joe

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[–] joe 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But your SSN is private and you shouldn't give it out or show it except in very rare instances.

What information on a driver's license is private? Your address? Your eye color? Your birthday?

[–] joe -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but if they're not really private information, then what is the concern? It seems to function similarly to an email address, kinda? Something I'd really rather not be shown to the public but also something I'm giving out to the public all the time.

[–] joe 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Well, DoB and the picture. Are those other data fields considered private?

[–] joe -5 points 1 year ago (26 children)

Yet you show them to the minimum wage earner before buying alcohol, or let a bouncer scan it before getting into a club? That doesn't seem like something you'd need to do with private information.

[–] joe 2 points 1 year ago (33 children)

I've never really considered it before. Should IDs be considered private information, or public information?

[–] joe 2 points 1 year ago

I think he means that instead of everything on the early internet being ad supported, they should have just made people pay. Think about it; how much of our problems are because everything is a race to the bottom to capture the most eyeballs? Clickbait, recommended algorithms designed to make you angry, news as entertainment, etc.

This was always the outcome of ads. If you want it to stop, start directly paying for things. If you want to continue this arms race to the bottom, keep doing what we've been doing. (not you you)

[–] joe 8 points 1 year ago

Hopefully they're still always meeting with him with another lawyer in the room so they can verify what he says.

My point, I think, still stands.

[–] joe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. I am starting to resign myself to playing on a console. I'd rather not. I wonder if it will be streamable on the xcloud thing.

[–] joe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, that must be new. I only had three tabs, one for my stuff, one for all the local stuff, and one for everything.

There were recommended posts and stuff but they were kind of buried in some menus.

Sounds like stuff has changed. It's only been a few months. I'll stop saying there's no algorithm now, haha.

[–] joe 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This does make more sense.

I think "for you" is just everything you follow (people and topics).

[–] joe 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

On Mastodon? I distinctly recall reading that it did not have one but I guess these projects are fast moving so maybe it has changed or I am just mistaken.

[–] joe 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This might be a little bit reductive, but I'm pretty sure you can tell that they're not competent lawyers because they are Trump's lawyers.

He's known to ignore his lawyers, lie to them, refuse to pay them, and throw them under the bus. I can't imagine a competent lawyer wanting that client. Maybe someone just looking to get their name plastered everywhere, aka some kind of grifter, but definitely not a competent lawyer.

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