It's classic function is for spreading gossip, but yes, the internet pipe should be just as dumb as POTS. Now, imagine having to call an IPv6 address on a rotary phone.
Well, regardless of all the legal babble, I'm just saying Apple shouldn't make "privacy" promises they can't/won't keep. The safest assumption for any user to work with is that everything is collected and sorted for fun and profit.
Imagine, if you will, a boiling mud pit. Can you predict when and where the next bubble will pop? Random events like that are entirely impossible to predict, but with the cold fronts and hurricanes they're spot on. And when you use the NWS you get just the facts without the hype.
Anybody wanna tell me where you hear that every day?
However I concur with the article. Weather, especially hurricane forecasting is top notch. It would be a real shame if anything happened to it on the whim of some crazy politician.
How many times in the past 65 years has that actually helped?
Certainly that depends on who's asking... But basically it boils down to being cheaper than all the alternatives, for the people who make those decisions...
You needn't get all emotional about it. None of that matters. They are not an internet service provider. They can't cut your wire or make you pay more if you use a different service. Until they can, there is no anti-trust issue, and there you would have to go after the ISP.
The thing is we don't have to use WhatsApp's protocol. We just have to convince people to use the better mousetrap. It's the old *lead a horse to water* cliche. That's not facebook's fault. We don't need the government for any of that, except maybe a central consumer report type thing where you can find advice on the best messengers.
Well, to me it's a "trust" issue. Everything owned by facebook is part of their advertising platform. Personally, I think it's better if you don't trust them (certainly not in their promotional material), and work with that while looking for something more acceptable. The government has no place here. Content is none of their business.
Now, if it could be proven that facebook conspired to get ISPs to prohibit the poor class from operating servers of their own, then I'll give you antitrust.
Heh, the ISPs conspire amongst themselves in that arena. This is the only way the internet "giant" can exist.
HDMI is a closed licensed product. Messaging is not necessarily so, and despite the issues, decentralized is the method that should get the most attention and development. Protocols shouldn't be an issue. We already have universal translators for that.
1. All the central messenger servers be placed under the rotating (5 year?) control of a non-profit organization such as Mozilla, Apache, or Wikipedia.
Why would we do that when we are not tethered to any one of them? That makes no sense, and sounds rather draconian. There are many open messaging protocols at our disposal. Facebook can't cut your wire. Only the ISP can do that. If the internet needs any regulation, the ISP is where to apply it, and there only to make sure access is not restricted.
Absolute nonsense. You can use email and a phone to convince your friends to use a different messenger service. There are many of them, with better security and privacy than facebook. People stay with facebook by choice. Nobody is forcing them, or you.
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Telecom's classic definition is phone service.
It's classic function is for spreading gossip, but yes, the internet pipe should be just as dumb as POTS. Now, imagine having to call an IPv6 address on a rotary phone.
Well, regardless of all the legal babble, I'm just saying Apple shouldn't make "privacy" promises they can't/won't keep. The safest assumption for any user to work with is that everything is collected and sorted for fun and profit.
What year is it?
1812... They're burnin' down da house!
Imagine, if you will, a boiling mud pit. Can you predict when and where the next bubble will pop? Random events like that are entirely impossible to predict, but with the cold fronts and hurricanes they're spot on. And when you use the NWS you get just the facts without the hype.
"Late night and early morning low clouds and fog"
Anybody wanna tell me where you hear that every day?
However I concur with the article. Weather, especially hurricane forecasting is top notch. It would be a real shame if anything happened to it on the whim of some crazy politician.
They're the same or worse, but that's irrelevant. There's insufficient demand for real privacy/security, on the contrary...
But Apple's ads belie the reality...
After all that crap projecting that sign about *what goes in an iPhone stays in an iPhone*....
SNAFU
I think your nick kinda answers the question. Don't worry, ultimately they'll degenerate into Bender...
That's a weird way to do things.
How many times in the past 65 years has that actually helped?
Certainly that depends on who's asking... But basically it boils down to being cheaper than all the alternatives, for the people who make those decisions...
you just keep spreading lies.
Do tell!
Afghanistan is an opium war.
You needn't get all emotional about it. None of that matters. They are not an internet service provider. They can't cut your wire or make you pay more if you use a different service. Until they can, there is no anti-trust issue, and there you would have to go after the ISP.
The thing is we don't have to use WhatsApp's protocol. We just have to convince people to use the better mousetrap. It's the old *lead a horse to water* cliche. That's not facebook's fault. We don't need the government for any of that, except maybe a central consumer report type thing where you can find advice on the best messengers.
Well, to me it's a "trust" issue. Everything owned by facebook is part of their advertising platform. Personally, I think it's better if you don't trust them (certainly not in their promotional material), and work with that while looking for something more acceptable. The government has no place here. Content is none of their business.
Some people already named Signal. For the rest, do you know how to click a link?
Now, if it could be proven that facebook conspired to get ISPs to prohibit the poor class from operating servers of their own, then I'll give you antitrust.
Heh, the ISPs conspire amongst themselves in that arena. This is the only way the internet "giant" can exist.
And headphone jacks, let's bring those back...
When the market fails us, call in the cavalry
HDMI is a closed licensed product. Messaging is not necessarily so, and despite the issues, decentralized is the method that should get the most attention and development. Protocols shouldn't be an issue. We already have universal translators for that.
Time to look for a WhatsApp replacement..
Exactly... Everybody should quit crying over this antitrust bullshit. There are lots of alternatives.
1. All the central messenger servers be placed under the rotating (5 year?) control of a non-profit organization such as Mozilla, Apache, or Wikipedia.
Why would we do that when we are not tethered to any one of them? That makes no sense, and sounds rather draconian. There are many open messaging protocols at our disposal. Facebook can't cut your wire. Only the ISP can do that. If the internet needs any regulation, the ISP is where to apply it, and there only to make sure access is not restricted.
Absolute nonsense. You can use email and a phone to convince your friends to use a different messenger service. There are many of them, with better security and privacy than facebook. People stay with facebook by choice. Nobody is forcing them, or you.
Not even. Closer to a TV show that you can tune out
In an ideal world the messaging protocols would be open.
They are... Facebook has no monopoly of any kind outside their site.
Yeah... legitimate!
These are content providers, not service providers. This isn't the railroad...