51"Among other things, [the UK Government] want to be able to prevent companies from providing important security updates and ensure these powers would have a global effect." from [@privacy](https://lem c/privacy · by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org · 2y · 4 comments
on Anything you say or do on Firefox may be used by Mozilla against you. You have the right to use a different browser. If you cannot find a browser that doesn’t fuck you over one way or another, one · c/firefox · 1 pts · 1y@aral@mastodon.ar.al That's... Accurate. Hurtful, to be honest, but accurate.
on Today's sunset was magical... · c/photography · 1 pts · 1y@stefano@bsd.cafe @h3artbl33d@exquisite.social On the other hand, removing that data is a good idea from a privacy point of view...
on Today's sunset was magical... · c/photography · 1 pts · 1y@stefano@bsd.cafe No, thank you for sharing it!
on "Among other things, [the UK Government] want to be able to prevent companies from providing important security updates and ensure these powers would have a global effect." from [@privacy](https://lem · c/privacy · 3 pts · 2y@FrankauLux True, which is why organizations like @privacy exist, and why you should support them. They do the research and the lobbying. That's worth your support.
on "Among other things, [the UK Government] want to be able to prevent companies from providing important security updates and ensure these powers would have a global effect." from [@privacy](https://lem · c/privacy · 0 pts · 2y@FrankauLux @privacy We are not talking about the same thing: you are talking about phones, I am talking about preventing the installation of security patches. Defeating the security of one individual phone is one thing, preventing the updates of hundreds, or millions, of services is something else entirely.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
That's... Accurate.
Hurtful, to be honest, but accurate.
@stefano@bsd.cafe @h3artbl33d@exquisite.social
On the other hand, removing that data is a good idea from a privacy point of view...
@stefano@bsd.cafe
No, thank you for sharing it!
@stefano@bsd.cafe
Incredible picture!
@FrankauLux
True, which is why organizations like @privacy exist, and why you should support them.
They do the research and the lobbying. That's worth your support.
@FrankauLux @privacy
We are not talking about the same thing: you are talking about phones, I am talking about preventing the installation of security patches.
Defeating the security of one individual phone is one thing, preventing the updates of hundreds, or millions, of services is something else entirely.