they are arguing that a children's game platform shouldn't host porn
WhyJiffie
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everything matrix is also FOSS
But I still use reddit, too, because the community is there.
federation is important not because it can be used as some kind of buzzword, but because without it, even here we would be much fewer. there would be more very small communities, which can't interact, and overall with strictly distinct lemmy instances the whole user number would be much lower because of things people complain about a lot even this way, that there's not enough content
That said, it’s easy to keep kids off instagram and TikTok without spying. Simply require devices to which children have access to be sold without access to half the internet. Problem solved.
how would you that? most children aren't buying their phones by themselves
also, this focuses on crypto investments of some kind, which confused me a little
Your prior comment was for newcomers?
no, it was for everyone.
This was obviously written for people with quite a bit of knowledge. Most newcomers would have absolutely no idea what any of it means.
the point was not to explain how encryption works, but to paint a picture about how many details matter a lot, so that the reader can know that just some kind of "encryption" does not mean much
yes, that would be ideal, but at any point in time we will have newcomers, for them it won't be obvious
Even people that are very low information on technology, know that the Internet is a source of potential surveillance, and having your info on the internet in any form is a potential for being surveilled. Everybody knows that all the big IT companies are trying to gather as much information as they can. And Amazon is right at the top among them.
So to claim they were ignorant of Amazon possibly collecting and sharing their data is a bit far fetched IMO.
you are largely overestimating the capabilities of the average consumer. most don't even know on a surface level how the internet works, and what dangers it poses.
encryption wouldn't solve the problem, just raise more questions. how is it encrypted, with what algorithm? was the alg implemented securely? who has the decryption keys? how were the keys generated? were they generated from a good enough entropy source? these are non-trivial questions that have to be asked in an encrypted system where encryption is not just a gimmick or a marketing buzzword.
having encryption and "secure!" plastered all over the box and the phone app does not mean anything, especially when you need protection against the manufacturer.
but but why would you do that?
It’s not a power-user device so no, you don’t get all the fancy custom ROMs and such,
most people don't need custom roms, contrary to good free software apps that don't steal your and your friends data through you.
but for doing all the normal phone things, I’ve not had a single issue.
for that, literally a dumb phone is enough, and will last longer than any iphone or android. if android enshittified to the level of iphones, I would refuse to buy anything than a dumb phone, maybe not even that.
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oh I thought it's a joke that things are defined, or others are "immediate from" something else, while actually not. like how they love to teach this topic without explaining what is necessary