Benn Jordan

Imagine watching my content and then being surprised that I'm weird and sassy.

Unfollow me then. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm a person who gets annoyed just like everyone else. I'm not sure why you'd expect me to have the social media posture of Chick-Fil-A.

I have a better proposal.

Maybe random people shouldn't send me bullshit messages that use my music and video content as an entrypoint to passive-aggressively explain generative AI to me like I'm a toddler when the entire reason I used AI was to test a solution to their problem.

Some of y'all have simply lost your damn minds.

A screen capture from a television news broadcast, specifically from a segment on "Mornings on news12." The visual focus is on a Walgreens employee wearing a body-worn camera, illustrating a report on the company's new security measures. Central Subject and Attire The Employee: The frame shows the torso and upper arm of an individual standing behind a counter. The Shirt: They are wearing a black T-shirt with white text. While the lanyard obscures parts of it, the text visible says: "Get your... and vaccinations today." * The Lanyard: A black lanyard hangs around the neck, featuring the words "AUDIO VIDEO" repeated in white text next to a small orange logo. The Body Camera Placement: A small, rectangular body camera is clipped to the center of the lanyard, resting on the chest. Display: The camera features a small color screen that is actively displaying a live feed of what it sees—in this case, a blue-tinted view of the store environment. Status Light: A small red indicator light is visible in the top right corner of the device, likely signifying that it is recording or powered on. Background and Graphics Background: The setting is a retail pharmacy counter. In the upper left, there is a blurry advertisement or poster featuring a man in a blue suit. News Graphic: At the bottom of the frame, a news "lower third" banner spans the width of the screen. The left side contains the show logo: "MORNINGS on news12." The main headline in a navy blue bar reads: "WALGREENS ROLLS OUT BODY CAMERAS FOR EMPLOYEES" in white, bold, capital letters.

Walgreens losing 90% of their valuation in under 10 years wasn't enough, so they came with an innovative way to keep remaining customers out of their stores.

Finally he promises to do something I fully support.

The spinning noise on that synth is probably my favorite thing about it. 😂

And that's not me bad mouthing the synth. It's actually that cool sounding.

Wild Saturday night making an optical pulse wave oscillator. 🎉

Honestly, I never got the people complaining about warning labels or using them as metaphors.

Would you rather someone who couldn't identify bleach or understand its toxicity die?

Not everyone knows everything and it benefits both parties to educate them on safely using a product or service.

This.

If they told users that using a traditional payment method jeopardized anonymity in the sign up process, they may have not had data to hand over, and their peepees wouldn't have been so hurt by someone reporting on it.

They could've addressed that. But instead we get the "fake news" defense.

"teaching them how to use them"

Is that not exactly what journalism like this accomplishes?

People are angry because it wasn't adequately communicated to them that this was a risk when they were entering their credit card information.

They have $102m in revenue every year to proactively address this problem with a solution rather than pedantically attack what words were used.

Mullvad does something similar to what I suggested. You buy a "gift code" and enter it in on your device.

Hey @proton.me, use these lemons for lemonade and consider offering fungible payment solutions.

The @404media.co story is very valid and important so your users to understand how they can maximize the potential of your services.

I don't use Google for that reason.

Attacking a nonprofit media organization and brigading comments congratulating themselves on "only sharing a little bit" isn't "doing better", it's denying that the problem even exists.

Yeah there's a whole lot of takes and everyone has the right to an opinion.

The difference is that they're random people on the internet and you're representing a company balancing the trust and data of 100 million+ users.

So the stakes are a bit higher if your defense is attacking journalists.

Let's stop this LoOkInG uP wOrDs theater and all admit that if this title was actually misleading, lawyers would be talking rather than Proton brigading social media comments.

So should the article have been about how awesome of a company Proton is for only complying to government requests for user data when legally required to?

Or should it be about how the FBI can indirectly force Proton to ID their customers via their payment information?

1. FBI sent request for user data to Switzerland.

2. Switzerland demanded data from Proton.

3. Proton complied and sent data to Switzerland.

4. Switzerland handed data to FBI.

There's really no other way of looking at this other than the FBI can ID you via your Proton account if you paid via CC.

I had read that last night, and I think it's a completely reasonable and informative statement.

...which is why I was surprised to wake up to notifications from your company accusing an NPO I partner with of using clickbait.

The story itself is defensible. That accusation is not.

Did you watch the @404media.co video or read the article?

If yes, did you happen to notice the part where they mentioned Proton'segal requirement, even including a response from Proton itself?

I'd love for someone to specifically point out how and where this article or video was misleading.

All customer data is stored on an anonymous starling

The story itself is a concerning example of a privacy-focused host's liabilities and limitations.

Your response to it is why I'll be migrating off of your services. 🤦🏻‍♂️

This is ridiculous, @protonprivacy.bsky.social.

You gave up the identity of a customer (as required by law) via an FBI request. You could be writing a guide on how customers can help prevent this from happening again, not frivolously attacking the integrity of a nonprofit journalism organization.

Is misinformation used more by those in power, or does it just seem like that because our access to information is so much broader?

If you spend $1,200 on a tiny puck with a few ultrasonic drivers in hopes to stop devices from recording your voice, you're going to be deeply disappointed.

I've built over a dozen of these devices throughout the years and even have a provisional patent for one.

Enjoy this little infographic. 🙉

🤷🏻‍♂️ isn't positive. It's debatable.

❌1961 - Cuba
❌1964 - Laos
❌1965 - Vietnam
❌1973 - Cambodia
❌1979 - Nicaragua
🤷🏻‍♂️1983 - Grenada
❌1986 - Libya
🤷🏻‍♂️1991 - Iraq
❌1995 - Bosnia
❌1998 - Sudan
🤷🏻‍♂️1999 - Kosovo
❌2001 - Afghanistan
❌2003 - Iraq II
❌2011 - Libya II
❌2014 - Syria

Don't worry it'll work this time.

I wonder when we'll be concerned about the other Middle Eastern c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ area-with-military harboring 90-400 nuclear warheads that the IAEA is barred from inspecting.

It seems like all the "I'm a lifelong Democrat but let me tell you why bombing schools is a good thing" people are deciding to open a social media account today.