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"You need to try Linux" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'd be leery about posting anything on any platform, especially one that has even your email or other personal info attached to it. Even on a random day that I go browse ahem the other place, I don't really comment anymore. I don't even have my email tied to that account, but I don't trust spez's greedy little pig boy ass, and I'm doing my damn best to fly under the radar while they build their databases. Nor would I trust MS, Google, or even Apple to not be tracking every thought and action online for resistance monitoring.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Well, if they want to intimidate everybody who says anything anti-Trump...they're going to be very busy. What I'm worried about are leaders of movements.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

intimidating everyone is a lot of work, but having them on the list can be useful to disperse wherever they plan on doing next, or purge attempts to organize in a more decentralized way.

it can even be used to manipulate or target certain cohorts with propaganda and stuff in a way not possible before, or nab them off the streets. surveillance brings control.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Manipulated, you say? With propaganda?

Well, clearly this is a bridge too far! The Trump administration can never get away with this!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

and stuff

people are starting to get disappeared to concentration camps atm too so like.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

id ditch the account if thats what you want

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What are you scared of? There's more of us than there are of them. Hiding in the shadows, too afraid to act is how they win. Be loud and deliberate in voicing your opposition. If they're coming for you anyway you may as well face it head on.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Until those willing to stand up and fight build up into a critical mass, every individual is at risk of being disappeared by the thought police. So until then, there is a good reason to be scared.

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 0 points 5 hours ago

Maybe it's worth buying a gun and learning how to use it so that, if they come for you, you at least get to kill a fascist.

This could be the only thing that would deter them.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Well, that's not going to happen if everyone stays hidden until it's safe to come out