Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Category: uncategorised

It’s never going to be popular to tell people that saving innocent little children is *not* the most important big-picture thing for humanity — but it’s true (HT: @elegant_wallaby)

2021/11/23
Prof @matthew_d_green on the recent thread by @elegant_wallaby

2021/11/23
The stupid thing about all the “Meta / Facebook Messenger Delaying End-to-End #Encryption” stories, is that… FB are not delaying it. The article misrepresents what was written. It is fake news, it worked, and we all got pwned. #e2ee #endtoendencryption

2021/11/22
It’s really disappointing when journalists, activists, academics & pundits dismiss the elderly as incapable users

2021/11/21
QUESTION: What crimes are easier to commit when there is no end-to-end encryption of messenger systems; and what opportunities are lost?

2021/11/20
My father was born in 1919; he told me that when he was a small boy in the late 1920s/early 1930s, his parents rationed access to the family crystal set radio in case it “disrupted sleep” or he encountered “improper influences”, per newspaper fears

2021/11/19
Nur Sajat’s offence was to wear a baju kurung, the traditional long-sleeved outfit worn by Malay women, at a private religious ceremony she held in 2018

2021/11/19
Paul Bernal: ‘Hijacking social media’ suggests there’s a pilot and a desired destination.

2021/11/19
Judge Ian Lawrie said it was “extraordinary” the DNA evidence was still available to prove Shakespeare’s guilt after such a long time | “I didn’t realise you kept DNA banks that long,” he told the court

2021/11/18
“EU’s Latest Internet Regulatory Madness: Destroying Internet Security With Its Digital Identity Framework” # if you’re not following both @MMasnick & @TechDirt, you should be

2021/11/17
The Broader Implications of Apple’s Content Scanning Push By Nadim Kobeissi (2021)

2021/11/17
It’s all a bit “Squirrel Nut Zippers” swing/jazz, but I rather like this #duett mashup of #numnumcat on TikTok

2021/11/16