propaganja

mese scorsodiscuss

I understand where you're coming from, but strongly disagree with your conclusions. A patient with severe Alzheimer's effectively has nothing to lose, and the same goes for the patient's loved ones. Moreover, I'd argue the risks involved are minor/short-lived, while the gains are potentially priceless, even if temporary.

propaganja

6 mesi fadiscuss

They're not trying to use the data to act efficiently (or in the public good for that matter), and they sure as fuck don't want you to see it. They're trying to make sure that they have dirt on anyone who becomes their enemy in the future.

propaganja

7 mesi fadiscuss

Deciding what we want as a society is fine. Vehemently disagreeing over what and how things should be regulated is fine too. In general, trying to do anything in good faith is more or less fine.

What is not fine is proposing to make regulations that purport to do things that are near-universally supported, but in reality further agendas that are widely opposed, agendas that work against the interests of the American people and would never pass otherwise.

That is very clearly what is happening here, and we know that because it happens all the time, using the same tried-and-true formula. In particular, anything claiming to "protect the children" is almost certainly an obfuscated attempt to erode civil rights protections like free speech or privacy, and should be treated with extreme prejudice.

*edit* Also, anything Rahm Emmanuel says, believe the exact opposite.

propaganja

8 mesi fadiscuss

If I knew absolutely nothing about TPM other than the circumstances in which it was made (who, what, why, when) I would have predicted from that alone that it wouldn't benefit consumers, wouldn't be secure, and that it was motivated by business, not technology.

propaganja

8 mesi fadiscuss

A tall order, and that's if you can even find it.

propaganja

9 mesi fadiscuss

I don't disagree. But to be clear, I wasn't surprised that I missed it on HN, but that I missed it period. There was a time not so long ago when such a thing would be inconceivable.

propaganja

9 mesi fadiscuss

Indeed, it would be a hard sell to suggest otherwise.

But for me not to have heard of it at all, period, in four years? I was surprised. But not that surprised, which is even more telling.

propaganja

9 mesi fadiscuss

Insane that this is from 2021 and I've only found out about it now. The Internet is slowly but inexorably getting locked down, and the bitter reality is, there's nothing we can do to stop it.

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