@e4576eea Truly unbelievable that after DECADES of #Arabs refusing to accept #israel, declaring war on Yom Kippur, being run by #terrorists who target innocent people, that outsiders STILL think - in response to a savage #hamas attack - that Israel should do nothing, is the HEIGHT of hypocrisy and double standards. 

I pray for the day when #palestinians love their kids more than they hate #israel

#jews are #indigenous there. Israel has a right to exist. The End. 🇮🇱🇮🇱 

 @c7043037 lemme guess: you’re not #jewish …?

Jewish Voices for Peace are left wing radicals, not mainstream Jews. They won’t use the words #terrorism or #hamas to describe what happened on #october7th2023 

Not one of my Jewish family or friends subscribes to this garbage, even those who work for peace. 

Hamas is a #terrorist organization who butchered innocent men, women, and children to death in #israel. 

If this protest won’t acknowledge that, maybe that’s why there’s no airtime.

https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/111/316/319/945/434/832/original/06a81b2cb295ff71.jpeg 

 @8851ccdf Holy PHUCK. I shouldn't be surprised at the depths of that party's depravity and chaos, but I find that I still am. 

 @119520a4 @47962f8a @749d2a0c 

We all have different needs when it comes to privacy. So you’re right: there is no “one size fits all” approach.

That being said: your comment about “only care about privacy” is so vague that, for me, it’s meaningless. 

I’d much rather use a search engine that gives me the access AND the privacy I want across all levels. 

 @47962f8a @749d2a0c 

100% disagree about your #searchengine recommendation. 

For top #privacy and #Security   choose a search engine that is not located in the US nor any of the “five eyes” countries.

That means avoid #google #duckduckgo and #mojeek 

Try #startpage or #searx 

 @055c3aac @76382236 @a3328adc 

I’m a lifetime progressive and defender of the environment and marginalized voices. 

But - best I can tell here - merely voting won’t impact how a corporation decides to behave. That will require legislation. And THAT in turn will require more work than simply going to the polls. 

 @055c3aac @a3328adc you claiming it being credible and having hard facts to back that VERY awful claim are two different things. 

Only, if true, why speak in strict confidence? It seems to me that the more people who know about this, then the more pressure is put on the corporations to behave properly. 

 @5730fee4 #AltTxt added! 

 @055c3aac @a3328adc I’d like to see some evidence backing that claim up. 

I ask because I’ve written previously about info requests from law enforcement and how they are rising rapidly. 

But, best I can tell, no company complies in all requests. Here are Apple’s most recent stats:
https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html

Of note: I don’t see that they’ve broken down their requests based on whether subpoenas come from prosecuting or defense attorneys. 

 @d77519c1 @a3328adc 

ALL true. A #Farraday case/sleeve or just powering down your #cellphone until you need it are easy ways around this.

But yeh: in general, we now need to take more and more steps to have the same amount of #privacy we’ve had previously. 

Turns out the #interconnected world and #internet comes with a few very strong disadvantages along with all of its advantages. 

 @a379621f I have so many questions for (and crossovers with) you. Until then: Go Phils. 

 @9538e550 @58606072 

Command it all you like: it’s a *device*, not a person. Using your voice instead of keyboard doesn’t make it human.

If you want to consult the village elder or your life partner, that’s cool too. 

It’s worth remembering: we talk to humans we know personally differently than we talk to devices, pets, and humans we don’t know.

Plus: the voices on these can be changed.

I see this as creating a problem that doesn’t exist. 

 @58606072 While I’m no fan of a white, straight, Christian, male dominated society, this position makes zero sense to me. 

We aren’t talking about a real male or a female here: it’s a #computerized #tech voice. And it can be changed!

But even if it WERE a real voice, the counterpoint is clear:

If men are the default to “provide answers” in our society, how lovely that we now turn to “women” - by default - for our answers.  

If #representation matters, this is a lot of it. 

 @86339b4c GREAT piece: eloquent, kind, and deeply informed. 

As your fellow member of #sagaftra I think your heart is in the right place.  But I think your focus is not. 

You’re right: Hollywood can’t be counted on to police itself. Therefore Federal rulings and legislation must be a primary focus. 

I’m encouraged by the USPTO‘s recent decision to only grant inventorship to a HUMAN. More laws are needed to help make that distinction. 

https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/16524350_22apr2020.pdf 

 @91aa62b3 @573e8f49 @9d1bc3f8 @17f5f505 @1ef9ec87 

The #Phils have also won 7 of our 13 games this year when we’ve given up the lead in the 8th inning or later. 

The Fightin’s indeed. 

 @b19f8733 @76382236 amen 

 @420f26f4 If the #Left has no patience for those who are willing to learn,

If they’d rather immediately blame ignorance instead of helping to kindly educate,

If they require alignment of ALL ethics and morals prior to your “being accepted”, then…

That’s not #progressivism to me. It’s #extremism 

 @b9c793fa Um, wait… I can’t?! 

 @420f26f4 

Yes. But the Left does this to their own far more efficiently than the Right does. 

I’m a lifelong progressive & environmental activist. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been publicly and privately shamed - sometimes instantly - because I’m not using the “right“ phrase or term when I’m talking.

Doesn’t matter if I’m not aware of the term.

Doesn’t matter if my intentions were good. 

Wrong words = not a progressive = shunned. 

FUCK THAT. 

 @7f3d2aeb And…. Which fire DID you put out first? 

 @86242b72 

Good on ya. I so love this. 

As if ANYONE actually expected anything of quality from Jack “My own Twitter account got hacked” Dorsey. 

https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/30/someone-hacked-jack-dorseys-own-twitter-account/ 

 @75990787 what should be FAR more concerning to investors is Apple’s history of caving to the #Chinese government with regards to granting them data access at all of Apple’s data centers in #China virtually eliminating #privacy

Also, how #Apple caved to pressure from #Russia recently and removed apps from their #AppStore that would’ve allowed #democracy to flourish during the last round of Russian elections. 

#ethics #tech #wtf 

 @7f3d2aeb followed! 

 @ae463de8 

How can it NOT matter to you that we’re talking about a device, and not an actual human being?

Your position suggests that people cannot or will not know the difference. And I’m not sure how that position can be defended. 

 @ab917c1e 

This is why I don’t believe in”occupation”. I believe in wars lost. 

Still, I support Palestinian statehood. 

The PLO was a sham. Arafat was given most everything he wanted from Israel. And he walked away from peace. 

Still, I support Palestinian statehood. 

The far right religious Israelis who build communities in the West Bank are AWFUL. That Netanyahu backs them is criminal. 

Israel can and should do better. Still: they have a right to exist. 

 @a60eb0ca - With all due respect:

Fuck #Zuck

#zuckerberg is a #monopolist of the HIGHEST order with a history of playing to the political whims of the day and actively undermining #Democracy 

He’s still a predatory #capitalist and a power hungry one at that. 

 @59f9e828 Suspicious or not, my point is that you’ve left it there for a year. If it’s a bug, Apple patches regularly and you could have:

- updated or
- backed up, erased & restored or
- taken to any Apple Store for diagnosis 

 @9662f010

Counterpoint, it’s just as easy to assume that it WAS a #suicide than it is to assume he got knocked off. 

This is why medical examiner reports are so valuable. 

 @90ee5f67 @59f9e828 

Not on my end. I can’t speak for @59f9e828 tho. 

 @1feb943c oh, for the love of fuck, enough already. 

Your country receives arms from #iran, fires them for over a year at #israel, allows #hezbollah to place military command centers *under residential buildings* in an affront to Geneva conventions and then…

You complain about #israel?

Bitch, please: when Israel actually fights back and you cry “mass ethnic cleansing” you sound like a bitter #terrorist because your plan to eliminate the Jewish state has failed. Repeatedly. 

 @a3328adc fabulous article and congrats, Davey. I’ve been posting and sharing it far and wide as I write a lot about #privacy and #security 

 @4f378158 intimidating and threatening Jews isn’t gaslighting: it’s pointing out very obvious Jew hatred. 

And as you support these efforts, you must therefore be a Jew hater as well. 

 @b9c793fa Dead. Sharing now. 

 @b9c793fa And, I think, “fiery” should be added to the list of descriptors. 

 @84f13ee0 Thank you for asking that question. It’s essential. 

I choose to call it #war between neighboring countries. 

However, if you call what #israel is doing as #genocide, then… you’d *also* have to also accept that #hamas #terrorists committed a genocide against #Jews in #israel on #oct7 , right? 

 @1cb21ab5 @32226d11 can you link to this please? Would like to read in entirety.