SnoringEarthworm
@SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works
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- Comment on Why does this website feel like the end of FOSS? 1 minute ago:
Some will argue that what we do is exploitative, that we are extracting the ideas from open source while leaving behind the people who contributed them. To this I say: yes, that is a reasonably accurate description of our business model. It is also a reasonably accurate description of every company that has ever used open source software without contributing back, which is to say, virtually every company that has ever used open source software. We are simply being honest about it, and charging a fee for the privilege.
I don’t think it’s satire.
- Comment on GrapheneOS calls on privacy focused app developers to boycott European Unified Attestation 3 days ago:
why is GrapheneOS using X?
If you’re trying to convert new people to your religion, you have to leave the church.
- Comment on Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity 6 days ago:
Thanks for explaining. I’m not “people”.
I had a similar feeling about people leaving Discord for <other service that will do the exact same thing>.
- Comment on Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity 6 days ago:
The point is that the headline is true. Proton helped the FBI uncover that person’s identity, by revealing their banking information.
Yes, it was legal for the Swiss government to request that information and for Proton to release it when asked.
Those facts aren’t mutually exclusive.
I don’t understand why you’re responding so aggressively.
- Comment on Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity 6 days ago:
Proton has a history of breaking its promise to users. Does Tuta?
This marks Proton’s third known disclosure to authorities. They previously handed over a recovery email for a Catalan Democratic Tsunami activist and were forced to log a French climate activist’s IP address via Europol — despite claiming they don’t log IPs by default.
Each case followed the same script: foreign law enforcement pressure, Swiss legal compliance, user anonymity compromised. Like watching the same Netflix thriller where the plot twist stops being surprising.
- Comment on Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity 6 days ago:
Sounds just like Proton in the article:
Proton AG clarified they shared no data directly with the FBI — technically accurate but missing the point.
- Comment on Microslop 🤮 1 week ago:
- Comment on Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull 2 weeks ago:
a single company might download the same code hundreds of thousands of times in a day, and the next day, and the next
Why would anyone ever need to do this?
- Comment on Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto 2 weeks ago:
So this, but Discord.
- Comment on Donut Labs released VTT's independant test results! 2 weeks ago:
No worries. I found it for you. This looks like the original website you could have linked.
- Comment on Donut Labs released VTT's independant test results! 2 weeks ago:
Please don’t make the post link go straight to a file.
Weirds me out when I think I’m going to a website and suddenly it’s asking where I want to download to.
- Comment on Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long 3 weeks ago:
When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.
has become
When a rich person does it, that means it’s not illegal.
- Comment on Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media 3 weeks ago:
Is there an intuitive way to tell the difference?
I tried to think of other places where dis- vs mis- is used, but we only ever seem to use one:
- miscommunicate vs
discommunicate misinterestedvs disinterested- misunderstood vs
disunderstood
- miscommunicate vs
- Comment on Artists face steep income decline due to AI, UNESCO finds 3 weeks ago:
be mindful of how live music venues are in cahoots with stealing profits from artists and smaller venues.
So… sneak in to the live show and throw money at the artists like strippers. o7
- Comment on California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves 3 weeks ago:
Printing guns wouldn’t be a problem if you just made all bullets $5000.
- Comment on Samsung knows exactly how you'll use Galaxy S26 Ultra's 'Privacy Display' in teaser 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like naked people in a cage wondering about which is more dangerous: the leopard or the lion.
- Comment on An open source repairable printer. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Discord Alternatives, Ranked 4 weeks ago:
Top three are:
- Discourse
- Rocket.chat
- Matrix
- Comment on Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background 4 weeks ago:
In my view, security isn’t a feature, it’s a design choice.
I have no ill wishes towards Stoat, but I’ve never seen a developer convincingly implement security after the fact.
- Comment on ‘Black Mirror’ episode comes to life in alleged $66 million crypto theft attempt 4 weeks ago:
The episode is Shut Up and Dance, where a kid gets blackmailed into committing (more) crimes because a hacker had evidence of him with CSAM .
- Comment on France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials 1 month ago:
Visio is also a common French word for videoconference.
That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.
- Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse 1 month ago:
I’ve never thought a custom ROM sounded shady.
To me it was always, “we only have vanilla or chocolate on the menu, but if you’re willing to risk bricking your phone, you can get cookies and cream.”
I picked cookies and cream.
- Comment on Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots 1 month ago:
My main takeaway is that I will keep this method next year. I believe that students are confronted with their own use of chatbots. I also learn how they use them. I’m delighted to read their thought processes through the stream of consciousness.
Like every generation of students, there are good students, bad students and very brilliant students. It will always be the case, people evolve (I was, myself, not a very good student). Chatbots don’t change anything regarding that. Like every new technology, smart young people are very critical and, by defintion, smart about how they use it.
The problem is not the young generation. The problem is the older generation destroying critical infrastructure out of fear of missing out on the new shiny thing from big corp’s marketing department.
- Comment on Bye, X: Europeans are launching their own social media platform, W 1 month ago:
it’s far better than any other option we currently have.
We have the Fediverse. Brother, you’re literally on it right now.
- Comment on Over half of enterprise AI stalls on infrastructure mess 1 month ago:
“Enormous enthusiasm” for AI should be a fireable offense.
- Comment on Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade 1 month ago:
They’re working on a non-Google alternative, last I heard.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 2 months ago:
For the most part, it’s believed that carmakers are doing way with Android Auto support simply as a way to expand their control over user data. Because Android Auto utilizes your phone’s connection, all of the data that runs through it goes straight to Android and the phone manufacturer. So, by utilizing built-in systems, the car manufacturers would indeed be able to collect more data about how you use the systems in place, while also possibly getting more money out of you through subscriptions.
You are unfortunately correct.
- Comment on Grindr CEO Says App Will Be “AI-First” and “Not in the Business of Politics” 2 months ago:
Depending on where you look, Grindr CEO George Arison’s net worth is $20–80 million.
He joins a growing list of gay executives hell-bent on proving that enshittification isn’t just for the straights.
- Comment on What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows 2 months ago:
To Torvalds, Chromebooks “are the path toward the desktop.”
What does he mean by this?
I struggle to believe Chromebooks will meaningfully contribute to more people adopting Linux, because Google is more interested in getting people to adopt Google instead.
