MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 hours agoWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up138file-text
arrow-up138imageWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 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-squareBL4CKP1XX13@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 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-up4·8 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-up2·8 hours agoI understand the ethos here but you have to appreciate the irony in that statement.
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.