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#enshittifucation

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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>My <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reservations</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">criticism</a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> are not just valid, but the reality is <em>even worse than I thought</em>:</p><ul><li>The fact that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> requires not only their shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a>, and a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumber</span></a> but literally won't allow people to use their shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a>-App unless they have an Android device with a camera pointed at it makes it utterly unuseable for certain users <em>who don't have a fucking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camera</span></a> in their Android</em>…</li></ul><p>Seriously, do they expect folks to deal with that shit? </p><ul><li><p>It's already worse in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telgram</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> and that too makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> clients like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gajim</span></a> easier and faster to onboard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> onto.</p></li><li><p>Whichever asshole decided that a <em>replacement for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a></em> should mandate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumber</span></a> &amp; not be natively cross-platform should be banned from doing any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> in their life. Trying to circumvent this shit and helping folks with it makes me so fucking angry that I'm now explicitly refusing to support it!</p></li></ul><p>FIX THAT SHIT, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span>, and if it means you need to kick some devs in their crouch then consider this a necessary <em>"investment"</em>…</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechSupport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TapesFromTechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TapesFromTechSupport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifucation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittifucation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SignalSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalSucks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TelegramSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TelegramSucks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messengers</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@SherBeareth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SherBeareth</span></a></span> generally the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifucation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittifucation</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPhone</span></a>|s / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPhine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayPhine</span></a>|s is real!</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneBooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneBooth</span></a> with secure, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calls</span></a> between locations.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EndToEndEncryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndToEndEncryption</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureCommunicatuon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecureCommunicatuon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.lema.org/@santiago" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>santiago</span></a></span> I agree for the most part, and that's why the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rubbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubbon</span></a>"</em> is a hideos <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifucation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittifucation</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> because it's space-inefficient and unnecessarily increases mouse movements and necessary keystrokes!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsMissing</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OfficeSuite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeSuite</span></a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a>-principled, sleek and elegant as well as accessible.</p><ul><li>Some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TUI</span></a> capable thing that uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TSV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TSV</span></a>|s and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XML</span></a> to make Nice letters, spreadsheets, drawings, presentations and websites and spits out clean <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a> alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenDocument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenDocument</span></a> if need be.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OOXML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OOXML</span></a> should be outlawed, alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftOffice</span></a> which <a href="https://x.com/frank_rieger/status/999319383917957121" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">can't comply</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> anyway...</p>
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