Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech

Re:Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech by saddlerustle on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:01AM (#20490976)

> Either that or legally mandate interoperability so that we can move to a federated social media landscape to encourage genuine innovation and competition.

The Facebook API providing "interoperability" is exactly what got 100 million people's data leaked and a $5 billion fine from the FCC. These companies shouldn't be allowed to provide an open api, as we keep seeing there's no way to make it secure.

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Re:Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech by pgcj_poster on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:14AM (#20491008)

But… we know that federated systems can be at least somewhat secure. Do you use email?

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Re:Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech by saddlerustle on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:54AM (#20491122)

E-mail is very far from secure. The overwhelming recommendation for private 1:1 communication is "use WhatsApp or Signal". But you're right that a federated and private 1:1 platform is possible /in theory/.

However Facebook, a 1:many communication platform, is likely impossible to federate while retaining privacy.

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Re:Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech by igravious on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:18AM (#20491021)

Email.

The postal service.

Telephone network.

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Re:Elizabeth Warren’s simple case for breaking up big tech by sidlls on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:20AM (#20491025)

None of which is secure, and e-mail is the least secure of all of them.

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