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"Adversarial interop" is a *mouthful*, so at @EFF, we coined the term #CompetitiveCompatibility, or #comcom, which is a lot easier to say and to spell.
Scratch any tech success and you'll find a comcom story.
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#AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom) is key tool for building worker power in an era of digital Taylorism:
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III. Pro-twiddling laws for users: Interoperability (both mandatory and adversarial - AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom):
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In other words, Netfix used #AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom) to launch its business:
eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/ad…
Today, Netflix is on the vanguard of the war to
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Pop-up blockers are an early example of #AdversarialInteroperability, AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility (#comcom for short). 42/
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When your tech doesn't serve your needs, you should be able to modify it. That's #interoperability. When a company won't help with interop, that's #AdversarialInteroperability, or as we call it, #CompetitiveCompatibility (#Comcom for short).
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Back in 2019, I wrote a case-study on ad- and tracker-blocking as part of @EFF's series on #AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #Comcom).
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ALT An Adafruit ESPHole: an open-source hardware gadget the size of a matchbox with a small screen that reads 'ESPHole/Conn'ing to Aisleds.Net...OK!/IP addr: 192.168.1.33/Checking 7061 domains/283 Nahs!
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But as Para shows, seizing the means of computation is an important strategy for workers seeking a better life. The tactics of #AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #Comcom) can transfer power from Goliaths to Davids:
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We can do it with reverse-engineering, scraping, bots - a suite of tactics we call #AdversarialInteroperability or #CompetitiveCompatibility (AKA #Comcom):
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9 Nov 2021
There's a name for this ability: #CompetitiveCompatibility, AKA #ComCom (nee "#AdversarialInteroperability").
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1 Aug 2021
There's no better subject for a tech-law clinic than fighting DMCA1201 abuse - because that's the law that is most often invoked to shut down #CompetitiveCompatibility (AKA #comcom/#adversarialInteroperability).
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16 Jul 2021
Multiprotocol clients are a perfect example of #AdversarialInteroperabitlity (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility or #ComCom) - the practice of plugging new stuff into existing stuff, even if the people who made that stuff object.
eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/ad…
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And if we safeguarded #CompetitiveCompatibility - the right to interoperate without permission, we'd future-proof the ACCESS Act, by securing the right to mod FB to protect security, add accessibility, and add other forms of interop.
eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/ad…
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All of this is a powerful lesson in the importance of #AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility/#comcom), the practice of modifying an existing technology against the wishes (or without permission) of its maker.
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Teil eines jeden Vorhabens sollte auch sein, die Abgrenzung zwischen Staat und Privatwirtschaft klar zu ziehen und wo möglich Wettbewerb zu ermöglichen, durch offene Standards und Vorgaben.
@salomon_alex
#competitiveCompatibility #comcom #Interoperability
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Without #AdversarialInteroperability (AKA #CompetitiveCompatibility/#ComCom), Peleton's dead hand lays on your property forever, long after you've paid, and if you have demonstrate disloyalty to its shareholders, that hand punches you in the face.
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17 May 2021
This talk at @knightcolumbia & @UMassAmherst's conference, “Reimagine the Internet” w @doctorow is the best job I've done so far explaining the promise and perils of #MagicAPIs/#CompetitiveCompatibility/#Middleware/#ProtocolsNotPlatforms as I see them.
youtube.com/watch?v=wlKDlBag…
28 Oct 2020
Curious about this "algorithmic choice" thing @jack just brought up in the hearing? It's a really important idea. It needs a lot of tire-kicking, but we should be doing that.
Here is the Stephen Wolfram testimony he mentioned: writings.stephenwolfram.com/…
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But there's a third way: #CompetitiveCompatibility, AKA #AdversarialInteroperability: that's when new services plug into the existing ones without their permission or even against their wishes, using bots, scraping, reverse-engineering, etc.
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All forms of interop are potential sources of liberation from Facebook's historically unprecedented hostage-taking, including scraping and other forms of #CompetitiveCompatibility.
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