return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhite House reveals new app after cryptic posts: Full list of featureswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down111
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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down3·1 month agoSome thoughts: Its good to have an easily-acessible resource for official govt info However, The White House already has publicly accessible RSS feeds. This does seem to go beyond that with videos and live streams though. This will most certainly be used to spread and give credence to propaganda Given the aptitude of this admin, I give it about a month before its hacked and used to spread false information.
minus-square__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·1 month ago No need for a hacker there, it will have false information from the start
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoYes but just unofficial false information
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWe must consider the possibility it is hacked to spread true information too
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSomeone is going to link their Signal chat to the app, aren’t they…
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHonestly? I would expect hackers to actually spread the truth here for once.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoCould be that too!
minus-squareDoubleDongle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoDecent chance that when it is hacked, the hackers will actually use it to spread true information.
minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI wonder if this somehow gets around the requirement that all presidential communication to the public needs to be recorded.
Some thoughts:
Yes but just unofficial false information
We must consider the possibility it is hacked to spread true information too
Someone is going to link their Signal chat to the app, aren’t they…
Honestly? I would expect hackers to actually spread the truth here for once.
Could be that too!
Decent chance that when it is hacked, the hackers will actually use it to spread true information.
I wonder if this somehow gets around the requirement that all presidential communication to the public needs to be recorded.