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   Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:26:47 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   IMHO: If you want to fight (proto-)fascism and centralised, authoritarian regimes by relying on centralised infrastructure that can be blocked/outlawed by said regime, you are doing it wrong, IMHO. Decentralised solutions, while coming with a more demanding learning curve, have proven to be far more resilient and sustainable. So have your fun on Bluesky, TikTok etc while you organise resistance here :)

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     Josh (josh@bne.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:44:16 JST Josh

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     @jwildeboer You also literally work at Redhat (cmon man lol)

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:44:16 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     @josh And I am still myself too. Not just a corporate drone.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:45:38 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • Josh

     @josh I didn't ask a question, so I wasn't looking for an answer.

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     Josh (josh@bne.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:45:39 JST Josh

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     @jwildeboer Sometimes hackers have been known to I don't know use said systems and be proficient at using them against their adversary better than those who built said platforms.

     But I don't think that is the answer your looking for. Sorry for unsettling your thoughts of being so right.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:47:03 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     @josh Trolling also doesn't make you look better. Welcome to my blocklist.

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     Josh (josh@bne.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:47:04 JST Josh

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     @jwildeboer Basically we all know the grugq is the only Infosec thought leader around here, your Redhat corporate skills don't apply here.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 19:52:52 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     (and please ignore the obvious troll in the replies that tries to tell you I'm not to be taken serious because of my employer)

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 20:07:09 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     Read the whole thing:
     "Protect your private life. The broligarchy doesn’t want you to have one. Read Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: they need to know exactly who you are to sell you more shit. We’re now beyond that. Surveillance Authoritarianism is next. Watch The Lives of Others, the beautifully told film about surveillance in 80s east Berlin. Act as if you are now living in East Germany and Meta/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp is the Stasi. It is."

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 20:12:58 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     I grew up in a family with a history of resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands in WW2. I lived with and discussed for many days with people that were in the resistance against the East Germany regime. I spent time with people fighting for #ArabSpring at Tahrir square in Cairo. One lesson is universal. Avoid risk by never having a central collection of information that could be found. Be it on paper, audio recording or digital data outside of your control.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 20:38:42 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • Karsten Schmidt

     @toxi Yes, many people in the western world grew up being told that The Government was good and though some corrupt elements existed, that would be solved. Many could never imagine how even well meant systems can be abused to turn against those they are supposed to protect. That blind eye can have real and dangerous consequences. I am not a doom person. But I notice, similar to you, maybe a bit earlier when things move in a wrong direction.

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     Karsten Schmidt (toxi@mastodon.thi.ng)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 20:38:43 JST Karsten Schmidt

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     @jwildeboer I remember talking about these things as part of "computational literacy" discussions/interviews with several journalists (non-political) in the UK, who almost exclusively thought I'm a nutcase framing my understanding of the term also from that bigger POV... The way I see it is that having grown up in the GDR, I'd developed more of a sensitivity to these issues from an early age (hidden antenna on the balcony, illegally listening to RIAS Berlin radio, watching western TV only under headphones so that Stasi neighbors wouldn't hear...). In my experience, people who grew up in western countries and only ever knew clichés/propaganda of the East just often had (still have) a far too blue-eyed belief in their systems and their inherent supposed benevolence...

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 23:21:14 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • Karsten Schmidt

     @toxi I also have a Linkedin account for job related things. But I am very aware of what I post there. Here I am a private person (that doesn't really hide anything). My instance is configured to auto-delete posts after a few days, which obviously won't stop an adversary to follow me and store everything I say in their own archive. So I participate in the online world but I am very aware of the risks of abuse. For the real private stuff I mostly rely on pen and paper. And Signal :)

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     Karsten Schmidt (toxi@mastodon.thi.ng)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 23:21:16 JST Karsten Schmidt

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     @jwildeboer Couldn't have said it better! More widespread awareness, education and application of privacy & autonomy-related tools, topics/methods are such an important part of how these systems (democracies) can/must be kept/made more honest. Instead, the framing of "nothing to hide, not a problem" has largely taken over to erode these efforts, with large demographics actively choosing temporary convenience, also fueled by the promise to glean some benefit nuggets from network effects of these centralized platforms... As long as this attitude doesn't change, we all are stuck to some extend. Especially for the self-employed, artists, crafters, etc. participation in these platforms is often somewhat mandatory and directly linked to livelihood. But I also do think a first/interim step of cutting the cord to these platforms is to start diversifying. None of this has to be a zero sum game (not for people/users, at least)...