hundreds of millions. It doesn't make much of a difference. Still ridiculous.