web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 16:08:28 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Opinion Dominion - Episodes Tagged with “Instagram” https://www.theopiniondominion.org/tags/instagram Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 Two old Linux/Unix/OpenSource guys talk about the past and future of *nix, Open Source and other Tech related things. en-us episodic The Opinions of two open source greybeards JT Pennington Two old Linux/Unix/OpenSource guys talk about the past and future of *nix, Open Source and other Tech related things. no linux, unix, opensource, posix, developer, sysadmin, gnu, bsd JT Pennington jt@minddripmedia.com Episode 30: The Hubris of Tech People https://www.theopiniondominion.org/30 9de35f53-d37e-40a5-8b29-10858aec99f2 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington JT asks Jeff for his thoughts on why so many Tech people think they're experts in every other field. 52:24 no JT asks Jeff for his thoughts on why so many Tech people think they're experts in every other field. Links The Bucket Shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r25IWquxe9s Technocracy, arrogance, photography, medicine, mechanics, instagram, guitar, amp, musician, professional, farming, scientific method, meritocracy JT asks Jeff for his thoughts on why so many Tech people think they're experts in every other field.

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The Bucket Shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r25IWquxe9s

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The Bucket Shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r25IWquxe9s

]]> Episode 29: ToS: Terms of Servitude https://www.theopiniondominion.org/29 62bcb57f-8322-4612-af67-01bb410e9a57 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Jeff and JT discuss Terms of Service. 54:21 no Jeff and JT discuss Terms of Service. Links INSTAGRAM https://hacked.com/instagrams-terms-of-use-update/ https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 https://archive.is/35dRD On the 17th: https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103609if_/https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 Other links: https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/termsofuse https://archive.is/mFP9P https://help.instagram.com/252214974954612/ https://archive.is/2ZKKh https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290 So here's the update in the TOS: https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/ "You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent." BargainBeautyHub Original tweet: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290 Her Question: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030 Facebooks reply: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030 Herod Clause: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/i-read-all-the-small-print-on-the-internet “The biggest lie on the internet is ‘I have read and agree to the terms and conditions’,” says security expert Mikko Hyppönen. Setting out to prove his point, Hyppönen’s company F-Secure set up a free WiFi hotspot in the heart of London’s financial district in June 2014. Buried in the terms and conditions of the free network was a “Herod clause”: in exchange for the WiFi, “the recipient agreed to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity”. Patreon broke the law with updating TOS https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24001118 LinkedIn has the right to change your content. https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/index.html 2012 - Instagram could sell your photos -- they quickly reverted it. https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/3.html Sears - spying https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/4.html FTC stepped in: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/06/sears-settles-ftc-charges-regarding-tracking-software Twitpic https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/6.html Apple itunes https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons. terms of service, TOS, open source, license, apple, sears, instagram, facebook, twitpic, ibm, lawyer, arbitration, clause, north korea, activist Jeff and JT discuss Terms of Service.

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INSTAGRAM
https://hacked.com/instagrams-terms-of-use-update/

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
https://archive.is/35dRD
On the 17th: https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103609if_/https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

Other links:
https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/termsofuse
https://archive.is/mFP9P
https://help.instagram.com/252214974954612/
https://archive.is/2ZKKh

https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290
So here's the update in the TOS:
https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/
"You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent."

BargainBeautyHub

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290
Her Question: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030
Facebooks reply: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030

Herod Clause:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/i-read-all-the-small-print-on-the-internet
“The biggest lie on the internet is ‘I have read and agree to the terms and conditions’,” says security expert Mikko Hyppönen. Setting out to prove his point, Hyppönen’s company F-Secure set up a free WiFi hotspot in the heart of London’s financial district in June 2014.
Buried in the terms and conditions of the free network was a “Herod clause”: in exchange for the WiFi, “the recipient agreed to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity”.

Patreon broke the law with updating TOS
https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24001118

LinkedIn has the right to change your content.
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/index.html

2012 - Instagram could sell your photos -- they quickly reverted it.
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/3.html

Sears - spying
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/4.html
FTC stepped in: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/06/sears-settles-ftc-charges-regarding-tracking-software

Twitpic
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/6.html

Apple itunes
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.

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Links

INSTAGRAM
https://hacked.com/instagrams-terms-of-use-update/

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
https://archive.is/35dRD
On the 17th: https://web.archive.org/web/20201219103609if_/https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

Other links:
https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/termsofuse
https://archive.is/mFP9P
https://help.instagram.com/252214974954612/
https://archive.is/2ZKKh

https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290
So here's the update in the TOS:
https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/
"You can't use a domain name or URL in your username without our prior written consent."

BargainBeautyHub

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1339679351881740290
Her Question: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030
Facebooks reply: https://twitter.com/bargainbeautyhb/status/1340207534939009030

Herod Clause:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/i-read-all-the-small-print-on-the-internet
“The biggest lie on the internet is ‘I have read and agree to the terms and conditions’,” says security expert Mikko Hyppönen. Setting out to prove his point, Hyppönen’s company F-Secure set up a free WiFi hotspot in the heart of London’s financial district in June 2014.
Buried in the terms and conditions of the free network was a “Herod clause”: in exchange for the WiFi, “the recipient agreed to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity”.

Patreon broke the law with updating TOS
https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24001118

LinkedIn has the right to change your content.
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/index.html

2012 - Instagram could sell your photos -- they quickly reverted it.
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/3.html

Sears - spying
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/4.html
FTC stepped in: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2009/06/sears-settles-ftc-charges-regarding-tracking-software

Twitpic
https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2014/05/13/worst-terms-of-service/6.html

Apple itunes
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.

]]> Episode 14: Should Algorithms be Free and Open? https://www.theopiniondominion.org/14 09730cf5-158a-4c38-80e9-c9a38660e24f Mon, 09 Nov 2020 03:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington 40:55 no JT postulates to Jeff that the algorithms that feed us data from internet sites should be open just like what we expect from every other piece of software we run. Feedback can be sent using the fireside contact form at the bottom of the podcast page, or by emailing directly to jt [at] minddripmedia.com Our Telegram channel is here: https://t.me/TheOpinionDominion Our Matrix channel is here: TheOpinionDominion:linuxdelta.org Links Gaurdian article about Facebook: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds Douglas Rushkoff's book: Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age https://rushkoff.com/books/program-or-be-programmed/ instagram, twitter, facebook, algorithms, recommendation engines, FOSS, OSS, Linux, Kernel, Development, Open Development, politics, internet, public benefit JT postulates to Jeff that the algorithms that feed us data from internet sites should be open just like what we expect from every other piece of software we run.

Feedback can be sent using the fireside contact form at the bottom of the podcast page, or by emailing directly to jt [at] minddripmedia.com
Our Telegram channel is here: https://t.me/TheOpinionDominion
Our Matrix channel is here: TheOpinionDominion:linuxdelta.org

Links

Gaurdian article about Facebook:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds

Douglas Rushkoff's book: Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
https://rushkoff.com/books/program-or-be-programmed/

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Feedback can be sent using the fireside contact form at the bottom of the podcast page, or by emailing directly to jt [at] minddripmedia.com
Our Telegram channel is here: https://t.me/TheOpinionDominion
Our Matrix channel is here: TheOpinionDominion:linuxdelta.org

Links

Gaurdian article about Facebook:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/29/facebook-users-emotions-news-feeds

Douglas Rushkoff's book: Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
https://rushkoff.com/books/program-or-be-programmed/

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