Because I was always logged in on LJ, I can't even log off to use Open ID without using a different computer.
I suggest your coworker is only right about safety so far as it would be reasonably easy to hack into DW's code its initial source being the same as LJ's. Thus posts here are not exactly completely secure. But the difference is that LJ now is pretty much fair game for foul play, and by approving the agreement you'd pretty much tell your own government you don't care. For your coworker the problem is for Russian citizens and that is certainly where the greatest danger lies. When LJ was bought I warned people about making political posts on LJ, not for ourselves but for the Russians who might want to keep up with our posts and get into dire trouble over what we might say. But assuming that is the limit of the problem is not healthy for citizens from any country.
The Russian government is guilty of some very severe recent bad behavior. Putin was KGB. Do not assume that his proxies would not use any information they can gather to their advantage against citizens of other nations in their own countries. It's happened in my life time under the Soviets even in the US and it can happen again. I'm neither paranoid nor kidding.
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Date: 2017-04-05 02:17 am (UTC)I suggest your coworker is only right about safety so far as it would be reasonably easy to hack into DW's code its initial source being the same as LJ's. Thus posts here are not exactly completely secure. But the difference is that LJ now is pretty much fair game for foul play, and by approving the agreement you'd pretty much tell your own government you don't care. For your coworker the problem is for Russian citizens and that is certainly where the greatest danger lies. When LJ was bought I warned people about making political posts on LJ, not for ourselves but for the Russians who might want to keep up with our posts and get into dire trouble over what we might say. But assuming that is the limit of the problem is not healthy for citizens from any country.
The Russian government is guilty of some very severe recent bad behavior. Putin was KGB. Do not assume that his proxies would not use any information they can gather to their advantage against citizens of other nations in their own countries. It's happened in my life time under the Soviets even in the US and it can happen again. I'm neither paranoid nor kidding.