Post by @ben@werd.social

This one will hurt: I love 1Password as a product. But I'm the son of a concentration camp survivor. I will not give money to companies that align themselves with nationalism, and certainly not ethnic cleansing. Completely disappointing, @1password. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/dhh-nazism-funded-by-1password-vp-who-wrote-honest-security/

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DHH Nazism Funded by 1Password VP Who Wrote “Honest Security”

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Stanley Jones

@stanley@heretic.social 8 hr. ago

@ben I'm bringing this up because I've found you to be a deeply thoughtful person and it's something I've been struggling with...

There has to be a difference between a 1Password, whose crime is funding a project that is led by someone with hateful views and a Palantir, whose entire business is to empower authoritarianism, right?

I feel like we need a #FashTech tier list.

Thomas Fuchs

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io 5 hr. ago

@stanley @ben It should be noted that Omarchy as a project is (in the words of its creator) specifically political to “keep clowns out of Linux”.

By clowns he means trans people and that they’re mentally ill and should be laughed at and forcefully driven out.

Ben Werdmuller

@ben@werd.social 8 hr. ago

@stanley I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt - it’s just a tech deal - until the CEO came out in support of DHH and his worldview personally. That’s untenable to me.

Alex Hoffmann

@mangochutney@social.lol 4 hr. ago

@ben I haven’t seen that? Where did David Faugno post such a thing?

crazyeddie

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social 7 hr. ago

@ben @stanley But you just posted an article where is quoted as doing so!

There's his daughter standing by their pool in their multi-million dollar mansion. Let's ignore the haters and get with progress.

You don't get more direct than that.

Stanley Jones

@stanley@heretic.social 8 hr. ago

@ben Oof, I missed that.

I guess I'm dreading trying to explain to my wife that we may need to change password managers because of these twisted relationships and wondering if maybe I'm being overly reactionary.

For example, I have a Framework laptop and they've supported Omarchy in the past. But would switching to Lenovo or Dell really be any better? What's the harm I'm trying to address?

flere-imsaho 🇺🇦

@mawhrin@circumstances.run 8 hr. ago

@stanley @ben michael dell also decided to make a statement of his personal values by paying a million to the omarchy foundation.

Carlos Solís

@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 6 hr. ago

At this point, checking out of technology and learning to live without electricity is starting to become more morally attractive with each passing day...

Ben Werdmuller

@ben@werd.social 8 hr. ago

@stanley But in answer to your wider question: I agree that this isn’t Palantir. It’s a different class of thing. But the CEO will use his money in ways that are in line with his values. I’ll give them a minute to course correct, but I’m already migrating my data out.