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davel [he/him] to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago

JWZ weighs in on Signal again

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JWZ weighs in on Signal again

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davel [he/him] to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago
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Because of the ongoing fucktastrophe, the cries of "Use SIGNAL!" are constant and unavoidable. And I get it, it may be the least-bad option in a sea of terrible options. If, that is, you choose to ignore the advice of "don't use your phone for that shit" (the Stringer Bell Rule). But out of curiosity, because I haven't been keeping up, has the Signal Corporation addressed: The fact that they ...

JWZ previously:

  • https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/08/signal/
  • https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/

See also: Why not Signal?

  • @ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com
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    Every interaction I’ve had with that person is insane. Who even are they?

    • davel [he/him]OP
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      6•2 months ago

      Among many other things, the person who created Mozilla/Firefox.

      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski
      • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla#History
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        Thanks! I only knew them as yelling, cursing, and attacking others on mastodon person

        • davel [he/him]OP
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          He’s old and cranky like me 🤷

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            Haha! How did you simpsonify a photo of yourself?? That’s so cool!

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          I know him as the guy who made his webserver respond to everything with a ballsack in an eggcup if your Referer is hacker news. Seems childish

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        More like one of many developers

        • davel [he/him]OP
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          Obviously. But it wouldn’t have happened at all without him.

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