Open post Zip @zoozoo@mastodon.social · 20mo ago Replying to @pixelfed@mastodon.social <p>Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg</p> @pixelfed@mastodon.social this letter was small and unhelpful. I would love to find a platform without a "front-man" with an inflated sense of self.
Open post Zip @zoozoo@mastodon.social · 20mo ago Replying to @aspensmonster@tenforward.social @jwz @claudius @mathowie Signal still, in the face of fascism, is requiring phone numbers in order to utilize its service. That alone makes it a non-starter, no matter how good the interface and how strong and validated the cryptography is. The non-profit behind Signal is based in the US. If it gets a court order to hand over all of its phone numbers then it will comply. As it stands, Signal is a giant pile of data and metadata shouting: "The people you want to target are all here! Come and get them wholesale!" #Signal #SignalMessenger @aspensmonster @jwz @claudius @mathowie Agreed. Anonymous communications options have existed for a very long time. I think folks should let their feelings about a pretty GUI go, in favor of security and access and simplicity
Open post Zip @zoozoo@mastodon.social · 20mo ago Replying to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io <p>The people who are now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two have links to the Heritage Foundation and its Project 2025.</p><p>Noah Peters is the author of the OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell’s January 27 memo (archive) providing guidance on the “Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce” executive order, which is being described as the “Schedule F” order because it effectively reinstates that policy under a new name (“Schedule Policy/Career”). Peters also authored the January 20 memo (archive) from Ezell, which exploits loopholes to bypass limits on political appointments. Both of these memos are clear steps towards achieving a primary goal of Project 2025: to expand President Trump’s power, and to replace career civil servants with Trump loyalists.</p><p>As far back as 2023, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 was recommending Peters for a position in Trump’s second administration. Peters had previously been appointed by Trump in 2019 as the Solicitor at the Federal Labor Relations Authority, where he “aided and defended Trump appointees’ anti-union FLRA policies that went against decades of the agency’s own precedents” according to Court Accountability Action and State Democracy Defenders Action.4 Peters returned to private practice in 2022, but recently quietly updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect a new title of “Senior Advisor” to the Office of Personnel Management. This appointment does not appear to have been announced anywhere else. </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a></p> @molly0xfff The primary source for the allegation that Noah Peters is directly part of "Project 2025", instead of being in the lengthy list of personnel recommendations put together by them: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/us/politics/trump-2025-potential-lawyers.html nytimes.com