Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
"We need to accelerate to achieve the SDGs" is utterly nonsensical language and not an excuse for totalitarianism. Looking at you, U.N. Bureaucrats.
I honestly don't really care what vague aspirations someone came up with at some summit ten years ago. Or whatever. It's simply not an excuse.
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Do you remember hearing the news of #Google trying to enable #telemetry by default in the #Go programming language? Apparently they've been doing the same with their #Flutter UI toolkit all this time 😐 Their docs also mention that "By downloading or using the Flutter SDK you agree to the Google Terms of Service." - linking to Google's general terms and service policy at policies.google.com/terms
github.com/flutter/flutter/iss…
This is a github issue requesting Flutter to make their #analytics opt-in for complying with EU/ECC laws (#GDPR). That issue was closed in 2021, now three years later and the telemetry is still there enabled by default. And even if you try to opt-out they'll still ping Google's servers to let them know you've opted out, as per their docs.
When Google tried to add telemetry to the Go language last year it made news and there was significant backlash from the community, enough for them to reverse course and make their telemetry opt-in rather than turning data collection on by default - www.theregister.com/2023/05/17…
Unfortunately the same didn't happen with Dart/Flutter so far, which means you're likely to face more data collection there by default.
That was also where Kadokawa came up with a dozen or so "SDGs" which they reckon might vaguely intersect with their agenda, as if that is supposed to make the idea any better.
Apparently, the Fifth Circuit has ruled that Texas' book ban law is likely unconstitutional.
Apparently, a lawmaker in Oklahoma has introduced a literal porn ban, so I suppose he is done being subtle with "age verification".
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https://qoto.org/@olives/111516011246609826 As the Spanish guy makes a barely relevant assertion (still an assertion) about minors viewing porn, I'll drop down a porn science post.
The arguments which crop up are just really bad though. They either take it as a given that "porn is bad", go on tangents about unrelated crimes, perhaps, go on a rant about how they hate one particular company (unrelated to viewing porn though), or appeal to something vague, nebulous, and probably irrelevant.
"fearmongering about how teenagers are overwhelmingly accessing online porn"
See, there is this thing called puberty...
No Age Verification Bill Supporters, Liberals are Not Out of Step to the Rest of the World With Their Opposition Supporters of the age verification...
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No Age Verification Bill Supporters, Liberals are Not Out of Step to the Rest of the World With Their Opposition
Supporters of the age verification bill are said to by mystified as to why the Liberals won’t support their internet crackdown.
The Canadian Conservative party’s variation of the war on the open internet is running into roadblocks...
#AgeVerification #BillS210 #Canada #France #FreedomOfExpression #US #WebsiteBlocking #Censorship #News #Privacy #Security
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"Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies. That number varied significantly, with some panelists’ data listing over 7,000 companies providing their data."
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https://themarkup.org/gentle-january/2024/01/16/stop-tiktok-from-suggesting-your-account-to-others
"I started to regularly get recommended users that were a bit too close for comfort: an old friend’s mom, a high school teacher, and even someone I couldn’t quite trace my relationship to—until realizing I had saved their contact to coordinate a Craigslist purchase. Other users have shared similar reports.
That’s why I recommend reviewing your social media privacy settings. Apps, including TikTok, all have different ways of recommending your profile to others and recommending others’ profiles to you. If you have TikTok and don’t want your profile suggested to anyone whose number you have saved, stop the app from suggesting your account to contacts and Facebook friends."
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041859/samsung-smart-galaxy-ring-unpacked One ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them.
"Samsung just announced that it’s working on a smart ring. The ring, called the Galaxy Ring, was teased at the very end of today’s Unpacked showcase, and the company briefly described it as a “powerful and accessible” health and wellness device."
This sounds like the sort of thing that would be sending data to a remote server. #privacy
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"The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (SRC) is allegedly monitoring the digital activities of the Swiss population, particularly on their mobile phones and computers, according to the German-language magazine Republik.ch on Tuesday."
""Since the Intelligence Act came into force in 2017, the internet traffic of Swiss citizens has been analysed on a massive scale. What's more, all the data is recorded with a view to possible retroactive searches", it writes.
The government is also allegedly flouting the protection of journalists' sources and lawyers' professional secrecy."
"Other concerns have also been expressed about the hacking of this data. Steven Meyer, director of ZENData and cybersecurity expert, explains his fears: "Given that other national institutions have already been victims of data hacking, how can we be sure that they will be properly protected so that another government or criminals cannot access them?""
He doesn't seem to be particularly honest or direct about what it is that he wants "age verification" of adult content to accomplish.
He just keeps talking about unrelated things in a spooky tone.
Someone seems upset that I criticized this guy (I suppose it's just a rando tone policing, but you know what, I'll comment on him). So, I'm gonna do it again. I have several issues with this guy.
1) He wades onto news sites to offer up his hot takes, despite having little apparent understanding of the subject. He also doesn't appear to learn. He usually presents himself as possessing some sort of expertise but his points are extremely elementary and otherwise relies on insinuation.
2) He implicitly conflates issues that are fundamentally different from each other (and one doesn't seem to be an issue?). For instance, "age verification" for viewing adult content is not going to stop criminals approaching someone one-on-one to trick them. This is less pronounced in this particular article. He still can't help throwing it in.
3) Even among those cases, it appears the criminals have been convicted.
4) We've seen him before. He is very "this site is bad" *talks about some other unrelated phenomena*
https://theconversation.com/canada-should-not-fall-behind-on-implementing-safety-measures-for-children-online-220353 The electrician (with some alg...
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The electrician (with some algorithms knowledge) appears to be at it again. This time in an Australian news outlet (they have local editions but they are Australian).
Once again, he's trying to peddle "age verification" for viewing adult content, kind of takes it as a given that it is "necessary" (even though it is clearly extreme).
At the end, he briefly tosses in a case of sextortion (for which the criminal was convicted) and "child luring" on the Internet in general, to seemingly try to implicitly conflate these things, despite not really intrinsically having anything to do with online porn. These, again, feel like an attempt to rile someone up.
As mentioned previously, collecting so much personal info might actually make someone more vulnerable to sextortion, as it can provide someone with blackmail material. It's even said that there have been scams where someone has claimed to be an "age verification provider". It is also very intrusive, and is likely to have a chilling effect.
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@SentaiFilmworks will be bringing out #RozenMaiden complete collection #anime in April 2024 on Blu-ray! Will you be picking this up?
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@SentaiFilmworks will be bringing out #BlackBullet #anime in April 2024 on Blu-ray! Will you be picking this up?
The electrician (with some algorithms knowledge) appears to be at it again. This time in an Australian news outlet (they have local editions but they are Australian).
Once again, he's trying to peddle "age verification" for viewing adult content, kind of takes it as a given that it is "necessary" (even though it is clearly extreme).
At the end, he briefly tosses in a case of sextortion (for which the criminal was convicted) and "child luring" on the Internet in general, to seemingly try to implicitly conflate these things, despite not really intrinsically having anything to do with online porn. These, again, feel like an attempt to rile someone up.
As mentioned previously, collecting so much personal info might actually make someone more vulnerable to sextortion, as it can provide someone with blackmail material. It's even said that there have been scams where someone has claimed to be an "age verification provider". It is also very intrusive, and is likely to have a chilling effect.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
