It seems to me that no lawyer or doctor or therapist nor any other person required to maintain confidentiality could allow #WindowsRecall on their computer.
@D_J_Nathanson Feels like it runs afoul of EU data residency laws, too. Microsoft keeps mentioning that the screenshots stay on your computer, but
I'm certain it won't stay that way forever
That still seems like a problem, e.g. when you are viewing data on a server in the EU but a screenshot is automatically being saved (and parsed) on your PC outside of the EU
Asking for a lawyer is a super-power. It provides perhaps the strongest protection in US law. If a person in police custody responds to questioning by asking for a lawyer, the police must stop questioning the person about ANY crime.
Because the protections are so broad and powerful, SCOTUS has refused to apply them unless you make a “clear and unambiguous” request for a lawyer. That’s the rub. /3
The Department of Justice - whose prior efforts to exploit the first World Trade Center bombing were stalled - had a wish list just waiting for such an opportunity. They rolled out the AEDPA in less than a week. And legislators cowed or ‘Murica, immediately rolled over. AEDPA became law.
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Here’s an #AltText question that I vacillate on: what about colors? Obviously some blind people were previously sighted and so including colors in alt text is helpful to them. What about people who were never sighted? What makes for good description for those people when we’re trying to convey the variation and definition that color brings? Should we just use regular color terms because people know how to navigate those terms, or is there some different emphasis that would be helpful?
@D_J_Nathanson Don't overthink it. Just describe the elements that are key to understanding what's being conveyed by the image. If the color is unusual or important, mention it. Otherwise, that's probably unnecessary fluff.
More importantly, I can't imagine that I can describe the essence of "red" in a way that would make a never-sighted person understand it better than they did before, so I'm not gonna try.
@D_J_Nathanson I'd also like to hear from people who rely on alt text.
But, I help edit alt text for images of space. From our conversations with blind, visually impaired, and color-blind people, many would like descriptions of color. We usually keep the color descriptions simple, to reduce cognitive load, since our images tend to be abstract and complex.
Even people who are blind from birth have a conceptual understanding of color, since they are exposed to the same culture as sighted people.
Now is a good time to refresh on a concept in US First Amendment law called "The Heckler's Veto." It is the principle that the right to free speech and free association cannot be prevented or punished because people who object to the speech cause a disruption.