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Hey #admins, get a load of the "ethics statement" on this asshole's fediverse scraping project:

"Publishing your toots/messages on a server without marking them private or requiring authentication and thus making them available to the web is an act of affirmative consent to allowing others to download those toots/messages [...]"

I recommend suspending the author's sneak.berlin instance.
#admins

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cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭
cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭  
Here they are on Hacker News too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22524368
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
What a dick. They seem to believe intellectual property is harmful/statist, which is arguably true, but that doesn't automatically warrant any collection of any publicly accessible information.
cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭
cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭  
Lol I didn't realize this person had replied to me.

"I think you are making the assumption that I am scraping content based on the fact that I am developing a free software content scraper that anyone is invited to use."

Zing, they got me.
cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭
cj 🇺🇸🇨🇭  
Damn this guy just can't stop replying.
Tek is not a convicted felon
Tek is not a convicted felon  
He absolutely refuses to concede a thing.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
I mean, he clearly stated he didn't care about people he disagree with, not surprised he wouldn't start right now that he's getting direct negative attention.
Spencer
Spencer  
I just went to block the instance and realized I had already done so after following the #MastoAdmin hashtag. Apparently other admins banned them for transphobia and targeted harassment.
#mastoadmin
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
I don't have a hard time believing this report even without evidence.
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