I understand this argument, but I don’t think it’s anymore “foolproof”. How often are you going to have to present ID? Every hour?

Something I never see anyone talk about, is how, with all the ‘fingerprinting’ and data collection/analysis these companies do, they already know whether you’re 18 or not. I know this isn’t actually about “protecting the children”, but I’d still like to hear more discussion from the angle of: they already surveil us enough for this purpose.

Fully support Meta killing this awful product.

Honestly, that part about eating nothing but pie for two days makes me feel like this is a mood mild but elaborate troll.

We have to keep fighting, and it isn’t easy but we have been building great things! Look at the growth of the fediverse with projects like mastodon, Lemmy, pixelfed, etc. More and more, people want alternatives to surveillance-capitalist social media platforms. They see the value in privacy as the stakes get higher for activists. Keep fighting, keep sharing.

Now, I also believe that ultimately we cannot solve political problems with technical solutions. We need to organize online and offline to effect real change. This organization must be multifaceted (“diversity of tactics”). A recent success of this type has been rolling back flock surveillance in municipalities around the US. Go to city council meetings with your neighbors. If the council won’t listen, then go out later with a comrade and smash those fucking things.

If you’re one of those people super against hijab, do a say, duckduckgo image search for “women in headscarves”. You will see many cultures represented. They aren’t all Muslim, even. Which ones are ‘bad’ and which ‘good’? Would you also ban Orthodox Christians/Jews, or Hindu women from covering their hair? Rasta women?

Fascists coopting the language of socialism is as old as fascism. That people continue to fall for it amazes me.

This is a bad attitude. It’s like saying being vegetarian is performative if you aren’t full vegan. And for the record, I use Mullvad (for now), I don’t use any of the other services you mentioned, and I am vegan ;)

Do you think it’s possible that Muslim émigrés might feel social pressure in their new homes not to wear a hijab? I’ve heard quite a few women say they wear it for themselves as an expression of their faith. I can’t very well discount that possibility. Of course there are all sorts of social and familial pressures (and norms) that we all face. Many of which are largely taken for granted by those affected, even me and you!

Wherever you find Muslims in the world, you will find someone wearing hijab. If you punish women for wearing it, you are not better than those who punish them for not wearing it.

Does it support Wayland? I know they’re working on it, but last I read it was still a WIP.

“They’re making the frickin flies sterile!!!”

Bigger packaging takes up more space on the shelf, and you can print more branding on it.

Calling nonwhite migrants “parasites” is a pretty clear signal which end of the spectrum they’re actually on.

Do you have Signal confused with TOR?

I’ve heard of “purity rings” but never “purity spirals”!

If “stop supporting genocide” isn’t the first step, then what the fuck is? I can’t think of a lower bar, but I’m told it’s actually a “purity test”.

It applied when he was a cop, yes.

You’ll have to make your own determinations I guess, but be careful if you find yourself dismissing expertise in favor of opinion or motivated reasoning.

Be careful of accepting some of the criticism of Signal in this thread. For most of us, we have to make choices about secure comms from subject matter experts. Almost all the criticism I see of Signal comes from anonymous or otherwise random users online. If you believe in such a thing as expertise, please seek it out when evaluating something like this.