What do the watchers think we should do when we can't even have an open rational discussion about constitutional rights especially regarding new technology and information. I am willing to discuss and debate. My data was yours with a warrant. The tools to go beyond that weren't mainstream. By refusing to communicate the internet is working around you. Rightfully so.
I'm using xprivacy. It is a pain in the ass but does give me the functionality you mentioned. Root required. Asks with popup on requested permission. Tracks app permission request history. Fresh installed apps restricted by default. I paid for the pro/donation version which fetches community curated restriction lists. Honestly I don't know if its worth the bother but seems like the least I can do. I do get some comfort finding many apps I install actually use less permissions than they ask for at install.
Thanks, hadn't re-read this PG essay in a while. It makes some good and important points, but if the theme is don't hate on the wealthy.. I don't think you can ignore the fact that many people don't believe the 100x productive/add value idea.. Although I think many of us technologists and/or capitalists know first hand that it is true, that is, it is possible..
But, all the wealth accumulation is not the result of a pure capitalism/reward system. 100x wealth does not necessarily equal a 100x contribution of value to society.
There does exist undeserved rewards. That perception, sometimes true, sometimes not, is at the core of the wealth haters and quite a bit of outrage.
Much wealth is controlled by entities that have quasi-governmental status, special protection and privileges (ie.. the entire banking system). Interestingly enough a more pure capitalist system may be more effective at leveling the field instead of a socialist system.
Based on this, and other essays, I am beginning to suspect Paul Graham is the technological equivalent of David Brooks (the NYT columnist). I'm a well educated middle middle class white American and after reading this essay, I immediately groked how the non-white Other groups (gays, black, etc) in society get offended by the ignorant and simplistic assumptions or stereotypical thinking of the In groups (the politically correct brigade being outrageously sensitive to even mere nuances or surface details, of course, in a needless fashion). I am beginning to understand the various criticisms of the HN community... then again, my life has been much more varied than the average middle class American and I'd like to think I have a more comprehensive understanding of life (yeah, arrogant). Or I just think and read too much.
Or maybe it is more a matter of values, and the values of rich white guys in Silicon Valley are hardly those of most of humanity. One's values are factors in the blinders you were while interpreting reality, along with whatever unconscious crap you're not dealing with (or maybe those feed into the values) and from that arises your attitudes, etc.
Anyway, my immediate emotional reaction on reading this was WTF? I wasn't impressed.
I don't see where it says "more secure". Secure only shows up once in the article and once in their privacy policy.
Perhaps it would be better to stick to "privacy" as that's the value i see here.
the privacy policy states:
... affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on FamilyLeaf’s behalf or to provide services available at FamilyLeaf’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others.
Looks cool! I'm hopeful they will be around awhile.
Reading your second paragraph made me chuckle. Your point is likely spot on but I couldn't help thinking how most of that paragraph involved jargon that most people I know would get glossy eyed over. I wonder if rewording it to laymans or non 'geeks' terms might help.
Information on a webpage and 'the' webpage are not exactly the same. Rss uses information from the webpage to create a title and a short description in a way that you can view hundreds of titles and descriptions very quickly. When you find a title and or description that interests you a single click delivers the webpage in its authors intended form...
I think you're correct. If somebody said that to me before I had used Rss I might have glossed over as well.
Heh, I was intentionally not using any of the explanatory metaphors. :) Trust me, in the many years we were at it I tried lots and lots of non-jargony, more-concrete, ways to get the concept across. I never found the one that seemed to click with everyone.
We also had the additional problem of trying to be the "next generation" of using RSS (application platform, dynamic filters, etc...) before anyone other than tech-inclined people "got" the first generation.
Learned lots of painful lessons from that company. :)
Also agree with the main points of the parent and yours. But I must admit, as a technician myself, it has always troubled me that a feed is bound to a webpage, thus I never used the RSS icon in the navigator bar. For me, a RSS feed is linked to some kind of information, a topic, a person. What is the CNN main page RSS feed about? The TV program? Breaking news? ALL news? No clue.
