[liberationtech] New CryptoCat bug

[Tom O]

I can't take RATT seriously, it reminds me of an 80's cock rock band.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratt

On Friday, August 9, 2013, Sahar Massachi wrote:

> S:POT are communist gun-grabbers. Please don't put them in the same list
> as the other, worthy, advocacy groups.
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Brian Conley <brianc at smallworldnews.tv>wrote:
>
> To whom it may concern:
>
> RATT(Rodents Against Traumatic Tools) and ADDL(Against Dog Defamation
> League) hereby express serious concern regarding the insensitive nature of
> the cryptocat interface. RATT members deserve encrypted chat much as
> others, but the presence of Cat Facts leads to undue trauma and we lobby
> you to reconsider fixing this bug. ADDL feels your distribution of cat
> propaganda (facts) is damaging and demeaning to the image of canines and
> other house pets and urges all members of libtech to boycott said
> technology until it becomes more tolerant of other domestic animals and
> house pets.
>
> (Please add your organization below if you agree with our petition and
> forward to your friends and loved ones to stop this specist software from
> continuing)
>
> Signed
>
> Members of
> RATT
> ADDL
> CAT(canine advocacy team)
> MOUSE (Microorganisms Organizing Upward Solidarity for Everyone)
> BIRD(Beyond Individual Rat Defamation)
> S:POT (Solidarity:Pets Over Terrorists)
> On Aug 8, 2013 3:42 AM, "Nadim Kobeissi" <nadim at nadim.cc> wrote:
>
>
> On 2013-08-08, at 12:25 PM, Jillian C. York <jilliancyork at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear LibTech,
>
> I would like to express my concern that the CatFacts function of CryptoCat
> is not operating. This is a Very Important Function to ensure the physical,
> mental and spiritual health of cryptocat users and I am deeply, deeply
> concerned about its inoperability.
>
>
> Jillian,
> My sincerest excuses regarding this. Cryptocat claims full responsibility
> for this issue. There was indeed a bug that would limit the number of cat
> facts displayed per Cryptocat session to a maximum of 2 (two) cat facts.
> This has already been fixed and is awaiting release in the next version:
>
> https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat/commit/83af5be7bb575187a404bb56e11f14a1ba866d9f
>
> In the meantime, Cryptocat will be deploying a *Cat Care Package* in
> order to alleviate the shortage of cat media that Cryptocat users may be
> facing. The Cat Care Package may be accessed here:
> みっちりねこマーチ - MitchiriNeko March<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIGb1lfpBw>
>
> We are currently in the process of writing a meow-dvisory to address the
> situation. It may take us a mew moments, but I am purr-sonally confident
> that we will do everything paw-ssible to prevent this situation from
> cat-apulting into something worse.
>
> Thanks very much for your patience and understanding.
>
> NK
>
>
> Perhaps some time at the upcoming hackathon should be spent improving this
> function.
>
> Thanks,
> Jillian
>
>
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