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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I vehemently dislike “inarguably” claims as it’s a similar strategy as “protect the children, you would want to leave a child unprotected, now would you?” and this is a double whammy as it is about protect children so, yeah.

    Having said that.

    I think there are definitely issues to be resolved.

    The way social media keeps kids reeled in is one thing. In the past I saw teenagers doing stuff together, laughing, getting themselves into trouble (as a part of growing up), endless endless chattering together… Now I continuously see groups of teenagers quietly on their phones in a group, only interrupted by every now and then one teen showing something to others.

    Just in general, I think little kids should have a bit less media to begin with. Again, I walk over the street and see mother’s with tiny kids and they’re already glued to the screen instead of looking around. I feel like that generation misses the beauty of the world outside in lieu of constant screen time. I getting, it’s nice and quiet for the parents who also want a life, but it seems a lot. It sort of feels like these kids are losing humanity and instead get this new world of only tech, and soon, only AI.

    I think there are loads of other issues to be resolved as well. I’m a staunch advocate for banning mobile phones on schools (exceptions where needed) for example.

    Having said all that, I don’t think that outright banning social media for kids is a good idea either, it doesn’t have to be a nothing or everything decision.

    One thing could be that social media companies could be forced to publish their selection algorithms, and requiring said algorithms to adhere to a set of laws that ensure kids can interact healthily with their products.

    There are loads of other solutions out there. I don’t think a full ban is right but leaving it at how it currently is also is not a solution



  • If it’s not open source then forget about it, it won’t go anywhere. I’ve had that stance of all software for decades now, but in the last few years boat loads of others have caught on.

    Its simple really. If the software is open source (ALL of it, servers, clients) we can all check it and all be sure it does what is advertised. If not, we have no way of knowing what you’re doing, especially on the server side of things, and if we’ve finally collectively learned on thing, it’s that we can’t trust companies on the server side of things. Data WILL be used in other ways than advertised.

    Since this software is supposed to be a security product, trust is paramount, and it’s bot there at all. Unless this product would be open source I won’t even look at it.