MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1imageWe NEED a term such as "privacyslop" on the internet.lemmy.worldMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-text
I see random websites that aren’t open source saying they are “encrypted, safe”, when they obviously aren’t! Come on!
minus-squareBL4CKP1XX13@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 days agoIf you can’t see it, technically this is a Schrödingers cat problem. The site is both telling the truth and lying at the same time, in a state of superposition. Only be observing the code would you fall onto one reality. Although there are people who can observe the code, which differs from the metaphor slightly.
minus-squareMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI think one should distrust services that claim to be privacy-respecting without wanting to be opensource. Like, what are they hiding?
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoI understand the ethos here but you have to appreciate the irony in that statement.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoTo torture the metaphor further, would you trust Schrödinger to sell you a cat if it might not be alive when you open the box?
If you can’t see it, technically this is a Schrödingers cat problem.
The site is both telling the truth and lying at the same time, in a state of superposition.
Only be observing the code would you fall onto one reality.
Although there are people who can observe the code, which differs from the metaphor slightly.
I think one should distrust services that claim to be privacy-respecting without wanting to be opensource. Like, what are they hiding?
I understand the ethos here but you have to appreciate the irony in that statement.
Indeed.
To torture the metaphor further, would you trust Schrödinger to sell you a cat if it might not be alive when you open the box?