Re: Richard Stallman: Eradicate Facebook!

2016-03-21 Thread Carsten Agger
Den 20-03-2016 kl. 11:43 skrev Patrice Riemens: original to: http://sivertimes.com/richard-stallman-wants-to-destroy-facebook-to-protect-privacy/17274 original interview in Le Devoir (Montreal) (in French):

Re: Richard Stallman: Eradicate Facebook!

2016-03-21 Thread morlockelloi
Open or closed software doesn't make much difference, it's all about data. An operator cannot 'open' data (like in letting everyone know what the data and its derivatives are) without factoring itself out of the business. On the other hand, there are (yet) no signs that consumers will stop

Re: Richard Stallman: Eradicate Facebook! And as to apple case

2016-03-21 Thread Michael H. Goldhaber
As to the Apple case, haven't people always been able to write messages in cypher or just whisper them without government having any right to force someone else to decode or to listen in? Does the fact that now enciphering is a commercial service change that fundamentally? Patrice writes: it is

Re: Richard Stallman: Eradicate Facebook!

2016-03-21 Thread morlockelloi
Open or closed software doesn't make much difference, it's all about data. An operator cannot 'open' data (like in letting everyone know what the data and its derivatives are) without factoring itself out of the business. On the other hand, there are (yet) no signs that consumers will stop