Salvatore D'Agostino

Engineering Leader. Currently @Tailscale. Previously @GitHub, @Wingocard, @InVisionApp and @Cloudflare. Views expressed are my own

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

Finally. It’s gross how everyone is quick to hate and call for someone else to be robbed of their earnings.

Instead we should be encouraging others to follow in their footsteps and create prosperity!

Lift up, don’t push down 🚀

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Don't hate Elon Musk for being a trillionaire. Canada needs more ambitious, wealthy entrepreneurs https://t.co/2Ddq2Oq69i

[Dean Allison @DeanAllisonMP]

Tobi, since a few Conservative MPs betrayed their constituents & joined the Liberals earlier this year, the Liberals have a majority.

Essentially they can initiate and pass any legislation they want.

The only thing that can stop them is public pressure.

But people barely even hear about these Bills because legacy media is covering for Carney / Liberals non-stop by scaring people with “orange man bad” never ending rhetoric.

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

I’m sure a bag of peanuts will fix it…

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Meta’s CTO says morale is near “the worst it’s ever been” — leadership will offer increased snack budgets to lift spirits.

[Frank Caputo @FrankCaputoKTN]

Never seen anything like this. The Liberals are ramming through Bill C-22 and ignoring legitimate voices. Shameful.

We will fight this abuse of process every step of the way.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

@gary_srp stop C-22 now.

[Richard Dias @RichardDias_CFA]

Dear Canada,

If you care at all about freedom of speech or privacy, or worry about Orwellian government overreach, it’s time to write to your MP. https://t.co/prtjfDlY1M

I'm hoping it’s slightly more effective than complaining on Twitter.

You have a voice, use it.

[Build Canada @build_canada]

You've likely seen the headlines from bills C-34, C-36, and C-22 in the media.

Each may sound reasonable on their own: protect kids online, modernize privacy, help police catch criminals.

But buried within is an emerging Digital Regulatory Superpower unlike anything Canadians have ever seen.

These bills hand one unelected commission power over what Canadians can say, what stays private, and who the state can watch.

As of today, the Federal Government is rushing to enact massive Internet Surveillance Reform into law without proper debate.

[Globalnews.ca @globalnews]

A privacy expert told Global News the Liberals' push to fast-track the bill and limit debate was "staggering" and "astonishing."

https://t.co/O8oGqqfWJO

[tobi lutke @tobi]

These bills, along with C-22 and C-9 constitute a total erosion in Canada’s basic liberties. They interlock into making Canada essentially unviable for those with choices on where to build.

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

.@Tailscale wants Aperture to be the stable layer that lets businesses swap AI tools without losing control over identity, access, and oversight. It has introduced several new updates to try to further that goal.

https://t.co/nFTgy1qGaG

[apenwarr @apenwarr]

Starting today, Aperture has a new runs-anywhere javascript chat UI. And universal authenticated data connectors. And a sandbox system. And works with any LLM including self-hosted. And you can swap out each of those components at will.

Now we can really talk about ecosystems

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: SpaceX is now worth more than Canada

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

I’m not sure what this bar is, but I feel like it’s incredibly low… shameful

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

The previous headline on this article did not meet The Globe’s editorial standard. It has been replaced.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

* Correct quote is “politically left” not socialist. Point stands. Entrepreneurs take potential and turn it into value that’s added to the global GDP. They capture a small amount of that value in the process which is a big part of the incentive. The rest goes to others, employees, shareholders, government, suppliers etc.

You can always criticize them. You can always criticize the redistribution efforts. But you should always remember that without them, there is very little new value enters society and that locks everyone in zero sum competition, sometimes war.

Entrepreneurs are load bearing for human thriving. It’s a glorious act to put yourself out there and build a company that provides good and services to everyone. And Elon is the best entrepreneur that ever was. You don’t have to like him, and sure he’s crazy, but otherwise he wouldn’t do crazy things. Same coin, two sides.

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

This isn’t very Canadian.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him https://t.co/qAQVdquwCP

[Ted Bird 🇮🇱 @manofbird]

Jerry Seinfeld 1 Numbnuts 0

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

What happens when these tech companies realize that serving Canadians is more trouble than it’s worth and decide to just not serve us any longer?

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Grok AI chatbot violated Canadian privacy law, watchdog says https://t.co/A2zEMqPA1G

[Salvatore D'Agostino @gimli]

I agree on the premise of protecting minors from social media — in fact I think social media isn’t healthy for a lot of reasons. However this move isn’t the best way to combat it. All Canadians will now be subject to giving up data and privacy to these companies to verify their age. It will not be perfect, people will find loopholes. So we lose data and privacy while the thing that we are trying to stop will likely continue.

[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

Bill C-34 creates a social media ban for Canadians under 16 at the expense of all Canadians' privacy.

Sections 26, 27(1), and 27(2) of Bill C-34 require that affected social media platforms “implement age-verification and age-estimation measures designed to prevent a person under the age of 16 from being able to have an account with, or be otherwise registered with,” those social media platforms.

Bill C-34 requires that such measures must provide for the “protection” and eventual “destruction” of “personal information that is collected for age-verification or age-estimation purposes.”

It is not yet clear how this will be accomplished. What is clear is that these measures must be “effective.” Users commonly verify their age by submitting government-issued identification documents, such as driver’s licenses or passports. And, the technology exists for social media platforms to estimate the ages of users through biometric data, e.g., facial geometry, eye shape, skin elasticity, hairline, etcetera.

This age-verification and age-estimation monitoring will not be limited to Canadians under age 16. For social media platforms to determine access eligibility for any user, platforms will have to evaluate the access eligibility of every user.

The goal of Bill C-34 is not merely to remove Canadians under age 16 from affected social media platforms but to keep them off those platforms. To achieve this goal, social media platforms may be compelled to adopt ongoing age-verification/estimation measures to ensure continued compliance.

However affected social media platforms satisfy these requirements, Bill C-34 fundamentally reimagines how all Canadians access social media.

This Bill deputizes affected social media platforms into forcing Canadians to surrender more data as a precondition of participation in the digital public square. This, in turn, raises serious concerns about Canadians' privacy rights and may engage constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure - guaranteed by section 8 of the Charter.

Read the full text of the bill here: https://t.co/BAHnXrsJIR

[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

Bill C-34 creates a social media ban for Canadians under 16 at the expense of all Canadians' privacy.

Sections 26, 27(1), and 27(2) of Bill C-34 require that affected social media platforms “implement age-verification and age-estimation measures designed to prevent a person under the age of 16 from being able to have an account with, or be otherwise registered with,” those social media platforms.

Bill C-34 requires that such measures must provide for the “protection” and eventual “destruction” of “personal information that is collected for age-verification or age-estimation purposes.”

It is not yet clear how this will be accomplished. What is clear is that these measures must be “effective.” Users commonly verify their age by submitting government-issued identification documents, such as driver’s licenses or passports. And, the technology exists for social media platforms to estimate the ages of users through biometric data, e.g., facial geometry, eye shape, skin elasticity, hairline, etcetera.

This age-verification and age-estimation monitoring will not be limited to Canadians under age 16. For social media platforms to determine access eligibility for any user, platforms will have to evaluate the access eligibility of every user.

The goal of Bill C-34 is not merely to remove Canadians under age 16 from affected social media platforms but to keep them off those platforms. To achieve this goal, social media platforms may be compelled to adopt ongoing age-verification/estimation measures to ensure continued compliance.

However affected social media platforms satisfy these requirements, Bill C-34 fundamentally reimagines how all Canadians access social media.

This Bill deputizes affected social media platforms into forcing Canadians to surrender more data as a precondition of participation in the digital public square. This, in turn, raises serious concerns about Canadians' privacy rights and may engage constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure - guaranteed by section 8 of the Charter.

Read the full text of the bill here: https://t.co/BAHnXrsJIR

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

Nailed it in a single tweet.