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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 May 2016

      Aral Balkan Retweeted

      First Facebook, now Google: has Open Whisper Systems become the public relations arm of Silicon Valley? WTF? https://twitter.com/whispersystems/status/733013553775448064 …

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    2. adamierymenko‏ @adamierymenko 18 May 2016
      Replying to @aral

      Open Whisper delivered an encryption app ordinary people can install and use NOW. I don’t see many others doing that. Hate away.

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    3. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 18 May 2016
      Replying to @adamierymenko @aral

      What if it's a nuanced situation?

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    4. adamierymenko‏ @adamierymenko 18 May 2016
      Replying to @Jimmytidey @aral

      Nuance #1: huge entities like corps/govs can be both friend and enemy since they’re many-tentacled beasts.

      1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
    5. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 18 May 2016
      Replying to @adamierymenko @aral

      I think everything we do involves a compromise with society we do it in. How to get the balance right?

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    6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 May 2016
      Replying to @Jimmytidey @adamierymenko

      First ask: *is* there balance? 62 people have as much wealth as 3.5 billion people today (Oxfam). Balance?…

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    7. adamierymenko‏ @adamierymenko 18 May 2016
      Replying to @aral @Jimmytidey

      The wealth gap trend started in ~1970, long before the rise of Silicon Valley, and is related more to labor arbitrage.

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 18 May 2016
      Replying to @adamierymenko @Jimmytidey

      Wealth gap always existed to various degrees. Tech is amplifier/multiplier. See Surveillance Capitalism.

      1:53 PM - 18 May 2016
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        1. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 18 May 2016
          Replying to @aral @adamierymenko

          If Whisper thought rejecting Facebook would threaten FB's existence, that would be one thing. Obvs, that's not the case

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        1. Jimmy Tidey‏ @Jimmytidey 18 May 2016
          Replying to @aral @adamierymenko

          Isn't the difficult question what you can do? If I had a great crypt algorithm, and FB asked for it, I don't know....

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