The issue is that you cannot delete posts (after a short timer) or your account. Everything you post there is there for forever. Google it, you’ll see tons of people trying and all of their accounts are still plainly visible.

Let this be a lesson that nobody is immune to phishing or opsec lapses. It can happen to anyone, including security pros. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you’re too smart, make sure you have multiple layers of defense.

It’s just more of the same but without the ability to easily create and rotate alts so even more of a privacy nightmare than HN

Yeah the article is just rehashing a wapo article that’s linked, the original one is much clearer

In fairness, I think the possibility that someone might light your car on fire is a stronger incentive to not buy a brand than internet posts making fun of the brand. It also means now they have to beef up security at all of the dealerships. Car sales are surprisingly impulse driven, hence the famous high pressure sales tactics, so it’ll be harder to get people in the door if they’re strip searching everyone and if they can’t have as much inventory on the lot, customers can’t drive home with the options they want so less impulse buying. Also full coverage insurance, required for financing, will get more expensive or even impossible to obtain which possibly means a massively decreased customer pool.

I think a better counter argument is the environmental damage caused by lighting all the cancer boxes on fire.

Blue marble is essentially an open source Google Earth desktop application. Idk if it’s exactly what you want but it’s not terrible.

OsmAnd is the same thing for Android and iOS and it’s absolutely wonderful.