It has only occurred to me in retrospect, that linux-ottawa / oclug publishes the email list publicly on the internet, and that I am using unobfuscated keywords that often get topics I've talked about 'flagged' and blocked or other similar things like shadow banning, etc on social media, and that this could have consequences for linux-ottawa / oclug as well, and I am sorry I am bringing this up in retrospect, rather than having thought it through more carefully before sending information to the list.
Sorry if this causes problems, open to suggestions on better ways to do things... (but even alternate words and keywords can probably be sussed out by advanced systems/ algorithms, even if it sometimes still works to elude basic word/ bot filters sometimes still (but over time, more processing is sometimes alotted, and sites often keep archives of the data, so if it doesn't too 'serious processing' right away, eventually various things might come up in a 'queue' to be processed more, and 'deciphered' and various consequences occuring, although possibly delayed, and people may not realize the connection between the consequences and the original actions, by that point..., concealing the causes of effects is a technique that can help hide the source of consequences, ie conceal their activities, agendas, influence, so people don't make the connection and things / interests can continue to operate 'invisibly', except in the case with groups like wigi-peeks and fl1tt3r ph1l3s where internal documents or testimonies under oath in congress reveal what was going on behind the scenes, who were pulling strings, etc., sometimes in a way which is proveable, could have consequences for the interests who are showng to have taken the actions, and potentially then, that actions can be taken to potentially limit those kinds of behaviour, or at least to try to have some kind of oversite that it is happening, and by whom, and for what reason, etc.). see project 573114r W1nd that 3dw4rd b1nn3y 3xp0s3d for more on 'long term storage of private data', it got a little bit 'missed' with the 5n0wd3n d1scl0sur3s sorry I know weird writing like this also fl4g5 stuff but hopefully it helps in the short term... 'grammarly' / auto correct / translation services as decryption and as part of 'intention and behaviour prediction' type algorithms, like 'psychic mode' for chat /fb etc, where the partially complete or unsent data is sent right away, including corrections and changes, to servers, and the fact that someone is 'typing a message' is sent to the person you are intending to send to, so they know you are typing, before the message is actually sent (wiki type function of saving all versions to be able to go back and see all things that were typed, so you can't say, in a google doc, have a private conversation like chat, where you type to someone, they read it, then you delete it in real time, and no record is left, DOESN'T happen, because all versions of things are saved by server, which helps prevent hacking and some kinds of abuse like that, to restore, but also compromises privacy and anonymity... ) Michael Goguen On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 3:21 PM Dianne Skoll <dia...@skoll.ca> wrote: > On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 13:56:18 -0400 (EDT) > ala...@twobikes.ottawa.on.ca wrote: > > > See also https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/02/billc18reality/ > > Geist argues instead for "a fund model with mandated contributions > > that would support actual journalism without getting into issues such > > link payments or copyright law." > > That would probably be better, and it wouldn't let Google / Meta / > etc. wriggle out of paying by simply not linking to news stories. > It's one thing to stop linking to news sites, but quite another to > choose between paying into a fund and ceasing to operate at all in > Canada. > > > It's very clear that Google, Meta, etc. have taken over most of what > > used to be newspaper/TV advertising, especially since 2010. The drop > > in ad revenue looks like it's going over a cliff. > > It's very clear to me that Google, Meta, etc. are a far higher threat to > our freedom than the Canadian government is. They need to be broken up. > > This proposal from Google is particularly evil: > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/ > > > But in terms of alternatives to newspaper display ads or TV ads, I > > suspect that the "social media" companies are not providing what they > > promise. How many of us block all online ads? > > See Google's proposal above. They want a world like that Black Mirror > episode, where your TV watches you and ensures you consume ads. > > [...] > > > But what would be even more effective is for more governments to stop > > advertising on "social", as the federal government recently has, and > > divert that money to Canadian media. Unfortunately, Ottawa City > > Council recently voted down a motion to do that -- the city spends 20 > > percent of its ad budget on "social". > > I am shocked that our municpal goverment would do this. Shocked, > I say! 🙄 > > I am very cynical about the whole situation. The Internet was an > ambitious project that was pretty nice for a while, but it has now > turned into a tool for greed, control and suppression of democracy. > It's a net loss for humanity. > > Regards, > > Dianne. > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org > To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > >
