davesmith

@davesmith@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The question is do you want serious criminals including financial criminals, and whatever authoritarian government shows up at some point and starts tearing up the already increasingly authoritarian UK rule book (hi America) to have access to all communications? Do you want to protect stuff like online shopping? What about https, that protects the sniffing of data in transit across the internet, so a huge chunk of online privacy?

  You don’t get one without the other.

  It must be said that personal privacy is a cornerstone of a civilised society. You either ahve that or you don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conservative Discussions⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The paradox of intolerance: tolerating intolerance immediately results in an intolerant society.

  There are various paradoxes and limitations inherent to a socially liberal society (not including the obvious issues of capitalism) that have been exploited by billionaires, fascists, strongmen, religious nuts and many others.