Thing is, privacy isn’t binary; it isn’t even a spectrum. It’s an amorphous 3-dimensional cloud.

Total privacy means that nobody else knows you even exist. Nobody wants total privacy, even if they think they do.

What most people want is for governments and corporations to not be able to track their day to day activity, malicious actors to not have access to their identity and financial data, and individuals to only have the information about them needed to connect and relate in society.

The first thing anyone needs to do is create their own privacy and threat models. Identify your personal risks within those models and adapt as needed.

For instance, using a cellphone of any type means you’re using a location tracker. Same goes for any vehicle with a built in cellular device. That information is available to specific corporations as well as government agencies and sometimes third parties with money.

Is it worth giving up that level of privacy to be connected to other people in most places you’d be likely to go? That’s up to the individual.

Same goes for libre software and hardware.

The important bit:

Those joining from unsupported platforms will be automatically placed in audio-only mode to protect shared content.

And I presume everything except Windows 11 Teams will be considered “unsupported”.

Imagine a camera on the bottom of the body instead of where the eyes would be. Now have it circle like an eagle, flapping as needed. Telephoto lens.

The one thing it has going for it is covert surveillance.

So let’s say Alberta separates from Canada… Who would they be asking for this money?

It also cuts down on listeria and salmonella poisoning.

Unfortunately, tape can’t mute the microphones.

Seems like he’s setting up a corporate management structure with an inner C suite and an outer set of ministry managers.

Has anyone structured the cabinet like this before?

Ex-Nortel employees remember.

Sometimes people hold unpopular opinions privately until they’re examined under the spotlight. Then they realize that’s not actually their opinion. See: Brexit.

It wasn’t the fall that killed them; it was the collision.

It all depends on goals. If your goal is to fake it into a high paying job, cheating works. If your goal is to enrich your knowledge, it’s useless.

But in order to always do the second, you pretty much have to have enough confidence in your ability to have a soft landing when you graduate that it isn’t worth it OR already have a better grasp of the subject at hand than the average intelligence distilled by an AI.

They need to rebrand as Radio Shack next.

Electronics Boutique originally. Competed with Radio Shack.

Buying with cash is useful, or else someone is still selling your purchase patterns.

And turn your phone off before you go in the store.

Meanwhile, Palau doesn’t even get honourable mention….

Well, DOGE already fired a significant amount of the staff that wasn’t focused on private sector interaction. There’s nobody left who could take time to police online speech. So a large portion of that cut just means that there will be a hiring freeze for positions focused on government security and investigations.

Agreed. What I want is someone who can run our country, both domestically and internationally. I’m fed up with people who are good at politics.

Of course, I also want electoral reform and serious workable strategies to combat wealth inequality. I have my doubts that he’ll make any progress on those fronts.

What exactly does “spun off” mean here? Doesn’t Comcast still have a stake in the new org? Isn’t this just changing the lipstick color on the pig?

Elizabeth May was talking about it too… and kept her seat.