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• On the post: Lauren Boebert Threatens Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse Trademark’ Extension, Which Isn’t A Thing

  

  settsu ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2022 @ 09:35am

  A broken clock may be right twice a day, but you should still either fix or replace it.

• On the post: Elon Musk Is Now Twitter’s Largest Shareholder; And That’s Probably Not A Good Thing

  

  settsu ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2022 @ 03:32pm

  I think Musk deserves praise

  Just, no.

• On the post: Assholes Are Now Forging ‘Emergency Data Requests’ To Talk Tech Companies Out Of User Data

  

  settsu ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2022 @ 03:28pm

  Backdoors are just front doors waiting to happen

  While an imperfect parallel, it's still a good example of why it should always be assumed software backdoors will be exploited. If there's a workaround, it's only a matter time before it is discovered.

• On the post: Russia Follows Up Ukraine Invasion By Demanding US Social Media Companies Stop Fact-Checking Russian Government Content

  

  settsu ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2022 @ 11:24am

  So we're at the "Streisand effect on war and misinformation campaigns" stage of society. Got it.

• On the post: As War Rages On In Ukraine, Don’t Forget The Real Victims: Disney’s Profits

  

  settsu ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2022 @ 01:04pm

  Hardly surprising

  C'mon, are we really going to put on the "feigned rage at entirely predictable behavior" act?? Y'all are gonna forget all about this tomorrow as you stream Wall-E for the 700th time on Disney+. Just like you're going to order your favorite pens and underwear off Amazon the same day someone's family member will die alone of cancer because their warehouse-working adult child couldn't afford to take the week off AND leave early every day to pick up their kid from school. These are wholly expected, if not perfectly designed, outcomes. (How about we do American oligarchs after the Russian ones?)

• On the post: 'Peaky Blinders' Production Company Working With Bushmills On A Themed Whiskey

  

  settsu ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2022 @ 11:07am

  Not sure if Mandabach is intentionally or unintentionally trying to provoke the Streisand effect...

• On the post: Missouri's Governor Still Insists Reporter Is A Hacker, Even As Prosecutors Decline To Press Charges

  

  settsu ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2022 @ 01:24pm

  On Brand

  Entirely predictable that for a modern GOP politician "reading" equals "hacking"...

• On the post: Trader Joe's Threatens Man Over Parody 'Traitor Joe' Political T-Shirt

  

  settsu ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2021 @ 12:32pm

  Predictable

  My understanding of these predictable lawsuits are that, regardless of what might be actually permitted (or not) under copyright law, in practice, corporations will pursue these actions so as to demonstrate their willingness to do so, thus:
  1) Discouraging others from taking the risk of using their IP, even if fair use
  2) Drawing a line that gives them the appearance of distancing themselves from a thorny political stance without actually taking one one officially

• On the post: Apple's Dedication To Privacy Is Missing When It Comes To Its Workforce, Employees Say

  

  settsu ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2021 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re: did she not know that Apple would have access?

  It was not a personal device. It was a work device. While some managers at Apple seem to have crossed a line in pushing employees towards using personal accounts for work purposes (not likely an official policy, but one Apple must answer for regardless), keeping nudes on a work device is an objectively terrible decision.

• On the post: Apple's Dedication To Privacy Is Missing When It Comes To Its Workforce, Employees Say

  

  settsu ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2021 @ 01:40pm

  Re: Re:

  Seems like they did until/except when they didn't? While it hardly excuses it, but this sounds like pretty typical corporate pressure to fall in line, not make waves, etc. This is what happens when workers have little to no leverage.

• On the post: Apple's Dedication To Privacy Is Missing When It Comes To Its Workforce, Employees Say

  

  settsu ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2021 @ 12:53pm

  Re: Re:

  If it's a marketing ploy, it's for their consumer offerings. Rereading the original article does cast a decidedly dour view on Apple, but it's still cherry-picking to single them out for their corporate practices ostensibly running afoul of their consumer services (and marketing, et al) when they are hardly unique in this.

• On the post: Apple's Dedication To Privacy Is Missing When It Comes To Its Workforce, Employees Say

  

  settsu ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2021 @ 09:22am

  Where's the news here? Looks like routine U.S. corporate practices. Seems naïve, if not plainly ignorant, to put private things on company-issued and monitored hardware then complain when the company does exactly what they say they can do. This is an entirely distinct issue from the consumer privacy topic.