MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 hours agoWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up137file-text
arrow-up137imageWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I see random websites that aren’t open source saying they are “encrypted, safe”, when they obviously aren’t! Come on!
minus-squareMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 hours agoThe site doesn’t show a “Source Code” option. Neither I can find it by search. Try by yourself, it’s here
minus-squareBL4CKP1XX13@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours agoIf you can’t see it, technically this is a Schrödingers cat problem. The site is both telling the truth and lying at the same time, in a state of superposition. Only be observing the code would you fall onto one reality. Although there are people who can observe the code, which differs from the metaphor slightly.
minus-squareMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoI think one should distrust services that claim to be privacy-respecting without wanting to be opensource. Like, what are they hiding?
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI understand the ethos here but you have to appreciate the irony in that statement.
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoWhat does encryption have to do with showing source code?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agothat doesn’t mean they’re not encrypted. but also this is an online service for something most computers have been able to do locally out of the box for like 15 years, and it hasn’t been updated since 2023. it’s an obvious red flag even without being unsafe.
The site doesn’t show a “Source Code” option. Neither I can find it by search. Try by yourself, it’s here
If you can’t see it, technically this is a Schrödingers cat problem.
The site is both telling the truth and lying at the same time, in a state of superposition.
Only be observing the code would you fall onto one reality.
Although there are people who can observe the code, which differs from the metaphor slightly.
I think one should distrust services that claim to be privacy-respecting without wanting to be opensource. Like, what are they hiding?
I understand the ethos here but you have to appreciate the irony in that statement.
Indeed.
What does encryption have to do with showing source code?
that doesn’t mean they’re not encrypted.
but also this is an online service for something most computers have been able to do locally out of the box for like 15 years, and it hasn’t been updated since 2023. it’s an obvious red flag even without being unsafe.