say goodbye to IP67 rating

No need, Samsung’s S5 had IP67 and a removable battery. (and a 3.5mm audio jack)

So, you may not be aware, but these days Police are in the habit of dodging the legal requirement for a warrant to obtain similar data:

Amazon’s Ring devices are not just personal security cameras. They are also police cameras—whether you want them to be or not. The company now admits there are “emergency” instances when police can get warrantless access to Ring personal devices without the owner’s permission. This dangerous policy allows police, in conjunction with Ring, to decide when access should be granted to private video. The footage is given in “​​cases involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any person.” The company has provided videos to law enforcement, without a warrant or device owner consent, 11 times already this year. This admission comes in response to a series of critical letters from Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). Markey chastised the company over many of the same privacy problems that EFF has brought up, including the far-reaching audio capabilities of Ring devices, and the company’s refusal to commit to not incorporate facial recognition technology into their cameras.

I don’t have more information on this particular company’s dealings with law enforcement, but I certainly think it’s reasonable to be concerned.

I also think most cars can’t be stopped dead with a traffic cone, so these protesters are highlighting the unpredictable and sometimes dangerous behavior of these vehicles in mixed traffic. While I’m sure the folks involved would like to see steps taken to address cars and transport infrastructure more generally, it’s hard to see why you would call this ‘hypocritical’.

Imo, that’s a silly false equivalence. Personally-controlled cameras in the pocket aren’t the same as being routinely surveilled by law enforcement, and there are often no viable alternatives for transport in the US, given the existing infrastructure, which is a big part of the reason people are upset.

Turns out not everyone wants life to be that way in the US, hence, protestors.

Sure you read the article? Maybe you disagree with their objections, but the article lays them out:

A video from the group that has gained almost 5 million views on Twitter points out that AVs block buses, emergency vehicles, and everyday traffic. It also claims that they’re partnering with police to record everyone all the time without anyone’s consent. And, most importantly, they require streets designed for cars, not people or transit.

These folks are awesome, and they’re on Mastodon!

https://sfba.social/@safestreetrebel

Quite a sentence. I guess that’s where I’m going to stop taking you seriously.

You missed the point, but whatever, you don’t get to force private platforms to host content, that’s up to the owners.

they shouldn’t be allowed to censor things

I disagree, and so does US law. Abusive material shouldn’t be spread just because it can be.

The right to free speech is drawn from a US constitutional amendment, which says the US government can’t censor speech, but it has nothing to do with private platforms like this, much less individual responses to Nazi rhetoric. Nobody owes hate speech a free platform.

Nope, she has repeatedly had posts reinstated after being initially flagged for hate speech, including that one. Meta knows their audience.

Yet

Exactly. What happens when a far-right troll like libsoftiktok sics thousands of rabid followers on a fediverse account? I get the feeling our small, volunteer group of moderators just don’t have the resources to cover that kind of brigading.

Gmail blocks a ton of smaller email services for generating spam / scams / malicious activity, just because a protocol is open doesn’t mean it has to tolerate problematic content.

I guess a lot depends on how many of Facebook/Instagram’s users sign up for Threads, but it’s pretty likely to be exactly the opposite scenario…

The fediverse is a small, friendly, relatively peaceful country town, and it’s about to be directly connected to Tokyo or New York.

Which do you think is going to end up having more of an impact on the other?