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   Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 12:13:51 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

   • Cory Doctorow

   If you're thinking about how to manage your personal #opsec (operational security) under a fascist regime, you can do worse than to start out with @pluralistic 's Little Brother, as great today as the day it was written. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brother_(Doctorow_novel)

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     Bill Seitz (billseitz@toolsforthought.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 22:53:24 JST Bill Seitz

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @tim @pluralistic technologies mentioned in the sequel:
     http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/HomeLand

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     Tim W (admin (and human)) (tim@union.place)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:09:15 JST Tim W (admin (and human))

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     • Jaap Zeldenrust

     @jozeldenrust fair. I didn't say "do exactly what Marcus does", to be fair to me. 😀

     It's a good read anyway, though, IMO!

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     Jaap Zeldenrust (jozeldenrust@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 23:09:16 JST Jaap Zeldenrust

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     @tim
     Do keep in mind that Marcus, while savvy, royally fucks up and winds up in a black site.

     IMO, his biggest mistakes are:
     1: He barely compartmentalizes his communications.
     2: He expects non-technical users to implement pretty technical measures.
     3: He only starts practicing any opsec after he has already drawn the attention of the authorities.
     @pluralistic

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     Jaap Zeldenrust (jozeldenrust@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 01:25:15 JST Jaap Zeldenrust

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     @tim
     It's interesting to see how an intelligent character fucks up, but even more salient is the point that, if you're practicing opsec, you're going to fuck up.

     I guess I would suggest people read Little Brother, and if they want to read some more, they should read Attack Surface. Its protagonist, Masha, is better at opsec than Marcus is, but she's cynical about it.

     I think there's a healthy and effective middle ground somewhere between these two protagonists.

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     Jaap Zeldenrust (jozeldenrust@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 01:25:16 JST Jaap Zeldenrust

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     Oh yeah, my post wasn't meant to be a criticism of yours, just a supplement.

     Little Brother is a decent starting point for anyone interested in opsec, but a naive reader might think Marcus is a good role model. At the same time, an overly cynical reader might think Marcus is an object lesson. But he's somewhere in the middle, and that's an interesting place to be.

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     Olly Maunder (roomaroo@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 20:43:17 JST Olly Maunder

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     • Jaap Zeldenrust

     @jozeldenrust @tim Definitely worth reading Attack Surface (I'm currently halfway through) to see Marcus's opsec torn apart by the other side