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Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy

Started byRetrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
First post2025-02-16 16:55 +0000
Last post2025-02-26 21:21 -0300
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  Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2025-02-16 16:55 +0000
    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-16 21:23 +0100
      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-16 23:55 -0300
        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-17 11:40 +0100
          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 09:26 -0800
            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-17 22:42 +0100
              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-17 22:23 +0000
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-18 10:20 +0100
              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-19 07:32 +1000
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-02-18 23:47 +0000
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-19 09:42 +0100
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid> - 2025-03-06 07:10 +0000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 20:44 -0300
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-08 23:44 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-20 08:23 +1000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 22:22 -0300
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 15:55 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 17:59 -0300
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:01 -0300
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 22:51 +0100
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:01 -0300
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:29 +0100
                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 22:55 -0300
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-24 05:19 +0000
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 13:28 -0300
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 10:55 +0100
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 13:34 -0300
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:15 +0100
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-24 23:06 +0000
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:10 +0100
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 10:08 -0300
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 23:12 +0100
                                                OT: walking and exercising (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:31 -0300
                                                  Re: OT: walking and exercising (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:52 +0100
                                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-27 21:40 +0000
                                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-01 11:48 +0100
                                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-05 06:40 +0000
                                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-05 13:39 +0100
                                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-05 20:00 +0000
                                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-05 22:12 +0100
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-24 17:54 +0000
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:41 +0100
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-24 23:19 +0000
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:16 +0100
                                      education Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid> - 2025-03-06 07:55 +0000
                                        Re: education Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 22:00 -0300
                                          Re: education Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-08 03:47 +0000
                                            Re: education Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 18:27 -0300
                                              Re: education Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-09 02:08 +0000
                                                Re: education Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 02:58 -0300
                                                  Re: education Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-10 18:38 +0000
                                                    Re: education cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 19:13 +0000
                                            Re: education Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid> - 2025-03-11 13:30 +0000
                                              Re: education Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-14 11:17 -0300
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-25 19:12 -0500
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-26 02:08 +0000
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-02-26 09:06 -0600
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-02-26 18:09 -0400
                                          the command line is language (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:46 -0300
                                            Re: the command line is language (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-02-27 03:31 -0400
                                              Re: the command line is language Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 08:10 -0300
                                                Re: the command line is language D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:41 +0100
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:47 +0100
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 13:15 +0100
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-26 16:34 -0500
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-26 16:38 -0500
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-26 22:34 +0000
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-26 18:50 -0500
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-27 03:11 +0000
                                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 08:18 -0300
                                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-27 17:04 +0000
                                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-27 18:53 -0500
                                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-28 21:41 +0000
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 22:03 -0300
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-27 03:29 +0000
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:16 +0100
                                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 12:36 -0300
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:55 -0300
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:43 +0100
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-27 17:07 +0000
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-27 19:05 -0500
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-01 15:06 +0000
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-01 11:47 +0100
                                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:31 +0000
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:52 -0300
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:15 +0100
                                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:51 +0000
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-03-01 17:15 -0400
                                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-02 12:34 +0100
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-02-26 12:29 +0000
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-26 16:34 -0500
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 22:04 -0300
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-05 20:00 +0000
                                    more on broken schools (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:38 -0300
                                      Re: more on broken schools (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-26 19:47 -0500
                                        Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 08:55 -0300
                                          Re: more on broken schools kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-27 19:00 -0500
                                      OT: a personal note to Stefan Ram (Was: Re: more on broken schools) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 09:31 -0300
                                      Re: more on broken schools (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:03 +0100
                                        Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 20:30 -0300
                                          Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-08 23:43 +0100
                                            Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 21:33 -0300
                                              Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 13:30 +0100
                                                Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 03:00 -0300
                                                  Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-10 10:50 +0100
                                                    Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 08:46 -0300
                                                      Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-11 23:05 +0100
                                                        Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-14 11:31 -0300
                                                          Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-14 23:46 +0100
                                                            Re: more on broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-16 22:43 -0300
                                                              Re: more on broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-17 23:44 +0100
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 22:50 +0100
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:21 -0300
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 17:06 +0100
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:28 -0300
                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 11:12 +0100
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 14:08 -0300
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:32 +0100
                                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 22:22 -0300
                                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:34 +0100
                                          fdm, paredit and systemd (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 13:18 -0300
                                            Re: fdm, paredit and systemd (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 13:53 +0100
                                              Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 06:23 -0300
                                                Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:31 +0100
                                                  Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 21:10 -0300
                                                    Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 00:09 +0100
                                                      Re: fdm, paredit and systemd Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 21:41 -0300
                                                        Re: fdm, paredit and systemd D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 13:32 +0100
                                                          UNIX systems (Was: Re: fdm, paredit and systemd) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 03:10 -0300
                                                            Re: UNIX systems (Was: Re: fdm, paredit and systemd) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-10 10:54 +0100
                                                              Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 09:08 -0300
                                                                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-11 23:09 +0100
                                                                  Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-13 18:17 -0300
                                                                    Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-16 00:03 +0100
                                                                      Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-16 22:41 -0300
                                                                        Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-18 10:50 +0100
                                                                          Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-21 16:26 -0300
                                                                            Re: UNIX systems Matto Fransen <mattof@sdf.org> - 2025-03-21 19:53 +0000
                                                                              Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-24 00:11 -0300
                                                                            Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-21 23:37 +0100
                                                                              Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-24 00:34 -0300
                                                                                Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-25 21:49 +0100
                                                                                  Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-26 23:24 -0300
                                                                                    Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-29 22:31 +0100
                                                                                      Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-29 20:40 -0300
                                                                          Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-22 10:11 -0300
                                                                            Re: UNIX systems kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-03-25 17:40 -0400
                                                                              Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-25 23:04 +0100
                                                                              Re: UNIX systems Charles Dagny <1800@DEV.NULL> - 2025-03-28 21:41 -0300
                                                            Re: UNIX systems onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2025-03-10 15:06 +0000
                                                              Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-11 11:58 -0300
                                                                Re: UNIX systems yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-03-11 15:49 +0042
                                                                Re: UNIX systems cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-11 15:25 +0000
                                                                  Re: UNIX systems onion@anon.invalid (Mr Ön!on) - 2025-03-11 16:24 +0000
                                                                    Re: UNIX systems cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-11 17:30 +0000
                                                                      Re: UNIX systems candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-12 22:30 +0000
                                                                        Re: UNIX systems yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-03-12 23:23 +0042
                                                                          Re: UNIX systems candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-13 20:40 +0000
                                                                          Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-13 18:04 -0300
                                                                            Re: UNIX systems cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-13 21:26 +0000
                                                                              Re: UNIX systems Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-14 12:23 -0300
                                                                        Re: UNIX systems cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-13 01:24 +0000
                                                                  Re: UNIX systems Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-03-12 01:38 -0300
                                                                    Re: UNIX systems snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-03-12 14:03 +0000
                                                                      Re: UNIX systems D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-12 22:19 +0100
                                                                Re: UNIX systems kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-03-11 19:09 -0400
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-03-04 02:44 +0000
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2025-03-04 17:50 +0000
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-19 09:40 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-02-20 08:29 +1000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 15:56 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:45 -0300
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 16:01 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:22 -0300
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 23:02 +0100
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:44 -0300
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:43 +0100
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:04 -0300
                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 11:01 +0100
                                  broken schools (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 13:46 -0300
                                    Re: broken schools (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:18 +0100
                                      Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 22:34 -0300
                                        Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:38 +0100
                                          Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 15:45 -0300
                                            Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 14:05 +0100
                                              Re: broken schools Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-02-26 13:15 +0000
                                                Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 23:10 +0100
                                                Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 06:49 -0300
                                              Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 07:41 -0300
                                                Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 19:52 +0100
                                                  Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 21:41 -0300
                                                    Re: broken schools yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-03-08 02:59 +0042
                                                    Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 00:14 +0100
                                                      Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 22:26 -0300
                                                        Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 22:52 +0100
                                                          Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-10 08:39 -0300
                                                            Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-11 22:59 +0100
                                                              Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-14 12:10 -0300
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                                                                      OT: totally off-topic (Was: Re: broken schools) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-19 13:51 -0300
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                                                                          Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-21 11:52 -0300
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                                                                              Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-29 20:50 -0300
                                                                                Re: OT: totally off-topic D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-04-01 16:43 +0200
                                                                                  Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-04-04 11:20 -0300
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                                                                                      Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-04-10 15:19 -0300
                                                                                        Re: OT: totally off-topic D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-04-12 21:05 +0200
                                                                                          Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-04-13 13:10 -0300
                                                lifestyles Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid> - 2025-03-11 20:20 +0000
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:40 -0300
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 15:57 +0100
          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2025-02-17 18:30 +0000
            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-17 22:44 +0100
              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2025-02-18 00:08 +0000
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-02-18 00:30 +0000
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-18 10:23 +0100
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:52 -0300
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-02-20 01:09 +0000
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 22:27 -0300
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-20 21:51 +0000
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:22 -0300
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:23 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 16:07 +0100
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:35 -0300
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 23:31 +0100
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:06 -0300
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 11:01 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2025-02-18 13:48 +0000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:56 -0300
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-18 10:22 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2025-02-18 14:05 +0000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 22:03 -0300
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 16:14 +0100
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:47 -0300
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-02-20 22:12 +0000
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:15 -0300
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 11:04 +0100
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:21 +0100
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 22:46 -0300
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 10:43 +0100
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-25 14:20 +0300
                              small communities, nntp server (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 15:20 -0300
                                Re: small communities, nntp server (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 13:57 +0100
                                  Re: small communities, nntp server Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:20 -0300
                                    Re: small communities, nntp server D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 14:49 +0100
                                Re: small communities, nntp server yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-02-26 13:50 +0042
                                  Re: small communities, nntp server D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 23:08 +0100
                                  Re: small communities, nntp server D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 23:08 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:59 -0300
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 16:13 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:41 -0300
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 23:33 +0100
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:12 -0300
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 11:03 +0100
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:51 -0300
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-20 21:49 +0000
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:21 -0300
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:22 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-02-22 17:09 +0000
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-23 00:23 +0100
              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 21:49 -0300
                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 16:05 +0100
                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 18:24 -0300
                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-20 23:05 +0100
                      Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 22:56 -0300
                        Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-21 10:51 +0100
                          Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-23 23:21 -0300
                            Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 11:10 +0100
                              Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 14:04 -0300
                                Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-24 23:28 +0100
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-24 21:58 -0300
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-25 11:26 +0100
                                      OT: personal stories (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-25 11:58 -0300
                                        Re: OT: personal stories (Was: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-26 13:21 +0100
                                          Re: OT: personal stories Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-27 06:04 -0300
                                            Re: OT: personal stories D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-02-27 15:21 +0100
                                              Re: OT: personal stories Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-07 20:49 -0300
                                                Re: OT: personal stories yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2025-03-08 00:43 +0042
                                                  Re: OT: personal stories D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-08 23:46 +0100
                                                Re: OT: personal stories D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-08 23:45 +0100
                                                  Re: OT: personal stories Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 21:37 -0300
                                                    Re: OT: personal stories D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-09 13:30 +0100
                                  Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-02-25 13:17 -0600
                                    Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-26 21:21 -0300

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#26457 — Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy

FromRetrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
Date2025-02-16 16:55 +0000
SubjectSchneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy
Message-ID<67b21894$14$17$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>
From the «doom I say» department:
Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
Author: Iain Thomson
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/

'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
sweatshops today'

Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
eerily accurate.…

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#26458

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-16 21:23 +0100
Message-ID<28416cc3-e819-886a-4025-2b2588f88663@example.net>
In reply to#26457

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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:

> From the «doom I say» department:
> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
> Author: Iain Thomson
> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
> Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>
> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
> sweatshops today'
>
> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
> eerily accurate.…
>

Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and age. 
=(

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#26462

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-16 23:55 -0300
Message-ID<87a5ale0vg.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26458
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
>
>> From the «doom I say» department:
>> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
>> Author: Iain Thomson
>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
>> Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>>
>> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
>> sweatshops today'
>>
>> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
>> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
>> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
>> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
>> eerily accurate.…
>>
>
> Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
> age. =(

Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.

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#26465

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-17 11:40 +0100
Message-ID<0310a638-3153-f886-5206-9bc8453c1f8e@example.net>
In reply to#26462

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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
>>
>>> From the «doom I say» department:
>>> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
>>> Author: Iain Thomson
>>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
>>> Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>>>
>>> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
>>> sweatshops today'
>>>
>>> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
>>> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
>>> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
>>> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
>>> eerily accurate.…
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
>> age. =(
>
> Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
> advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
> Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
> will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.
>

I'm more scared about the government than the industry. With industry I 
always have the choice of not using it, and they depend on customers, so 
in the end, that protects me.

The government on the other hand, is based ultimately on violence and is 
an inherently unethical and revolting institution, and so are the people 
working for it promoting its power. This is what scares me the most.

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#26467

FromDave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com>
Date2025-02-17 09:26 -0800
Message-ID<RiKsP.173075$l629.51307@fx10.iad>
In reply to#26465
D wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
>>>
>>>> From the «doom I say» department:
>>>> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says:
>>>> Privacy’s still screwed
>>>> Author: Iain Thomson
>>>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
>>>> Link:
>>>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
>>>> sweatshops today'
>>>>
>>>> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and
>>>> privacy
>>>> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden
>>>> Battles to
>>>> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how
>>>> government
>>>> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his
>>>> predictions feel
>>>> eerily accurate.…
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
>>> age. =(
>>
>> Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
>> advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
>> Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
>> will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.
>>
>
> I'm more scared about the government than the industry. With industry I
> always have the choice of not using it, and they depend on customers, so
> in the end, that protects me.

It's got pretty hard to avoid some of these businesses. Google, 
Facebook, Microsoft are examples of companies that are very hard to avoid.

>
> The government on the other hand, is based ultimately on violence and is
> an inherently unethical and revolting institution, and so are the people
> working for it promoting its power. This is what scares me the most.

What scares me is companies using the power of government to advance 
their agendas. Reading about how Musk leverages the Chinese courts to 
silence criticism and how it looks like the same thing is coming here
Dave.

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#26471

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-17 22:42 +0100
Message-ID<ae0c61cc-9814-04ab-75d4-f8d4cacdc9cd@example.net>
In reply to#26467

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On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Dave Yeo wrote:

> D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>> 
>>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> From the «doom I say» department:
>>>>> Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says:
>>>>> Privacy’s still screwed
>>>>> Author: Iain Thomson
>>>>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
>>>>> Link:
>>>>> https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
>>>>> sweatshops today'
>>>>> 
>>>>> Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and
>>>>> privacy
>>>>> expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden
>>>>> Battles to
>>>>> Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how
>>>>> government
>>>>> agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his
>>>>> predictions feel
>>>>> eerily accurate.…
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
>>>> age. =(
>>> 
>>> Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
>>> advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
>>> Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
>>> will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.
>>> 
>> 
>> I'm more scared about the government than the industry. With industry I
>> always have the choice of not using it, and they depend on customers, so
>> in the end, that protects me.
>
> It's got pretty hard to avoid some of these businesses. Google, Facebook, 
> Microsoft are examples of companies that are very hard to avoid.

? Facebook is super easy to avoid. Just don't use it. They make nothing of 
value.

If you have a job at a global mega-corp I agree, M$ and Google are 
difficult to avoid. =(

In private you can do just fine to avoid them as well. There is 
libreoffice which takes care of all your office needs, and there's 
graphene os, dumbphones and kaios which eliminates the need for an android 
phone.

>> 
>> The government on the other hand, is based ultimately on violence and is
>> an inherently unethical and revolting institution, and so are the people
>> working for it promoting its power. This is what scares me the most.
>
> What scares me is companies using the power of government to advance their 
> agendas. Reading about how Musk leverages the Chinese courts to silence 
> criticism and how it looks like the same thing is coming here
> Dave.

I agree... this unholy combination is the worst of all! It is difficult to 
say where the government starts and where the company ends. They merge 
into one demon from hell.

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#26475

Fromkludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Date2025-02-17 22:23 +0000
Message-ID<vp0csc$kak$1@panix2.panix.com>
In reply to#26471
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,
>> It's got pretty hard to avoid some of these businesses. Google, Facebook, 
>> Microsoft are examples of companies that are very hard to avoid.
>
>? Facebook is super easy to avoid. Just don't use it. They make nothing of 
>value.

It doesn't work that way.  First of all, even if you don't use it, people
are putting your personal information up on it when they are talking to
their friends about you.

Secondly, if you are running a business, you may need to have a facebook
presence for advertising just because that is the first place that many
people look for some services.  You can avoid using it but not without
losing a lot of customers.
--scott

-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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#26480

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-18 10:20 +0100
Message-ID<4aaca412-c852-0653-ce50-920562b02886@example.net>
In reply to#26475

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,
>>> It's got pretty hard to avoid some of these businesses. Google, Facebook,
>>> Microsoft are examples of companies that are very hard to avoid.
>>
>> ? Facebook is super easy to avoid. Just don't use it. They make nothing of
>> value.
>
> It doesn't work that way.  First of all, even if you don't use it, people
> are putting your personal information up on it when they are talking to
> their friends about you.

This I addressed in another post.

> Secondly, if you are running a business, you may need to have a facebook
> presence for advertising just because that is the first place that many
> people look for some services.  You can avoid using it but not without
> losing a lot of customers.

Or not. I've asked marketing to prove their claims for decades in the 
global IT corporation space, and zero times have they been able to do it. 
A lot of "I have to be on X" (pun intended!) is just FOMO.

If you're a small local shop, and do a good job, your customers will do 
your marketing job for you. Actually not having a FB page, could be more 
powerful than having one, since it adds a bit of mystique, artisanship and 
secrecy.

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#26488

Fromnot@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Date2025-02-19 07:32 +1000
Message-ID<67b4fc88@news.ausics.net>
In reply to#26471
D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Dave Yeo wrote:
>> It's got pretty hard to avoid some of these businesses. Google, Facebook, 
>> Microsoft are examples of companies that are very hard to avoid.
> 
> ? Facebook is super easy to avoid. Just don't use it. They make nothing of 
> value.

Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.

> If you have a job at a global mega-corp I agree, M$ and Google are 
> difficult to avoid. =(
> 
> In private you can do just fine to avoid them as well.

No, Google can track you via their Captchas, which I guess even
many NoScript users allow by default because the three page reloads
to let them through when a website requires it is a real pain in
the neck.

Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.

-- 
__          __
#_ < |\| |< _#

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#26489

FromEli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Date2025-02-18 23:47 +0000
Message-ID<eli$2502181846@qaz.wtf>
In reply to#26488
In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.

Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
photos of you on there.)

> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.

Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
2018. Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
Codeberg. I started using it recently, but haven't moved my old projects
there, at least yet.

Elijah
------
doesn't use public repositories for much anyway

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#26493

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-19 09:42 +0100
Message-ID<34090a5d-bb61-26da-d430-5bc10cb8dfe9@example.net>
In reply to#26489

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>
> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
> photos of you on there.)

That's an absurd argument. In no world, in no universe can you reasonably 
expect people to not talk about you, think about you, write about you, if 
they so choose.

Publishing photos and videos of you, without your consent, on the other 
hand, is illegal, and can be punished severely. I have on several 
occasions asked web sites to remove information about me, sometimes they 
do it, sometimes they don't. I found a workaround by de-registering myself 
from the country I live in, and this removed my data from a hueg nr of 
linked systems.

Then I can just live as a non-registered person, and that works quite 
alright to be honest.

>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
>
> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
> 2018. Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
> Codeberg. I started using it recently, but haven't moved my old projects
> there, at least yet.

You are a good man!

> Elijah
> ------
> doesn't use public repositories for much anyway
>

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#26820

FromIvan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.netREMOVE.invalid>
Date2025-03-06 07:10 +0000
Message-ID<cxFzokWeW10f9QT5@violet.siamics.net>
In reply to#26493
>>>>> On 2025-02-19, D wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>>>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

 >>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
 >>> otherwise unrelated websites.  Although I don't tend to make close
 >>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.

 >> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB.  (Or worse,
 >> posting photos of you on there.)

 > That's an absurd argument.  In no world, in no universe can you
 > reasonably expect people to not talk about you, think about you,
 > write about you, if they so choose.

	Such worlds and universes are perhaps imaginable, but so far as
	I can tell, they aren't ones we're living in.

 > Publishing photos and videos of you, without your consent, on the
 > other hand, is illegal, and can be punished severely.

	I'm an amateur photographer myself, and this runs contrary to
	what I know about relevant legislation.

	My understanding is that, basically, there're two reasonable
	grounds to object against photography:

	* privacy; for example, photographying a person in a restroom
	  without their explicit consent is likely to be deemed illegal
	  (under "reasonable expectations of privacy");

	* property; if an owner can decide who can or cannot enter,
	  they can also decide who can or cannot photograph there.

	Photographying a person in a public place, as a rule, will be
	deemed legal, and so will be distributing the photographs.
	About the only exception I can think of would be exploiting the
	likeness of an /identifiable/ person for profit, such as using
	a close-up of someone for an ad.  This applies to distribution
	specifically, however, not to being allowed to take a photo.

	Same goes for photographying someone's property /from/ a public
	place, such as photographying someone's house from the street.

	With regards to workplace, unless being photographed is part
	of your contract, your employer may /request/ your photograph
	(including for their webpage), but can't require you to provide
	one.  (Though if they cannot issue you a company photo ID and
	hence allow you to be on your assigned workplace during working
	hours, well, tough luck.)  Said employer would have the right
	to allow photography on the premises, but is ought to inform
	the employees about this in advance, allowing those unwilling
	to opt out from being photographed.

	There's a relevant article on Wikipedia; and a web search
	provides for further reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_law
http://duckduckgo.com/html/?kd=-1&q=photography+and+privacy+rights

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#26826

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-03-07 20:44 -0300
Message-ID<878qpgiex6.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26493
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>
>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>
>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>> photos of you on there.)
>
> That's an absurd argument. In no world, in no universe can you
> reasonably expect people to not talk about you, think about you, write
> about you, if they so choose.
>
> Publishing photos and videos of you, without your consent, on the
> other hand, is illegal, and can be punished severely. I have on
> several occasions asked web sites to remove information about me,
> sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. I found a workaround by
> de-registering myself from the country I live in, and this removed my
> data from a hueg nr of linked systems.
>
> Then I can just live as a non-registered person, and that works quite
> alright to be honest.

Nice hack.

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#26837

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-03-08 23:44 +0100
Message-ID<3bb9a732-cbae-7e4b-3922-6e9bbbdc4625@example.net>
In reply to#26826

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>
>>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>>
>>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>>> photos of you on there.)
>>
>> That's an absurd argument. In no world, in no universe can you
>> reasonably expect people to not talk about you, think about you, write
>> about you, if they so choose.
>>
>> Publishing photos and videos of you, without your consent, on the
>> other hand, is illegal, and can be punished severely. I have on
>> several occasions asked web sites to remove information about me,
>> sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. I found a workaround by
>> de-registering myself from the country I live in, and this removed my
>> data from a hueg nr of linked systems.
>>
>> Then I can just live as a non-registered person, and that works quite
>> alright to be honest.
>
> Nice hack.

Thank you! =) It does have its drawbacks of course, when it comes to 
health care which is either expensive, or slow (I have to travel back to 
the country I am written in), but at my age it is definitely worth it.

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#26498

Fromnot@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Date2025-02-20 08:23 +1000
Message-ID<67b659f8@news.ausics.net>
In reply to#26489
Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
> 
> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
> photos of you on there.)

What I don't tell, they can't post, and the same with what they
don't photograph. Although I guess that does leave a bit of an
information vacuum there which some nutcase could exploit to make
up missing personal info/photos on me if they so desired.

>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
> 
> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
> 2018.

For software projects I use, many more seem to have moved to there
since 2018 than before. You'd think they like the M$ acquisition.
Occasionally I object and am ignored.

> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
> Codeberg.

I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.

-- 
__          __
#_ < |\| |< _#

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#26509

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-19 22:22 -0300
Message-ID<87tt8pjtq8.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26498
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

[...]

>> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
>> Codeberg.
>
> I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
> alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
> to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
> self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
> that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
> to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
> to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.

We have no idea what the future of Github will be, so it's time to stop
investing on it.  I think we really need to produce software (and entire
systems) that we can use on a peer-to-peer basis.  Instead of Github or
Codeberg, I think we need to create a web of Forgejo, Gitea et cetera.

Similarly, NNTP servers and IRC servers instead of Discord et cetera.  I
think the best things we've done have been decentralized.  I know that
this grass roots things never look as shiny as the commercial ones, but
I'm certain that they're much better in the relevant aspects.

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#26518

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-20 15:55 +0100
Message-ID<bf5148ef-af79-b5e5-0c95-3c3da83cbd67@example.net>
In reply to#26498

On Wed, 20 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>
>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>> photos of you on there.)
>
> What I don't tell, they can't post, and the same with what they
> don't photograph. Although I guess that does leave a bit of an
> information vacuum there which some nutcase could exploit to make
> up missing personal info/photos on me if they so desired.
>
>>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
>>
>> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
>> 2018.
>
> For software projects I use, many more seem to have moved to there
> since 2018 than before. You'd think they like the M$ acquisition.
> Occasionally I object and am ignored.

You have been heard! I will not be hosting my stuff on github. On the 
other hand, I have nothing interesting to host, so perhaps a moot point. 
;) My home made scripts and little utilities live on my laptop and 
sometimes on my server, and are shared upon request.

>> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
>> Codeberg.
>
> I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
> alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
> to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
> self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
> that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
> to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
> to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.

I have heard about gitea. It seems as if it allows you to setup graphical 
git hosting yourself. I personally use a fossil repository accessible only 
over ssh. I don't use any of the wiki/ticket/chat functionality included 
in it.

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#26527

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 17:59 -0300
Message-ID<87mseggwo1.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26518
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>
>> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>>
>>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>>> photos of you on there.)
>>
>> What I don't tell, they can't post, and the same with what they
>> don't photograph. Although I guess that does leave a bit of an
>> information vacuum there which some nutcase could exploit to make
>> up missing personal info/photos on me if they so desired.
>>
>>>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>>>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>>>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>>>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>>>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>>>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
>>>
>>> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
>>> 2018.
>>
>> For software projects I use, many more seem to have moved to there
>> since 2018 than before. You'd think they like the M$ acquisition.
>> Occasionally I object and am ignored.
>
> You have been heard! I will not be hosting my stuff on github. On the
> other hand, I have nothing interesting to host, so perhaps a moot
> point. ;) My home made scripts and little utilities live on my laptop
> and sometimes on my server, and are shared upon request.

I think most little scripts should be documented (with a manual) and put
online.  It will make it easier for others to use and it will certainly
encourage others to improve it and share the improvement.  So you could
see your little script turn into a nice polished program simply because
someone saw the idea and knew what to do to make it a lot better.  Could
be a good source of joy.

One time I wrote a function---just a function---and added to some
archive online.  This was a pretty niche programming language.  Years
later, I looked it up---I was still called the author of the function,
but the code was completely rewritten, with much more expertise
knowledge.  I thought it was ironic that my name was still there.  We
value the pioneer perhaps too much.

>>> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
>>> Codeberg.
>>
>> I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
>> alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
>> to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
>> self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
>> that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
>> to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
>> to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.
>
> I have heard about gitea. It seems as if it allows you to setup
> graphical git hosting yourself. I personally use a fossil repository
> accessible only over ssh. I don't use any of the wiki/ticket/chat
> functionality included in it.

There's Forgejo, too.  It looks very good.  Like in Github, you can
disable all such modules---wiki, ticket system et cetera.

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#26528

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 18:01 -0300
Message-ID<87frk8gwji.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26527
Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> writes:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>
>>> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>>>> photos of you on there.)
>>>
>>> What I don't tell, they can't post, and the same with what they
>>> don't photograph. Although I guess that does leave a bit of an
>>> information vacuum there which some nutcase could exploit to make
>>> up missing personal info/photos on me if they so desired.
>>>
>>>>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>>>>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>>>>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>>>>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>>>>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>>>>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
>>>>
>>>> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
>>>> 2018.
>>>
>>> For software projects I use, many more seem to have moved to there
>>> since 2018 than before. You'd think they like the M$ acquisition.
>>> Occasionally I object and am ignored.
>>
>> You have been heard! I will not be hosting my stuff on github. On the
>> other hand, I have nothing interesting to host, so perhaps a moot
>> point. ;) My home made scripts and little utilities live on my laptop
>> and sometimes on my server, and are shared upon request.
>
> I think most little scripts should be documented (with a manual) and put
> online.  It will make it easier for others to use and it will certainly
> encourage others to improve it and share the improvement.  So you could
> see your little script turn into a nice polished program simply because
> someone saw the idea and knew what to do to make it a lot better.  Could
> be a good source of joy.
>
> One time I wrote a function---just a function---and added to some
> archive online.  This was a pretty niche programming language.  Years
> later, I looked it up---I was still called the author of the function,
> but the code was completely rewritten, with much more expertise
> knowledge.  I thought it was ironic that my name was still there.  We
> value the pioneer perhaps too much.
>
>>>> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
>>>> Codeberg.
>>>
>>> I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
>>> alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
>>> to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
>>> self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
>>> that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
>>> to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
>>> to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.
>>
>> I have heard about gitea. It seems as if it allows you to setup
>> graphical git hosting yourself. I personally use a fossil repository
>> accessible only over ssh. I don't use any of the wiki/ticket/chat
>> functionality included in it.
>
> There's Forgejo, too.  It looks very good.  Like in Github, you can
> disable all such modules---wiki, ticket system et cetera.

Sorry---you'd have to switch to git.  I don't think Gitea or Forgejo
work with fossil.  But fossil has its own web server, so you'd be fine
with it, too.

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#26536

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-20 22:51 +0100
Message-ID<05f9e6d7-ae71-d73e-9244-2638790780ef@example.net>
In reply to#26528

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

> Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> writes:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 20 Feb 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>>>> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on
>>>>>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close
>>>>>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
>>>>> photos of you on there.)
>>>>
>>>> What I don't tell, they can't post, and the same with what they
>>>> don't photograph. Although I guess that does leave a bit of an
>>>> information vacuum there which some nutcase could exploit to make
>>>> up missing personal info/photos on me if they so desired.
>>>>
>>>>>> Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source
>>>>>> software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned
>>>>>> by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now
>>>>>> very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and
>>>>>> especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely
>>>>>> unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in
>>>>> 2018.
>>>>
>>>> For software projects I use, many more seem to have moved to there
>>>> since 2018 than before. You'd think they like the M$ acquisition.
>>>> Occasionally I object and am ignored.
>>>
>>> You have been heard! I will not be hosting my stuff on github. On the
>>> other hand, I have nothing interesting to host, so perhaps a moot
>>> point. ;) My home made scripts and little utilities live on my laptop
>>> and sometimes on my server, and are shared upon request.
>>
>> I think most little scripts should be documented (with a manual) and put
>> online.  It will make it easier for others to use and it will certainly
>> encourage others to improve it and share the improvement.  So you could
>> see your little script turn into a nice polished program simply because
>> someone saw the idea and knew what to do to make it a lot better.  Could
>> be a good source of joy.
>>
>> One time I wrote a function---just a function---and added to some
>> archive online.  This was a pretty niche programming language.  Years
>> later, I looked it up---I was still called the author of the function,
>> but the code was completely rewritten, with much more expertise
>> knowledge.  I thought it was ironic that my name was still there.  We
>> value the pioneer perhaps too much.
>>
>>>>> Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to
>>>>> Codeberg.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know about Codeberg, but there have been lots of
>>>> alternatives all along. Tons of projects switched from SourceForge
>>>> to GitHub. Many projects have their own websites too, so why not
>>>> self-host? GitHub do offer a lot of extra features for free, but
>>>> that's dealing with the devil IMHO. Especially as the more tied in
>>>> to GitHub-specific systems a project gets, the less practical it is
>>>> to move away if M$ get more greedy later on.
>>>
>>> I have heard about gitea. It seems as if it allows you to setup
>>> graphical git hosting yourself. I personally use a fossil repository
>>> accessible only over ssh. I don't use any of the wiki/ticket/chat
>>> functionality included in it.
>>
>> There's Forgejo, too.  It looks very good.  Like in Github, you can
>> disable all such modules---wiki, ticket system et cetera.
>
> Sorry---you'd have to switch to git.  I don't think Gitea or Forgejo
> work with fossil.  But fossil has its own web server, so you'd be fine
> with it, too.
>

This is the truth. I'm a contrarian kind of guy, so when the world goes 
git, I go fossil. ;) Jokes aside, I like the concept of one binary and how 
it works for my own personal use case.

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