June 2020

222 tweets

Replying to @macsym

It's Dekalb opposite the end of South Portland.
That a nonprofit working from publicly available information was able to find 97 sites on which Google is profiting from Covid-19 disinformation tells you everything you need to know about how committed Google is to fixing that problem.
Quoting a tweet by @TTP_updates ↗
↺ 8

Replying to @null and @funnymonkey

Yes, but somehow Google is still perceived as a pro democracy company. You hear about Facebook employees fretting over publishing violent racism but nothing from the googlers bankrolling it all.

Replying to @annbass and @Google, @Twitter, @Facebook, @YouTube, @GOP

Indeed, all under the guise of "neutrality". It's very disappointing.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis

Are unobservables discernible?
French reddit is having a field day covering the US the way US media covers the world. (via @MaxGendler) reddit.com/r/france/comme…
↺ 2

Replying to @olivierthereaux

You mean specifically with these data sources? No, I haven't, but I can ask around!

Replying to @null and @privaci_way

Is the cfp deadline also extended?

Replying to @v0max and @privaci_way

OK, thanks! I actually had an idea I wanted to submit so I'd like to make sure that I don't miss the chance 😁

Replying to @jarroddicker and @zeus

Great news, congrats!

Replying to @mnot

Haha, that is the most Google thing. Why would you even consider that people might want to leave?

Replying to @c_larkbradley and @ShurrieP, @Joyce_Karam, @SaraCarterDC

Yes, we completely give a damn. You should try caring about someone other than yourself for a try, @ShurrieP, it's not as hard as you think.
Thoughts and prayers for all the Google employees currently expressing very serious concern in internal discussion groups and then doing nothing whatsoever about it.
Quoting a tweet by @JuddLegum ↗
↺ 1

Replying to @meaganrosae

It's likely not an official communication. The Twitter handle is wrong (and now taken).

Replying to @can

I don't think it's official...
Quoting a tweet by @NYCGovCuomo ↗

Replying to @null and @NYCGovCuomo, @can

That's very generous of you, sir!

Replying to @null and @NYCGovCuomo, @can

It would be hilarious to investigate but I'm pretty sure we'll never know!

Replying to @null and @DSepDC, @JulesPolonetsky

I don't think any browser currently shipping has DNT on by default. If the header is there, it was user enabled.

Replying to @MarySRoss18 and @JulesPolonetsky

I'm confused 😁 Why does CPRA make it optional?
This quote is particularly good. "We offer Incognito in Chrome to make it look like we care about your privacy, but if you paid attention you'd have noticed we never said we stopped tracking you! Lol, users, amirite?!" nytimes.com/2020/06/02/tec…
↺ 18

Replying to @JulesPolonetsky and @MarySRoss18

That text actually makes sense to me! It seems to make opting out provisions optional if you support DNT and allows for some form of consent. (The latter is worrying in that it seems to repeat GDPR mistakes in trying to save notice and choice, but that's a separate issue.)

Replying to @MarySRoss18 and @JulesPolonetsky

I'm not sure how strong the outing is, it's not like people read footer material much.

Replying to @MarySRoss18 and @JulesPolonetsky

Yes, I understand the intent and I like the simplicity compared to other notice regimes, but I think that few enough people actually see it that given a choice between that and something that suppresses sells I'd take the latter.
Having said that I'm pretty happy with the OAG taking both 😁 Their description of how DNT triggers a DNS is a bit buggy but I can live with it.

Thread of 2 tweets

Replying to @MarySRoss18 and @JulesPolonetsky

Ah, now I get it. Thanks. This leads to a weird situation. Companies will go with the button because DNT levels are much higher than opt out rates (especially in apps). But if DNT support is mandated (which seems possible) then no one will do the button.

Replying to @MarySRoss18 and @JulesPolonetsky

Completely agreed, thanks for all the explanation!

Thread of 2 tweets

Replying to @niranzri

Do you know if videos will be available by any chance?
This is exactly true. The Times is constantly used as a reference in policy reports, and rarely do they differentiate OpEds. This will normalise violence as a policy option. Airing debates is valuable; acting as the useful idiots of totalitarianism less so.
Quoting a tweet by @elongreen ↗
↺ 3
I don't believe that there are rules for others and different rules for ourselves. I believe Facebook should take down posts inciting violence. I believe @nytopinion should take down articles inciting violence.
↺ 13

Replying to @e2dot7182818284 and @EuphoricEuler

I know, I saw that. Not surprised!

Replying to @null and @funnymonkey, @nytopinion

Thank you! My team spends a lot of time working on tech ethics. It's hard to do our jobs if the org we do it for recklessly and needlessly endangers others...

Replying to @pilhofer

Can't disagree with that!
I don't believe that there are rules for others and different rules for ourselves. I believe Facebook should take down posts inciting violence. I believe @nytopinion should take down articles inciting violence.
↺ 13
I don’t need psychological safety. I need to work for an organisation with the wherewithal to tell the difference between publishing a variety of opinions and being a mouthpiece for intimidation and disinformation. If the mission is fake, then the money’s much better in tech.
Quoting a tweet by @bariweiss ↗
↺ 6

Thread of 2 tweets

I don't know, maybe there was a red flag right there?

Replying to @alex_kuhner

The Onion has a pretty damn good imagination but sometimes it just can't compete with the real thing.

Thread of 2 tweets

Replying to @DrSepinwall and @Sharronapearl, @nytimes

Of course! We owe nothing less.

Replying to @niranzri

Ah, that's a shame! If you have an article that goes with I would love to hear more.

Replying to @niranzri

Thank you! Looking forward to it 🙂

Replying to @null and @amyvdh, @hober, @nytimes

Thank you both! Big hugs and let's swap many a beer and cocktail in times not too distant! 🤗

Replying to @Paul__Walsh and @lukemulks, @nytimes

Thank you!

Replying to @lucyfyson and @paulmasonnews, @nytimes

I did leave my home office and step outside, that counts for something these days!
I'm in awe with my colleagues' dedication to integrity. Particularly with the younger ones' maturity in political discussion and organising. Whoever thinks this generation is somehow weak doesn't know what's about to hit them.
↺ 1

Replying to @null and @Ryan_Lanham, @paulmasonnews, @nytimes

We will!

Replying to @SimpliArt and @paulmasonnews, @nytimes

We owe it!

Replying to @Sharronapearl and @DrSepinwall, @nytimes

Thank you both for the kind words. I don't think that we could do any less.
Hey DC!
Be wary of online disinformation! One of the other 5th-graders in my 10yo's group of BFFs thought that Fathers' Day was today. As a result, there are five lucky Brooklyn dads who got their special day early!
↺ 1

Replying to @mbeisen

That looks more like the kind of cat cleanup I'm familiar with: start poking at the thing, drag it a bit, lose interest.
If you're wondering what "It's not chemical" might mean of pepper spray, @SMBCComics has you covered. smbc-comics.com/?id=3324
Quoting a tweet by @atrupar ↗
↺ 2

Replying to @TzviyaSiegman and @SMBCComics

Clearly way too much for this time of day.
This is an outstanding thread. Stepping away from everything that is burning to look at the ongoing revolution.
Quoting a tweet by @RebeccaSpang ↗
↺ 3

Replying to @frivoal and @SMBCComics

Clearly it must be pepper-flavoured positronium.

Replying to @null and @dauwhe, @frivoal, @SMBCComics

Ha, that's amazing!
My 10yo just came up with this. When the future comes, it'll be alright. ♥
↺ 1
Aram makes many excellent points about why targeted advertising is structurally discriminatory and unethical (my words, not making him say that bit).
Quoting a tweet by @Chronotope ↗
↺ 2
People forget this but when Big Tech & programmatic adtech people talk about "funding publishers" what they mean by publishers encompasses an endless series of fake sites, fake apps, and hate & conspiracy pushers. Somehow they never share numbers as to how much of that's legit.
Quoting a tweet by @nandoodles ↗
↺ 6

Replying to @dmarti

I have no idea, maybe? It's true they might not have been careful.
The daughters made me a new style. What say you good people of the twitters?

Replying to @JasonWilliamsNY

These are pandemic times, Jason, we have to keep it simple.

Replying to @null and @benlikestocode

I'm worried about pairing with shirts.

Replying to @JasonWilliamsNY

I would normally go with some type of bright shirt, possibly floral.

Replying to @JonFerraiolo

Hahaha 😂

Replying to @jason_kint

How far are you from Bethesda? I'm sure they'd be happy to work on your hair too!

Replying to @null and @amyvdh

That's my concern, I sort of don't want to commit to a colour so I can pair with shirts well.

Replying to @jason_kint

Let me see about availabilities and choices of colour!

Replying to @null and @amyvdh

Boulevardier! Such a great choice of word! I love the idea of saying that the silver is a dye! 😂 It's totally a dye, wink-wink.

Replying to @briankardell and @amyvdh

What comes to mind for fish would be greasy hair and yesterday’s newspaper?

Replying to @null and @podopie

Laugh while you can, my friend.

Replying to @null and @marcosc, @amyvdh

Can you fade from blue to red without going through purple? I’ve kind of promised @torgo that was his territory.

Replying to @jarroddicker

Quality GIFing, there.

Replying to @swodinsky

Art?

Replying to @swodinsky

Note: works great on cats, too.

Replying to @annbass and @amyvdh

Hahaha, oh dear, I haven't done that in, what, a decade? Might be time to bring it back!

Replying to @null and @amyvdh, @annbass

Thank you 🤗 For reference, this is the American Girl Doll blue hair extension.

Replying to @danbri

Wish I were half that cool!

Replying to @tristanbailey

Isn't everything?

Replying to @danbri

It works better for her though!

Replying to @stimpee

Can’t disagree! ;-)

Replying to @helenedelye

Il va me falloir un nouveau nom, genre Crinière Étincellante.

Replying to @EricVillemin and @MeaningfulParis

C’était un plaisir, merci beaucoup!

Replying to @tbernard1979

Ouch!

Replying to @andreacampi and @lhirlimann

I need to try the red.

Replying to @adambroach

I know, right! It’s in honour of dear departed friend Kip Hampton who made wearing a fez all the rage at open source conferences.

Replying to @OriPekelman

You are the sweetest, Ori 😘

Replying to @alilleybrinker and @Chemistryvid

Yes! And apparently it works, too.

Replying to @alilleybrinker and @Chemistryvid

I’m larger than a wasp and frankly I’d take a few steps back. I wonder if it might make them look bigger, or if it signals a healthy, well-coordinated hive that would be able to strike back, or something like that.

Replying to @jathansadowski

What is that cited in?
This is a very, very good thread about statues. I'm not sure we ever listen to historians quite enough.
Quoting a tweet by @BretDevereaux ↗
↺ 10

Replying to @nicolasbenoist and @fchollet

Uniquement parce que les français aiment à se complaire dans l'illusion qu'ils n'ont pas un problème de racisme débordant.

Replying to @jathansadowski

Thanks! Checking it out now.

Replying to @phonedude_mln and @clancynewyork, @IgorBrigadir, @weiglemc

Same, haven’t seen it but the account was gone already.

Replying to @null and @SimonDeDeo

It might be interesting to contrast with Haldane (bactra.org/Daedalus.html) or Russell (marxists.org/reference/subj…).

Replying to @henryfarrell

Their octonion stan pieces are good too.

Replying to @henryfarrell

Same! They manage to convey some of the meaning such that I feel I'm getting a glimpse of the path not taken.

Replying to @chaals and @annbass, @amyvdh

And there I was thinking you were into historical reenactment!

Replying to @null and @amyvdh, @briankardell

The stars make the greasy hair shinier, I like it.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis

Heh! I read the Guardian article you shared about adult diagnosis of ADHD and it felt so familiar I decided to do something about it. I've now been staring at a phone number for two months or so...

Replying to @mnot and @JasonWilliamsNY

Technically, yes.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis

Yes, I should really stop staring at that phone number and actually call it...

Replying to @skdh

I'm kind of jealous 😁
This is of course totally harmless and why would you want to break the business model of the internet?
Quoting a tweet by @al___ng ↗

Replying to @Chronotope

Waaat. I remember this airing in France, but I think it was always the first half of season one and it's not even clear if they showed the episodes in order.

Replying to @Chronotope

I'll never understand that logic. I was never a big TV watcher, but way back one of my exes used to watch Buffy in France and it made no sense whatsoever. It's only much later when friends convinced me to actually watch it that I gathered they'd been broadcasting in random order.

Replying to @Chronotope

I guess it's thinking from back before they had arcs. You pick episodes that had strong ratings for days you can make a killing on, show the weak ones against the football finals or whatnot?
Am I reading this right that Google will demonetise YouTube?
Quoting a tweet by @NewsFromGoogle ↗
↺ 5

Replying to @Chronotope

Oh, glad I'm not the only one baffled. I keep seeing promoted tweets with videos that have a preroll with someone else's video ad...
Facebook adds option for people least susceptible to disinformation to opt out of it. This is from their privacy playbook: there is literally no problem big enough that you can't blame on your users if you've made an option for it.
Quoting a tweet by @MikeIsaac ↗
↺ 6

Replying to @perigrin and @trg404

Would love to hear more!

Replying to @fatemehx2

I love that word! I need to find out how to pronounce it so I can speak it too :-D #NonNativeProblems

Replying to @rubin

Folle théorie, Rubin, folle théorie.

Replying to @matthewstoller and @gzgzgz____

I'm with you on the initial distinction, but I'm unconvinced about your targeting argument. If you run a sub business, you're user-aligned. This should incentivise you to keep your subscribers safe, avoiding the moral hazards of 230 (and in line with legislative intent).
If you run an ad business, you want volume and time spent. The rage clickers will engage 10x so that you're better off catering to them than trying to help those getting hurt, who are less likely to have disposable income anyway and so are inherently less valuable.
You also don't need data, at least not in the manner that it's traded now, to do targeting. There are plenty of contextual proxies. Some of us are big enough to do that entirely first party, too.
I would go for a different distinction: you get 230 protection when people pay you (a fair price) to publish. When you pay them, or just relay them, then you're a publisher. Same effect, avoids issues with mixed business models.

Thread of 4 tweets

Replying to @matthewstoller and @gzgzgz____

Either that, or a "who pays" protection as outlined downthread. If advertiser are paying you, you get 230 protection from their ads!

Replying to @TGoesh and @knighton_bob, @InertialObservr

Regexp will work the same on more than one machine.
🍿🍿🍿 I have several issues with app stores (on both platforms) but if we only get one thing out of this I hope it is support for web apps in iOS. Forcing people into the app store when superior distribution methods are possible is quite problematic.
Quoting a tweet by @dinabass ↗
↺ 10

Replying to @james_clark

Collectively, they probably phone home more often than you breathe!

Replying to @slightlylate and @dot_app_tld

No offence but I think we'd all benefit from less of that attitude. Privacy and apps are two aspects of a modern browser, as things stand today you're both holding the web back. I look forward to that changing both ways.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis and @RyanDavidReece

Tweets are counted in characters and Unicode, strictly if whimsically speaking, is not necessarily bounded. They initially expected 16 bits but then extended it. I don't recall if utf8 could encode beyond the astral planes, but it could be updated to if not!

Replying to @alexanderdanilo and @slightlylate, @dot_app_tld, @BrendanEich

Yes, and Firefox too! Timing matters, though. I hope iOS doesn't open up before identity is debundled from Chrome, AMP/SXG get dropped, and all threats to the open Web in that vein. The iOS blockade has issues but it's also strategic for those of us trying to stay independent.

Replying to @slightlylate and @alexanderdanilo, @dot_app_tld, @BrendanEich

I don't think it's about what I don't like so much as - indeed - about what increases competition. The iOS policy harms competition between browsers and for app platforms, Chrome harms competition in the ad and identity spaces.
"What kinda fruit juice you want, honey? We got all the kinds: red, green, blue, or purple."

Replying to @annapieti

Duh, the red of course!
Pandemic exhaustion is a thing. I knew I was tired, I hadn't realised I was so tired I would pack toothpaste thinking it was sunscreen.

Replying to @StewDuff

I almost tried that!
Protect yourselves from Cowvid-19, my friends.

Replying to @stimpee and @annapieti

Eww, yeah, that's nasty.
There's an alien invasion in progress in Virginia, but it's 2020 so no one seems to have the energy to give a fuck anymore.

Replying to @adambroach and @StewDuff

Exactly.

Replying to @annbass

Not gone very far but yes, we can indeed have a socially distanced long weekend!

Replying to @null and @icopilots

I'm sure it works. Also smells good!

Replying to @null and @SimonDeDeo

I can't completely make it out, is that Anatomy of Melancholy?

Replying to @__apf__

I don't dislike it, but it's very much overused and overrated. The worst is restaurants that have deserts all of which involve chocolate. Boring AF.
I hope @nytfood don't see that.
Quoting a tweet by @MikeIsaac ↗

Replying to @dmarti

FB does data quality now?

Replying to @philipcball

It should be required reading before you're allowed to put anything on the Internet. And if what you want to put on the Internet is some grand plan to "make things better for the people" you get to read it twice.
Quoting a tweet by @mraginsky ↗
↺ 3
I’ll admit I haven’t watched the video, but my interest in marketing strategy is once again reinforced.
Seriously #HeyEmail? In 2020?
↺ 1

Replying to @xchaotic

I would have though they would know about xkcd.com/936/. Asking for casing and numbers is something I’ve come to expect from enterprise software.

Replying to @0gust1

There is never a good reason to use this type of pattern, even when you don’t have 2FA :)

Replying to @edasfr

Je pense que l’interdiction par défaut n’est pas forcément la mauvaise approche pour la fête de la musique…

Replying to @edasfr

Oui, je comprends bien ton point de vue, mais si on ne peut plus dire du mal gratuitement de la fête de la musique où va-t-on?

Replying to @squintar and @edasfr

Ça me parait bien, mais soyons clair uniquement pour la fête de la musique.

Replying to @squintar and @edasfr

C’est le moment de poser vos écrans et d’aller lire un livre pour se reposer mes petits :-*

Replying to @null and @podopie

Eeedddd!!!1 Now I have to reset it.

Replying to @null and @podopie

hunter2

Replying to @johnwilander

Is this the same signal as for click attribution?

Replying to @joshmaurice

Nice!

Replying to @null and @KWeatherwalks, @mathemaniac

Quality tweet.

Replying to @swodinsky

The bag is deeper than that. Is there... Is there another cat underneath?
It's good to see Google trying to catch up on privacy. This is small, but it might be the first step that isn't useless (privacy settings!) or some distant state (Chrome)? Killing Ad IDs or ceasing to force themselves as third-party data controllers would signify more, though.
Quoting a tweet by @sundarpichai ↗
↺ 4

Replying to @null and @benlikestocode

As I said, it’s small :) I want to encourage small steps, Google is the uncontested worst privacy offender, we have to celebrate that they’re moving to a bit better.

Replying to @e2dot7182818284 and @EuphoricEuler

Oh, it completely is.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis

I don't think that there's a cure, but exercice and doing unrelated things (so your brain can fallow) helps.

Replying to @null and @dansereduick

Having a retention period is a privacy practice. This is a super long blog post to announce something that pretty much everyone has been doing, but hey, they're new to this.

Replying to @null and @dansereduick

Oh yeah. I mean, the whole thing is full of holes. But it smells of "we have to do something".

Replying to @kyotonio

That doesn't make much sense? Also the fact that they are thinking about this in terms of "the Privacy Sandbox" instead of actual technology isn't promising.

Replying to @kyotonio

The Sandbox is just a random set of largely unrelated stuff thrown together. Discussing specific solutions makes sense (including those not from Google), rather than discussing a branding exercice.
There is much heartbreak in virtual stepping up ceremonies, but on the plus side you can get kick ass performers to sing the star spangled for you.
The @iab had 20 years to fix the privacy problems they were creating. They never had the vision or leadership to think beyond strip-mining for short-term profit. Trade bodies rarely die gracefully when they become irrelevant. Let's see how they'll manage this phase.
Quoting a tweet by @joejerome ↗
↺ 6
Congratulations Californians and @caprivacyorg for getting #CPRA on the ballot in November!
Quoting a tweet by @thezedwards ↗
↺ 1

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis and @SimonDeDeo

A few months after moving here my bank just shut down my account. They were missing some obscure paper but didn't think to tell me. Of course it was right before rent was due and while I was travelling. American banks are bad even by bank standards.

Replying to @LogicalAnalysis and @SimonDeDeo

Yeah, I didn’t think banks could suck more than in France — how wrong I was!
Any tips on befriending crows? There's one here that seems unafraid. Should I just give it a cracker?

Replying to @rubin

I haven’t actually watched that!

Replying to @null and @Ryan_Lanham

You know what, that’s actually a really good idea. I have a few choice philosophy books to offer up!

Replying to @null and @benlikestocode

It’s a bit like that but with just one crow that stole my pasta. I want to become friends instead.

Replying to @Paul__Walsh and @iab, @BIMA

Yeah, they came to the HTML WG to ask us to poke holes in the security model of iframes. That didn’t go well :-D

Replying to @slightlylate

Cool! That’s easy enough :)

Replying to @lukemulks

Nice crossover to the IAB thread right there!

Replying to @MathiasaurusRex

Ooooh, I like that. I can do both!

Replying to @__apf__

And there I was with my crass offerings of food. Of course they’re more sophisticated than that!

Replying to @rigow and @iab

Not understanding opportunity and not knowing that you’re going to hit a wall is pretty much a lack of vision in my book!

Replying to @pmg

Wow, that’s quite the adventure! Crows can actually fend off red-tailed hawks pretty effectively. They do this thing called “mobbing” in which they take turns diving at it and boxing it down. I saw that outside my place in Brooklyn, I felt really sorry for the hawk.

Replying to @Jedediah6

That’s super cool! It looks like food and shiny things are the two big recommendations. I hope I can do as well!

Replying to @Jedediah6

Hahaha, that seems awesome. The one that’s visiting here clearly isn’t dumb, and it’s big. I’m pretty sure it’s an adult.

Replying to @slightlylate

I know! Looking for games to play with them is a good idea :)

Replying to @michaelarmbrust and @__apf__

Peanuts and shiny things. I think I’m getting good at crow marketing.

Replying to @tef_ebooks and @LambdaCube

Thank you!

Replying to @danbri and @corvidresearch

The internet, it does not disappoint!

Replying to @shepazu

*b-dum-tschhhhhh*

Replying to @acfou

OK, I really want to know 😁
Next time your OKR planning session feels a little overwhelming, come back to read this tweet and reassure yourself that your process, intricate as it may be, is only slightly more complex than its sovietic ancestor.
↺ 4

Replying to @realmaplesyrup and @floggingkatie

Are you saying that's another similarity to an OKR process? 🤭

Replying to @odemeulder

Capitalist corporations are all centrally planned economies, it's one of the weird things in the world 😁

Replying to @danbri and @odemeulder

Loving it so far!
Aaaaaaaaaaand the longest school year in living memory comes to a close.

Replying to @corvidresearch and @danbri

Thanks a lot! Not staring is like for cats, I can do that. I'll get some peanuts and see where it goes!
Some previous pandemics have led to hygienic changes, I wonder if we're going to see broad adoption of novel germicidal techniques. lesswrong.com/posts/L8KGSDch…

Replying to @mariafarrell

Sigh. And to say I was hoping to write that paper!

Replying to @brucel

He didn't say April which year.

Replying to @jina and @hober

Thank you.
Any recommendations for a source of t-shirts that are interesting/different, not yet more jokes, and decent quality?

Replying to @null and @kplawver

Promising, thanks!

Replying to @0gust1

I'm not that great a designer 😸

Replying to @yegg and @kplawver, @cottonbureau

Thanks for the tip!
Ça se confirme: l'avenir de la gauche est au vert.

Replying to @oliviasolon and @markdinan

In that compensation range, I only know of tech companies with meaningless missions.
↺ 1

Replying to @trekonomics

That's been my working theory. It won't die off (AOL's still around!) but it will be sold off for some billions as an ads/data company, probably to an ISP. The question is when. I used to have 2025, but it could come faster.

Replying to @trekonomics

It's not that valuable, behavioural data has a shelf life because, well, people change. For old people it's probably useful longer, but yeah then they die.

Replying to @fabricedesre and @jordaust, @firt, @edwinmdev

Also for what it's worth both Apple and Mozilla helped work on these APIs and raised concerns as early as 2009.

Replying to @cmsj and @fabricedesre, @jordaust, @firt, @edwinmdev

There is that debate. It’s a difficult debate. No one has produced anything even remotely resembling a decisive argument either way in twenty years.

Replying to @jordaust and @fabricedesre, @firt, @edwinmdev

Honestly, I haven’t seen any recent indication that these APIs can be provided without fingerprinting. There was a permissions & consent workshop last year but it didn’t yield that much progress.

Replying to @denladeside and @jordaust, @fabricedesre, @firt, @edwinmdev

I chaired the Device APIs WG, and before that the Web APIs WG. I’ve worked on this problem for Vodafone, Canon, Samsung. I don’t know man, look it up maybe?

Replying to @jordaust and @fabricedesre, @firt, @edwinmdev

Sure, the two models are different. You don’t want the Web to be curated the way app stores are (no matter how imperfect and perhaps hypocritical that curation may be). I’m not saying it doesn’t suck. But the security & privacy have to work.

Replying to @denladeside and @fabricedesre, @jordaust, @firt, @edwinmdev

People who understand what a binary or system permissions are are not the relevant constituency.
Stay shocked! Just because it's everywhere doesn't mean it's how it should be!
Quoting a tweet by @swodinsky ↗
↺ 5

Replying to @swodinsky

You can sustain shock with very little disbelief if you have sufficient vengeful wrath.

Replying to @seanmmcdonald and @swodinsky

Exactly. We need more than shock precisely because it’s not sustainable. But we cannot let ourselves get inured to this level of risk and inequality. Not before burning it to the ground.