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  • Actually given that, if you have a weekly with AI as part of it, tagging [AIT] will allow people to filter it out.

    Its pretty ancillary to the newsletter itself so its not really required, but just to mention… if it were tagged, any low effort comments like “slop” or similar would then be removed. I don’t really see that on your posts in general though, so more a thought for later should it become a problem.







  • I’m not responding the post. I’m responding specifically to your comment (where you did not give context but made a definitive statement). That’s on you.

    Which is part of a thread with context.

    OP IS USING A GOOGLE ACCOUNT WITH GOOGLES BIOMETRICS BEING SUGGESTED TO THEM.

    The police will bypass you to get that data and Google will likely give it to them without a subpoena.

    Still requires way more than making you look toward a screen or holding your finger onto part of one.

    Also takes a lot more time than grabbing you and forcing it.

    Also requires google to provide it without a subpoena.

    You really think thats somehow easier than biometrics for them?

    See the OP.

    It does not.

    I really dont understand how you can come to that conclusion that for “biometrics make it less secure given what we know is protected and what is not”.

    You keep saying that word but I don’t think you know what it means.

    Quite confidently, I do. And its clearer and clearer that you just aren’t thinking this through.

    If you had said using biometrics is like using a TSA approved luggage lock I might be inclined to agree with you. But what you said was that "you can be compelled to give up biometrics to unlock your device) and what I said was, a weak password is not better.

    And again, no password is in no way better than a weak password.

    What are you having trouble with here?

    You can continue to argue but you seem to keep missing context here.

    Clearly, thats not an issue for me. You seem confused about the most basic part of this.

    A weak password is what most people use. That’s why there’s a top 1000 passwords in use news article every couple of years.

    Do you really think the idiots stopping you on a sidewalk or at an airport or in your car are aware for the most common passwords? Or that being brought to a police station and put under a full investigation is the only way this can happen?

    [Spoiler]

    Its not.

    Your birthday or anniversary is not better than biometrics. Say whatever else you want here.

    See previous comment. In every way, shape, and form it requires more time, effort, and knowledge than immediately forcing you to unlock your phone by showing it at your face or restraining you and grabbing your finger.

    In what possible way could it not?

    You haven’t actually proven a point but I’m over it.

    Repeatedly. I’d recommend reading again, because you are missing the incredibly obvious and I don’t understand how you could be missing any of it.


  • It has every single thing to do with the bearing of this conversation

    See the OP.

    It does not.

    If the police tried to use biometrics to search my device today they would find exactly nothing.

    Entirely separate from weak password vs no password (biometrics).

    On the average person’s phone they likely wouldn’t find much that’s actionable in a legal sense.

    Bad take.

    Laws are poorly written, sometimes intentionally, to make them more vague.

    I guarantee you can get arrested for something if they really want to.

    That is who biometrics are for.

    People who don’t want to use a password, and it will functionally behave like you don’t have any sort of restriction on your data. Yes. Agreed. Biometrics provide absolutely zero protection, as said.

    For anyone else who has a threat profile that should require them to be worried about police intervention or investigation of any kind

    In reality, everyone, see above.

    there’s either a burner phone or a hardened OS

    Separate from and entirely irrelevant to a discussion about biometrics and passwords.

    So let’s think about what I am arguing here.

    I have been. I’m not sure that you have, and I don’t mean that to sound like a dick, I’m saying I think you are severely underestimating the issue.

    But that doesn’t mean they have a good password either.

    Biometrics provide functionally zero password. That’d be the context here. A weak password is better than no password. A strong password is better than no password.

    As biometrics means functionally no password, any password is superior.

    You are arguing that even a weak password is better than biometrics

    Yes, because it means no password is required at all. Even a weak password is better than no password.

    but that is in a singular instance where you are detained by or investigated by the police

    The context of this entire discussion. Yes.

    and in that even you probably have a threat profile

    Everyone. See above.

    would require more than just a password lock for your devices. Especially if you’re using a weak password.

    As in not biometrics, because biometrics are the same as no password. Yes.


  • Telemetry is one reason.

    Not having to worry about the service shutting down (Google Reader) is another.

    Synced read status is a common one as well.

    You may also use it in combination with another service to create RSS feeds for sites that dont have one.

    Honestly having it not just get killed like Google Reader is a big chunk of the userbase.