Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Communication

Technology is never a substitute for consent (lapcatsoftware.com)
This is a follow-up to my recent blog posts Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 and The internet is full of experts. I've read a lot of the discussion about and responses to my blog posts, which has forced me to hone my own thinking and arguments on the subject.
Anatomy of an internet argument (defenderofthebasic.substack.com)
I’ve spent the last 6 months arguing daily on the internet, and I’ve gotten *really* good at it.
Client-Side-Scanning: Chat Control Is Pure Surveillance State (netzpolitik.org)