quokka

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[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

And Telstra can't sell everyone's encrypted messages if we can collectively move on from SMS.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Well we either accept this, get a movement going where we give the AI millions of deliberately false SMS to ingest, or start using a better messaging solution. Not WhatsApp or Signal.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

Personally, I'll spin up a Mastodon (or similar) instance for my kid and his mates.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago

You mean apps that they'd really like you pass age verification by having MyGovDigitalSurveillanceDefinitelyNotTrackingYou app?

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yep. And meanwhile the kids will be chatting/abusing in Google Docs. Or IRC servers they spin up for free in AWS or whatever. Or, shock, SMS.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago (6 children)

offshore extremists use such platforms to communicate.

Yes, yes they do. But that is not justification for reading everyone's messages.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

as with Signal, is not really about what you'll use, but what alternative gains traction and you can persuade your contacts to use. I hope one of the decentralised alternatives is able to rise to mainstream status.

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

a good chunk of that is about to become high-rise apartments. on wet riverbank. but would be a better place for the motor track part of the plans