Defending data matters to people in a way that liking the CEO doesn't. Hence why almost all the liberals (me included) are still on Twitter and Mastodon is the success it isn't. I also didn… (View Post)

Legally and morally, yes. Commercially, no. As I say, $350k is just peanuts in terms of the benefit of being seen to take it all the way rather than caving in an extremely high profile case. There is… (View Post)

They were therefore over-zealous in defending customer data in an extremely high profile case, and the $350k price-tag for burnishing their reputation as a guardian of customer data was probably well… (View Post)

Whilst I tend to agree that religions are a load of guff (and of course have had to retreat on a load of things as science and society have moved on) I am not sure alien life presents unique challeng… (View Post)

I'd suggest $350,000 is incredibly cheap for Twitter and they'd probably have gone there, Musk or no Musk. In a high profile case like this, it is potentially far more damaging for Twitter … (View Post)