Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:25:48 +0100
tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:07:08AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not
> > quite your vehemence),
> 
> :-)
> 
> >                        but making blatantly incorrect assertions like
> > the claim that Facebook is one of the ends of WhatsApp's E2E encryption
> > does not help our cause.
> 
> I don't know. I just don't trust them. Much less after their change in
> terms of service. I tried to explain this in another mail: possibly,

I certainly don't trust them, either.

> under the right conditions, E2E is a thing in WhatsApp. Possibly,
> making those "right conditions" happen is less-than-trivial for the
> user.
> 
> > I suppose you're a follower of Sen. Goldwater: "Extremism in defense of
> > liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
> 
> (veering dangerously off-topic, so this is my last word on
> this specific thing)
> 
> That depends on how you define extremism, I guess. I'm not for
> throwing stones at a human being (nor in general for causing
> harm). But choosing which corporation I trust... doesn't quite
> feel "extremist" to me ;-)

Well said.

> > https://www.niskanencenter.org/on-the-saying-that-extremism-in-defense-of-liberty-is-no-vice/
> > 
> > (Teasing: I'm pretty sure your politics are diametrically opposed to
> > his.)
> 
> Possibly. I've been doing too much framework javascript today. I
> dont feel like adding pain to that, so I'll skip the link :-D

I don't know what framework javascript is, but whatever it is, you have
my sympathy ;)

Celejar