Had some concerns regarding the moderation and application of code of conduct in the community, especially in discussions around news articles and tools. In the short time I have been here, I have seen some of the moderation having consistent bias in favor of members of the team/long time members, …

Regarding this feedback, we are going to be stricter about low effort, low quality posting and have published a statement on what types of posts are no longer permitted. Hopefully this improves the situation! [image] Regarding bad-faith arguments in the privacy community Announceme…

It’s hard to comment on any of these concerns without specific examples. I do think that non-experts making unfounded conjectures (and sometimes presenting them as facts) is potentially something we should be more active in policing.

[image] PurpleDime: On a loosely related topic, I’ve seen no one in the privacy community address the fact that Privacy.com requires KYC, which includes ID, proof of address, and social security number. That is a huge compromise in privacy. They have addressed that. It comes down to threat mo…

[image] PurpleDime: I’ve seen no one in the privacy community address the fact that Privacy.com requires KYC There are a number of services which provide “virtual debit cards” which you can use with online merchants without revealing your actual banking or billing information in most cases. I…

[image] jonah: It’s hard to comment on any of these concerns without specific examples. For someone who’s a prolific contributor here, you can’t be serious asking for “examples” when there are plenty? In this reply , Daniel says “let’s hope [NextDNS devs] reply to my emails” and tells me to s…

[image] ignoramous: What kind of Orwellian logic is this when you yourself admit “EVERYONE has bias”? Not taking any side but I think @Niek-de-Wilde is referring to unconscious bias that we are inevitably “configured”.

Thanks, may be you have a point, but I highly doubt the conclusions you reach are apt given you’re not technical, by your own admission, to understand the discussion. [image] Rasta: antagonist You’d notice that folks here, by default, rally around the moderators. Being an “antagonist” if you…

Now now, no need for the hostile tone. :slight_smile:

[image] jonah: It’s important to note that these financial services are not anonymous and are subject to “Know Your Customer” (KYC) laws and may require your ID or other identifying information. [image] Rasta: They have addressed that. It comes down to threat modelling and attack surface,…

it still is the company has always been registered in US but their office is in Bengaluru.

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Rasta August 27, 2024, 11:27pm 21

As someone who’s not super technical myself, but knows enough to get in trouble and also not on the staff, it honestly looks like in the examples mentioned with @dngray you were the antagonist. He was trying to adopt a wait and see approach while reaching out to the company in question and you, (a marked member of a direct competitor to the discussed company) seemed to be going berserk trying to force your point across. Honestly dngray had more patience than i would have had in that situation.

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