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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
                                                                Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-15 23:58 +0100
                                                                  Re: broken schools Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-17 00:02 -0300
                                                                    Re: broken schools Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-03-18 03:00 +0000
                                                                      Re: broken schools Eva Lu <evalu@tor.soy> - 2025-03-18 21:20 -0300
                                                                    Re: broken schools D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-18 11:17 +0100
                                                                      OT: totally off-topic (Was: Re: broken schools) Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-19 13:51 -0300
                                                                        Re: OT: totally off-topic (Was: Re: broken schools) D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-19 23:20 +0100
                                                                          Re: OT: totally off-topic Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-21 11:52 -0300
                                                                            Re: OT: totally off-topic D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-23 00:31 +0100
                                                                              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
                                                                                    Re: OT: totally off-topic D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-04-06 23:17 +0200
                                                                                      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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#26478

Fromsnipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Date2025-02-18 00:30 +0000
Message-ID<1r7xd1r.15ikg3vz0019vN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
In reply to#26476
Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

> In message <e7169dec-9cdd-624f-f9e7-fd0548c99d5d@example.net>, D 
> <nospam@example.net> writes
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Adrian wrote:
> >
> >> In message <0310a638-3153-f886-5206-9bc8453c1f8e@example.net>, D 
> >><nospam@example.net> writes
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Depending on what you mean by choosing not to use it.
> >>
> >> I don't use any of the Meta products, but they still know about me as
> >>"friends" have uploaded pictures of me to facebook, or their contacts
> >>lists  to whatsapp.
> >>
> >> Adrian
> >
> >Why would they do that? It does not sound like friends to me, since 
> >they do not respect your wishes, nor your privacy.
> >
> 
> Note my use of "friends" not friends.  When I asked why I was told that
> what I don't know can't hurt me.
> 
> As for whatsapp, as I understand it, it is all or nothing thing about
> what it uploads, and some of them are people that I work with, so we 
> need each others phone numbers whilst working.  They think I'm odd for
> not using it.
> 
> Adrian

I don't think you're odd at all, Adrian, I have exactly the same
concerns as you; I too shun all Meta products. I use Signal 
(open source, non-proprietary) for stuff that would otherwise be 
on Whatsapp and I've persuaded people who want to communicate with 
me in that way to use it.  Mostly it's just my family sharing videos,
etc.  I can imagine that it might be different getting colleagues to 
do that.

-- 
^Ï^.    Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS         My pet rock Gordon just is.

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#26482

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-18 10:23 +0100
Message-ID<4ea58bfe-cd12-1e48-398b-7f2c6e759968@example.net>
In reply to#26478

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Sn!pe wrote:

> Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:
>
>> In message <e7169dec-9cdd-624f-f9e7-fd0548c99d5d@example.net>, D
>> <nospam@example.net> writes
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Adrian wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message <0310a638-3153-f886-5206-9bc8453c1f8e@example.net>, D
>>>> <nospam@example.net> writes
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Depending on what you mean by choosing not to use it.
>>>>
>>>> I don't use any of the Meta products, but they still know about me as
>>>> "friends" have uploaded pictures of me to facebook, or their contacts
>>>> lists  to whatsapp.
>>>>
>>>> Adrian
>>>
>>> Why would they do that? It does not sound like friends to me, since
>>> they do not respect your wishes, nor your privacy.
>>>
>>
>> Note my use of "friends" not friends.  When I asked why I was told that
>> what I don't know can't hurt me.
>>
>> As for whatsapp, as I understand it, it is all or nothing thing about
>> what it uploads, and some of them are people that I work with, so we
>> need each others phone numbers whilst working.  They think I'm odd for
>> not using it.
>>
>> Adrian
>
> I don't think you're odd at all, Adrian, I have exactly the same
> concerns as you; I too shun all Meta products. I use Signal
> (open source, non-proprietary) for stuff that would otherwise be
> on Whatsapp and I've persuaded people who want to communicate with
> me in that way to use it.  Mostly it's just my family sharing videos,
> etc.  I can imagine that it might be different getting colleagues to
> do that.

Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software might 
be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and running of 
it.

That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they have 
high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.

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#26504

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-19 21:52 -0300
Message-ID<87o6yxl9nf.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26482
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

[...]

> Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software
> might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and
> running of it.
>
> That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they
> have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.

Can't Signal eventually be bought off?

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#26508

Fromsnipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
Date2025-02-20 01:09 +0000
Message-ID<1r814f0.gys5j8u8fj6hN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
In reply to#26504
Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software
> > might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and
> > running of it.
> >
> > That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they
> > have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.
> >
> 
> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>

They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has
Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good 
enough for me.

-- 
^Ï^.    Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS         My pet rock Gordon just is.

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#26511

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-19 22:27 -0300
Message-ID<87a5ahjthr.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26508
snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) writes:

> Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software
>> > might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and
>> > running of it.
>> >
>> > That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they
>> > have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.
>> >
>> 
>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>
>
> They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has
> Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good 
> enough for me.

That's right.  I know a tiny bit about Signal's history.  But being
centralized, how do we know what happens after the author's death or
when he moves on to other things?  Even well set up organizations can
sometimes be taken over.  Steve Jobs was fired from his own company,
wasn't him?

But, yeah, I'm sure you're better off on Signal right now.  Hosting on
Github was just fine some years ago.  But things change.

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#26537

Fromkludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Date2025-02-20 21:51 +0000
Message-ID<vp8857$6v0$1@panix2.panix.com>
In reply to#26508
Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>
>They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has
>Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good 
>enough for me.

Signal does the encryption within the app, much like PGP.  So if Signal were
to compromise the app, it could be sniffed.

The good news is that sniffing the data between the sender and receiver gives
you nothing useful at any point unless the app is compromised.

The bad news is that updates are constantly being pushed, and just as it is
possible to push a security update, it is possible to push an insecurity
update too.
--scott

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

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#26559

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 23:22 -0300
Message-ID<877c5kaveq.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26537
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>
>>They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has
>>Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good 
>>enough for me.
>
> Signal does the encryption within the app, much like PGP.  So if Signal were
> to compromise the app, it could be sniffed.

What about Whatsapp?  Isn't it like that too?

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#26564

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-21 10:23 +0100
Message-ID<8a748b68-fa07-f52c-6722-45cafaf87299@example.net>
In reply to#26537

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>
>> They claim that it's end-to-end encrypted but whatever, it has
>> Whatsapp's functionality without being Meta and that's good
>> enough for me.
>
> Signal does the encryption within the app, much like PGP.  So if Signal were
> to compromise the app, it could be sniffed.
>
> The good news is that sniffing the data between the sender and receiver gives
> you nothing useful at any point unless the app is compromised.
>
> The bad news is that updates are constantly being pushed, and just as it is
> possible to push a security update, it is possible to push an insecurity
> update too.
> --scott

You get metadata such as timing of communication. Also I think a bigger 
threat to safe signal use is authorities just grabbing your phone or 
breaking into your unpatched 3 years old android device.

In sweden, that is how they crack a lot of private chat services, simply 
by going in through the phones.

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#26523

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-20 16:07 +0100
Message-ID<942c66db-44c9-3aeb-4a07-1110ce545e62@example.net>
In reply to#26504

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software
>> might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and
>> running of it.
>>
>> That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they
>> have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.
>
> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>

Interesting question. They are a foundation so that does put some legal 
limitations on such scenarios. However! So was/is Open AI and look what 
happened there.

So I assume, since it is based in the US that the answer to your question 
is a "yes". But I am not a lawyer. ;)

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#26531

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 18:35 -0300
Message-ID<87ldu0fges.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26523
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software
>>> might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and
>>> running of it.
>>>
>>> That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they
>>> have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.
>>
>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>
>
> Interesting question. They are a foundation so that does put some
> legal limitations on such scenarios. However! So was/is Open AI and
> look what happened there.
>
> So I assume, since it is based in the US that the answer to your
> question is a "yes". But I am not a lawyer. ;)

Lol.  When you want to say you're not a lawyer, you should say IANAL,
which is one of these ridiculous USENET acronyms. :) But what I really
think is that nobody should say IANAL.  Lol.  First, who cares?  Lol.
Second, it's almost never illegal to give your opinion on anything.

But, yeah.  You gave us a great example.  Open AI was a non-profit
organization later turned for-profit.  So, the same nonsense could
happen to Signal unless it has made any sort of unusual special
arrangements.

Companies and political parties (which are the same thing) should
formalize for-life commitments.  For example, a Senate candidate, a
Republic president and so on should register in writing some principles
and promises that they actually must live up to, lest they be impeached.

Take a look at YouTube.  The world has invested 15 billion videos in it
and now it needs to pay for viewing them by lack of privacy and ad
viewing.  I can't recall when the world actually agreed to this deal.
Deals should be clear from the very start.

For me to use Signal, say, I'd need a for-life promise that it would
never be taken over from me.  But, actually, I wouldn't use it either
way because I just prefer a decentralized system.  Signal should
redesign itself in a decentralized manner so that perhaps I could host
my own server (for my own communication), say.  Just like e-mail and
news are.

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#26542

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-20 23:31 +0100
Message-ID<3177e478-e29a-6ebe-28a2-2dfafcd3455d@example.net>
In reply to#26531

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

>>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>>
>>
>> Interesting question. They are a foundation so that does put some
>> legal limitations on such scenarios. However! So was/is Open AI and
>> look what happened there.
>>
>> So I assume, since it is based in the US that the answer to your
>> question is a "yes". But I am not a lawyer. ;)
>
> Lol.  When you want to say you're not a lawyer, you should say IANAL,
> which is one of these ridiculous USENET acronyms. :) But what I really
> think is that nobody should say IANAL.  Lol.  First, who cares?  Lol.
> Second, it's almost never illegal to give your opinion on anything.

I was thinking about it, but in the end, didn't go all "acronym". ;)

> But, yeah.  You gave us a great example.  Open AI was a non-profit
> organization later turned for-profit.  So, the same nonsense could
> happen to Signal unless it has made any sort of unusual special
> arrangements.
>
> Companies and political parties (which are the same thing) should
> formalize for-life commitments.  For example, a Senate candidate, a
> Republic president and so on should register in writing some principles
> and promises that they actually must live up to, lest they be impeached.

I don't see how that could ever be done? I mean there are trusts and
foundations, but I assume they can be broken or dismantled.

On the other hand... there are active companies who are several 100s of years
old, and the catholic church has been going strong for what... 1980 years or so? 
So clearly it is possible to build organizations centred around an ideology,
business plan or other concept, that has been working for 100s if not 1000s of
years.

> Take a look at YouTube.  The world has invested 15 billion videos in it
> and now it needs to pay for viewing them by lack of privacy and ad
> viewing.  I can't recall when the world actually agreed to this deal.
> Deals should be clear from the very start.

I find it very fascinating that you can find all kinds of copyrighted material
on youtube, and that is fine, and no one cares. But when the piratebay guys
built a web site that links to movies (not hosting it themselves) it was prison
+ fines for them. Different rules for google and private persons. This is very
sad.

> For me to use Signal, say, I'd need a for-life promise that it would
> never be taken over from me.  But, actually, I wouldn't use it either
> way because I just prefer a decentralized system.  Signal should
> redesign itself in a decentralized manner so that perhaps I could host
> my own server (for my own communication), say.  Just like e-mail and
> news are.

I don't use anything to chat with family since they would not be interested, but
one project I do like, and which would probably be my choice if I tried to get
my family to use it is delta chat. I like the concept behind it. I also think,
but don't remember at the moment, that it is possible to use it on iphones,
android and for me, on regular computers and they all work together.

For audio/video I use jitsi. I don't host it myself, but my companys cloud
provider sells their own version of hosted jitsi. It works really well!

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#26555

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 23:06 -0300
Message-ID<877c5kcaq1.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26542
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>>>> Can't Signal eventually be bought off?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting question. They are a foundation so that does put some
>>> legal limitations on such scenarios. However! So was/is Open AI and
>>> look what happened there.
>>>
>>> So I assume, since it is based in the US that the answer to your
>>> question is a "yes". But I am not a lawyer. ;)
>>
>> Lol.  When you want to say you're not a lawyer, you should say IANAL,
>> which is one of these ridiculous USENET acronyms. :) But what I really
>> think is that nobody should say IANAL.  Lol.  First, who cares?  Lol.
>> Second, it's almost never illegal to give your opinion on anything.
>
> I was thinking about it, but in the end, didn't go all "acronym". ;)
>
>> But, yeah.  You gave us a great example.  Open AI was a non-profit
>> organization later turned for-profit.  So, the same nonsense could
>> happen to Signal unless it has made any sort of unusual special
>> arrangements.
>>
>> Companies and political parties (which are the same thing) should
>> formalize for-life commitments.  For example, a Senate candidate, a
>> Republic president and so on should register in writing some principles
>> and promises that they actually must live up to, lest they be impeached.
>
> I don't see how that could ever be done? I mean there are trusts and
> foundations, but I assume they can be broken or dismantled.
>
> On the other hand... there are active companies who are several 100s
> of years old, and the catholic church has been going strong for
> what... 1980 years or so? So clearly it is possible to build
> organizations centred around an ideology, business plan or other
> concept, that has been working for 100s if not 1000s of years.

I got carried away with the wording.  A Senate candidate should keep his
promises when in office.  Let's erase the ``for-life''.  When you vote
for someone, you should vote because that person will do something that
they promised.  The system would not let them promise soemthing they can
do; for example, a president cannot promise something that Congress must
approve, say.

When someone is running for office, they make a bunch of promises.  They
should be obliged to do what they said they would.  So there should be a
formal process of writing it down and then hold them accountable later.
In some cases, they'll be excused; in other cases, they'll just be
removed from office.

Campaigns should be held more accountable.

>> Take a look at YouTube.  The world has invested 15 billion videos in it
>> and now it needs to pay for viewing them by lack of privacy and ad
>> viewing.  I can't recall when the world actually agreed to this deal.
>> Deals should be clear from the very start.
>
> I find it very fascinating that you can find all kinds of copyrighted material
> on youtube, and that is fine, and no one cares. But when the piratebay guys
> built a web site that links to movies (not hosting it themselves) it was prison
> + fines for them. Different rules for google and private persons. This is very
> sad.

``This is the truth.'' :)

>> For me to use Signal, say, I'd need a for-life promise that it would
>> never be taken over from me.  But, actually, I wouldn't use it either
>> way because I just prefer a decentralized system.  Signal should
>> redesign itself in a decentralized manner so that perhaps I could host
>> my own server (for my own communication), say.  Just like e-mail and
>> news are.
>
> I don't use anything to chat with family since they would not be interested, but
> one project I do like, and which would probably be my choice if I tried to get
> my family to use it is delta chat. I like the concept behind it. I also think,
> but don't remember at the moment, that it is possible to use it on iphones,
> android and for me, on regular computers and they all work together.

Wow---I had not heard of delta chat.  I really liked the idea!  Can
someone use delta chat and another just plain e-mail?  That would likely
be neat.  I, for one, don't like chat interfaces and prefer e-mail.  I
wouldn't mind replying chat messages by e-mail, for example.

> For audio/video I use jitsi. I don't host it myself, but my companys cloud
> provider sells their own version of hosted jitsi. It works really well!

Cool.  I've been using Jitsi on meet.jit.si.  I've used it while on
Windows.  Now I've been running OpenBSD and I've noticed that Jitsi
spins up my CPU a bit more than I was expecting.  I then tried Google
Meet using Chrome and it didn't spin that much.  I'm gonna try Jitsi on
Chrome and see what happens (next).

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#26570

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-21 11:01 +0100
Message-ID<58097d10-1512-fcad-1a15-ca07f530f0f8@example.net>
In reply to#26555

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

>> I don't see how that could ever be done? I mean there are trusts and
>> foundations, but I assume they can be broken or dismantled.
>>
>> On the other hand... there are active companies who are several 100s
>> of years old, and the catholic church has been going strong for
>> what... 1980 years or so? So clearly it is possible to build
>> organizations centred around an ideology, business plan or other
>> concept, that has been working for 100s if not 1000s of years.
>
> I got carried away with the wording.  A Senate candidate should keep his
> promises when in office.  Let's erase the ``for-life''.  When you vote
> for someone, you should vote because that person will do something that
> they promised.  The system would not let them promise soemthing they can
> do; for example, a president cannot promise something that Congress must
> approve, say.

The idea is good in theory, but in practice, I don't see it working since
politics is based so much on values, and reality is "plastic". You can do a lot
of things, the question is just how much are you going to sacrifice in order to
get it done.

But yes, in general, accountability is a good thing. I also like to see basic
requirements for politicians such as:

1. Knowledge of english if you are supposed to represent your country in
international situations.

2. An academic degree if you are in a country with free higher education. It
would give me comfort that you have enough intelligence to make it through a
university program.

3. Limiting terms to one term, and after that, being banned from any political
jobs. This is to limit political clans from forming, were politicial offices are
inherited across generations.

4. Limiting of salary and benefits. Your salary as a politician should be the
average of the country. If the country prospers, your salary increases, if the
country does not prosper, your salary goes down. By limiting the salary you also
filter out people who are looking for a cozy position, with a ridiculously high
salary for life. Instead you get people who are more interested in the job, than
in the salary.

5. Abolishing full-time politicians. In switzerland in olden days, politics was
a part time job. Every politician had a "day job" and they got leave from their
job one or two days per week to go to the parliament and do politics. The great
thing about this is that they were exposed to their colleagues every week, so if
they did a bad job in the parliament, they surely got told about it, when going
back to work. It was also good for their humility to go back to having a boss,
after 1-2 days in parliament. This should be re-instated to force politicians to
live among the people, as one of the people. Todays politicians isolate
themselves from the people and live like billionaires zipping around the planet
in private jets.

> When someone is running for office, they make a bunch of promises.  They
> should be obliged to do what they said they would.  So there should be a
> formal process of writing it down and then hold them accountable later.
> In some cases, they'll be excused; in other cases, they'll just be
> removed from office.
>
> Campaigns should be held more accountable.
>
>>> Take a look at YouTube.  The world has invested 15 billion videos in it
>>> and now it needs to pay for viewing them by lack of privacy and ad
>>> viewing.  I can't recall when the world actually agreed to this deal.
>>> Deals should be clear from the very start.
>>
>> I find it very fascinating that you can find all kinds of copyrighted material
>> on youtube, and that is fine, and no one cares. But when the piratebay guys
>> built a web site that links to movies (not hosting it themselves) it was prison
>> + fines for them. Different rules for google and private persons. This is very
>> sad.
>
> ``This is the truth.'' :)

Amen!

>>> For me to use Signal, say, I'd need a for-life promise that it would
>>> never be taken over from me.  But, actually, I wouldn't use it either
>>> way because I just prefer a decentralized system.  Signal should
>>> redesign itself in a decentralized manner so that perhaps I could host
>>> my own server (for my own communication), say.  Just like e-mail and
>>> news are.
>>
>> I don't use anything to chat with family since they would not be interested, but
>> one project I do like, and which would probably be my choice if I tried to get
>> my family to use it is delta chat. I like the concept behind it. I also think,
>> but don't remember at the moment, that it is possible to use it on iphones,
>> android and for me, on regular computers and they all work together.
>
> Wow---I had not heard of delta chat.  I really liked the idea!  Can
> someone use delta chat and another just plain e-mail?  That would likely
> be neat.  I, for one, don't like chat interfaces and prefer e-mail.  I
> wouldn't mind replying chat messages by e-mail, for example.

Good question! I actually don't know, but since it is based on email as the
foundation, I would think it kind of natural that you would also be able to use
it for regular email.

It would actually be quite neat to have delta chat as a background service on my
computer, so that I could have one account/folder in my email client for "chats"
and the rest, like usual, for regular email. So when I need to chat, I just
switch over th my delta chat mail folder and type away, with all the benefits of
encryption.

>> For audio/video I use jitsi. I don't host it myself, but my companys cloud
>> provider sells their own version of hosted jitsi. It works really well!
>
> Cool.  I've been using Jitsi on meet.jit.si.  I've used it while on
> Windows.  Now I've been running OpenBSD and I've noticed that Jitsi
> spins up my CPU a bit more than I was expecting.  I then tried Google
> Meet using Chrome and it didn't spin that much.  I'm gonna try Jitsi on
> Chrome and see what happens (next).

I think a lot of that might have something to do with openbsd graphic
capabilities. The file system is also not the most efficient one.

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#26483

FromAdrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff>
Date2025-02-18 13:48 +0000
Message-ID<Q1hhbAEy+ItnFwOI@ku.gro.lloiff>
In reply to#26478
In message <1r7xd1r.15ikg3vz0019vN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe 
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> writes
>I don't think you're odd at all, Adrian, I have exactly the same
>concerns as you; I too shun all Meta products. I use Signal
>(open source, non-proprietary) for stuff that would otherwise be
>on Whatsapp and I've persuaded people who want to communicate with
>me in that way to use it.  Mostly it's just my family sharing videos,
>etc.  I can imagine that it might be different getting colleagues to
>do that.
>

Where whatsapp etc. is concerned, I've taken to asking two simple 
questions, with the caveat that you can't answer "yes" to both.

Q1:  Do you respect other peoples privacy ?

Q2: Do you use "social media" tools such as whatsapp and facebook ?

This usually results in "Yes" to Q1, and an awkward pause at Q2.

Adrian
-- 
To Reply :
replace "bulleid" with "adrian" - all mail to bulleid is rejected
Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops
Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies.

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#26505

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-19 21:56 -0300
Message-ID<87h64pl9i2.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26483
Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> writes:

> In message <1r7xd1r.15ikg3vz0019vN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
> <snipeco.2@gmail.com> writes
>>I don't think you're odd at all, Adrian, I have exactly the same
>>concerns as you; I too shun all Meta products. I use Signal
>>(open source, non-proprietary) for stuff that would otherwise be
>>on Whatsapp and I've persuaded people who want to communicate with
>>me in that way to use it.  Mostly it's just my family sharing videos,
>>etc.  I can imagine that it might be different getting colleagues to
>>do that.
>>
>
> Where whatsapp etc. is concerned, I've taken to asking two simple
> questions, with the caveat that you can't answer "yes" to both.
>
> Q1:  Do you respect other peoples privacy ?
>
> Q2: Do you use "social media" tools such as whatsapp and facebook ?
>
> This usually results in "Yes" to Q1, and an awkward pause at Q2.

Lol.

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#26481

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-18 10:22 +0100
Message-ID<37f3e3f6-6cf9-fab4-76f4-dbc1a07fd369@example.net>
In reply to#26476

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Adrian wrote:

> In message <e7169dec-9cdd-624f-f9e7-fd0548c99d5d@example.net>, D 
> <nospam@example.net> writes
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, Adrian wrote:
>> 
>>> In message <0310a638-3153-f886-5206-9bc8453c1f8e@example.net>, D 
>>> <nospam@example.net> writes
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Depending on what you mean by choosing not to use it.
>>> 
>>> I don't use any of the Meta products, but they still know about me as 
>>> "friends" have uploaded pictures of me to facebook, or their contacts 
>>> lists  to whatsapp.
>>> 
>>> Adrian
>> 
>> Why would they do that? It does not sound like friends to me, since they do 
>> not respect your wishes, nor your privacy.
>> 
>
> Note my use of "friends" not friends.  When I asked why I was told that what 
> I don't know can't hurt me.

This is the truth!

> As for whatsapp, as I understand it, it is all or nothing thing about what it 
> uploads, and some of them are people that I work with, so we need each others 
> phone numbers whilst working.  They think I'm odd for not using it.

Are you based in the US? Uploading your information, that enables someone 
to identify you, without your consent, is illegal in the EU and punishable 
by up to 4% of the global revenues of the company.

Another option is to have 2 phone numbers. One for work, and one for 
friends (without quotationmarks).

I use the same technique with email. I have a spam-email that currently 
has around 20k spam messages in it, and this is the one most companies 
get.

> Adrian
>

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#26484

FromAdrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff>
Date2025-02-18 14:05 +0000
Message-ID<tU4+D2EUOJtnFwb+@ku.gro.lloiff>
In reply to#26481
In message <37f3e3f6-6cf9-fab4-76f4-dbc1a07fd369@example.net>, D 
<nospam@example.net> writes
>Are you based in the US? Uploading your information, that enables 
>someone to identify you, without your consent, is illegal in the EU and 
>punishable by up to 4% of the global revenues of the company.
>

I'm in dear old Blighty (UK).  Question is, who is the company in this 
case ?  I assume Meta as the upload was done by an individual for 
reasons not explained.

>Another option is to have 2 phone numbers. One for work, and one for 
>friends (without quotationmarks).
>

I thought about that.  The thing is that 3 years ago we seemed to manage 
happily without it, but one person changing job meant that it now seems 
to be essential.  I've asked higher ups why we now seem to have a 
defacto requirement to use WA, but no one seems to know.  And I don't 
see why I should buy a second phone (and ongoing costs with running it) 
for what this year is likely to be 10 days use.

>I use the same technique with email. I have a spam-email that currently 
>has around 20k spam messages in it, and this is the one most companies 
>get.
>

I have my own domain.  Companies usually get a unique email address. 
Those that abuse it, or leak it, are soon found out, and may lose 
business as a result.

Adrian
-- 
To Reply :
replace "bulleid" with "adrian" - all mail to bulleid is rejected
Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops
Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies.

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#26507

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-19 22:03 -0300
Message-ID<871pvtl95y.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26484
Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> writes:

> I thought about that.  The thing is that 3 years ago we seemed to
> manage happily without it, but one person changing job meant that it
> now seems to be essential.  I've asked higher ups why we now seem to
> have a defacto requirement to use WA, but no one seems to know.  And I
> don't see why I should buy a second phone (and ongoing costs with
> running it) for what this year is likely to be 10 days use.

I totally agree that it's absurd.  But it's essentially a war and a
second phone is a weapon.

>> I use the same technique with email. I have a spam-email that
>> currently has around 20k spam messages in it, and this is the one
>> most companies get.
>
> I have my own domain.  Companies usually get a unique email
> address. Those that abuse it, or leak it, are soon found out, and may
> lose business as a result.

And I think we have to take back this spirit of running the Internet
ourselves.  Remember---we are the ones that really know how to run it,
not Whatsapp, Facebook users.  So I think we all should host our own
mail again, host our own code, our own NNTP servers, our own mailing
lists... 

I also feel that things are changing.  To what I don't know, but
essentially when the changes become more clear, we'd be ourselves ready
with solutions and also not worried that we're helping the movement
that's hurting us.  It feels great to realize that we don't put in even
a cent towards this movement.

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#26525

FromD <nospam@example.net>
Date2025-02-20 16:14 +0100
Message-ID<cdb24f22-11b2-8048-5cc4-69d61bc7cc45@example.net>
In reply to#26507

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

> Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> writes:
>
>> I thought about that.  The thing is that 3 years ago we seemed to
>> manage happily without it, but one person changing job meant that it
>> now seems to be essential.  I've asked higher ups why we now seem to
>> have a defacto requirement to use WA, but no one seems to know.  And I
>> don't see why I should buy a second phone (and ongoing costs with
>> running it) for what this year is likely to be 10 days use.
>
> I totally agree that it's absurd.  But it's essentially a war and a
> second phone is a weapon.
>
>>> I use the same technique with email. I have a spam-email that
>>> currently has around 20k spam messages in it, and this is the one
>>> most companies get.
>>
>> I have my own domain.  Companies usually get a unique email
>> address. Those that abuse it, or leak it, are soon found out, and may
>> lose business as a result.
>
> And I think we have to take back this spirit of running the Internet
> ourselves.  Remember---we are the ones that really know how to run it,
> not Whatsapp, Facebook users.  So I think we all should host our own
> mail again, host our own code, our own NNTP servers, our own mailing
> lists...
>
> I also feel that things are changing.  To what I don't know, but
> essentially when the changes become more clear, we'd be ourselves ready
> with solutions and also not worried that we're helping the movement
> that's hurting us.  It feels great to realize that we don't put in even
> a cent towards this movement.
>

This is my idea on how to counter the laws all around the world that seek 
to forbid encryption. There is safety in numbers, and completely 
impossible for the authorities to arrest 10s or 100s of thousands of 
people.

My dream is that people will start to use small self-hosted, end-to-end 
encrypted chat services, so that the laws forbidding encryption become 
meaningless.

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#26533

FromSalvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Date2025-02-20 18:47 -0300
Message-ID<8734g8ffvs.fsf@example.com>
In reply to#26525
D <nospam@example.net> writes:

[...]

> My dream is that people will start to use small self-hosted,
> end-to-end encrypted chat services, so that the laws forbidding
> encryption become meaningless.

That's my idea, too.  I don't think the USENET is actually a perfect
project.  I think communities should not too large.  So I think we
should build more NNTP servers to be used by small communities.  And
then these servers should have a standard API so that an index could be
created somewhere where people can discover communities.

Imagine how many closed NNTP servers, mailing lists are out there and
nobody knows.

The web is like that.  A website sends you to another one.  This is
decentralization.  No NNTP servers send you to another one, except those
that have peers, but then it's as if they're all the same.  My idea is
to make NNTP servers more like the web.

I don't know if it works.  I'm thinking out loud.

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