Those fighting to reduce BigTech's concentration need to recognize that integration of BigTech infra into gov–via Military contracts, gov't surveillance, etc–is contrary to their aims. The more gov is dependent on BigTech, the harder it will be to check their size/power.
@mer__edith
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AI defense spending and surveillance law face limited opposition
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Which makes it odd to see little/no pushback from most of this camp re the AI defense gold rush/NDAA tech allocations, the passage of 702 surveillance abuse into law, etc.
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Proton Privacy: Email Encryption Requires Both Users
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Proton @ProtonPrivacy is good. But you need to be emailing another person with a Proton email account to avail yourself of any real privacy guarantees. This is why it’s good to encourage friends etc. If you’re emailing a Gmail account etc it’s all stored on Google’s servers
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Zero Data Collection Policy Prioritizes Privacy and Expression
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We will keep doing what we’re doing—collecting as close to zero data as possible. We’re uncompromising about privacy and expression.
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US Senate Enshrines Abusive Surveillance Powers into Law
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Now that the US senate has moved to enshrine abusive surveillance powers into law…
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US Surveillance Law and TikTok Ban: Data Privacy Hypocrisy
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This is fucked. Please take a moment to consider what's happening here. Abuse of surveillance powers is about to be enshrined in US law at the same time that a bill to force TikTok to sell to US buyer or be banned is moving forward, justified in part via "data privacy".
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TikTok Bill: Understanding Its True Implications and Concerns
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I wrote more about what the TikTok bill actually represents, and why it's bad, here:
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Engagement over blocking: creating accountability trails for misinformation
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This is my approach as well, as someone who does much more engaging than blocking. In addition to quiet watchers, I think a trail of correctives shadowing the BS can help ensure less plausible deniability, creating receipts that help when wild nonsense surfaces again.
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Signal vs WhatsApp: Metadata Protection Differences Explained
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What'sApp uses the Signal Protocol to protect the contents of comms–what you say. But it doesn't protect things like your contact list, profile name, who's in a group chat, who's messaging whom, etc. Signal protects all of these. This is a very important differentiator.
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Government and Corporate AI Governance Cannot Be Separated
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Yes. Governments' and corporations' approach. They cannot be separated now.