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I think that's the point..
And? It's somehow less relevant now?
It's not that it's less relevant, only that it's not generally considered good form in terms of web etiquette.
You can disagree if you wish (you are entitled to that right), but that is how it currently is usually.
Etiquette trumps having an ever-looming reality. Smh
False binary.
In any case, like I said, you can disagree with the etiquette if you wish, but that is the ettiquette. So one shouldn't be surprised when people disapprove of one breaking it.
Is this "etiquette" written down somewhere, or are you just using the word etiquette to describe your personal opinions about what you were hoping to read today?
Like most social rules, it is an unspoken one, so obviously not explicitly written down.
That being said, this particular piece of etiquette harkens all the way back to the classic web rule of "no necroing", which is still a common unspoken rule in one form or another in many parts of the Web.
If you want to reference an old webpage, that's fine, but in that case it's best to not post it like it's a new webpage, which is what this does.
No notice or even a single mention of how it's over 10 years old.
You don't like the unspoken rule, that's fine. But don't whine about it or act shocked when people complain.
No notice or even a single mention of how it’s over 10 years old.
The date at the top of the article disagrees.
50% of content in the fediverse is old reposts.
The date at the top of the article disagrees.
No notice or even a single mention of how it's over 10 years old in the post body. Duh.
50% of content in the fediverse is old reposts.
There is a wide chasm between 6-month-old reposts and nearly 15-years-old reposts.
In any case, OP was wondering why people disliked how old it was despite its relevance and I answered the question. You don't have to like the answer. I have no interest in continuing this conversation. Good day.
I have no interest in continuing this conversation. Good day.
You could literally not respond 😂.
It's not OPs job to fully explain all aspects of content that they are posting. I'm sorry that you think it is.
This exchange got me curious enough to search, "is it poor etiquette to post a 10 year old article to social media," and I couldn't find anything at all about it. I'm my personal opinion, if the information therein is still relevant, post it. Others may disagree with relevance to their personal lives, but they can simply move on, if so.
Hell yeah
All smartphones can be infected, and surveilled/controlled without pressing/downloading anything malicious. Israeli "security" companies (NSO among others) have been selling this malware for many years, to intelligence depts. Around the globe. Probably what got Khashoggi back when.
https://bdsmovement.net/Global-Day-Action-Against-Spyware (I don't have any dog in the Palestine/Israel conflict, and am very poorly informed on the matter).
no dog in the "conflict"
very poorly informed on the matter
I somehow struggle to believe that you can possibly be poorly informed on the most livestreamed genocide in the history of humanity
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I'm conflicted whether I should up vote or down vote your comment
Downvote
Dude is oblivious to a genocide and has no sides on the matter
This is as evil as one can be
Yeah, not being against genocide is pretty damn evil.
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October 2015 article. I guess he was still leaking knowledge at that point. A different time in some ways, but theres been little progress in others.
Posting old-ass articles like this without a disclaimer should be against the rules.
BREAKING! SECOND PLANE JUST HIT THE TOWERS!
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Let me introduce me to my lord and saviour: #airplanemode
"Excuse me Mrs. we cannot pick up a smartphone signal near you. Could you please turn on your smartphone for us ?"
"Ah it's on. But in AIRPLANE MODE !" "oh no !"
You should look up "baseband radio vulnerabilities".
It is still unknown how many radios have code that might allow a back door similar to Intel's mgmt engine. But the firmware blobs are all closed, and very few ppl know what they actually contain.
If you don't want to be tracked, get an open platform device.
And in light of the tools out there that can fingerprint you by a lot of metrics, if you truly don't want to be tracked, at all, don't use connected technology.
Well even good old typewriter is not safe is it...
They way you can be tracked across the web even with your device metrics alone or morbid repetetive habits is frankly.. terrifying.
And how many % of the world population do you think is willing to sacrifice convenience for (passing) privacy ?
I write my own tools. Most people avoid anything beyond "click and download"
It's wanted behaviour. Sadly. #ForTheProfit #GiveUsYourDataOmNomNom
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