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   GreenDotGuy (darcmoughty@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 09:49:39 JST GreenDotGuy

   So currently in my life I am helping out a few friends and relatives who are either elderly or disabled, and I have some serious concerns about how commercial technology is infiltrating every aspect of the things they depend on.

   A lot of people can't process app-based door locks or the hoops needed to jump through to prove their identity for accounts needed to 'summon a ride share to a doctor'.

   For most of us, it's simple and convenient; but for them, the world has become impossibly complicated, beyond their ability. Failures in government and tech are creating an underclass of folks who can't 'just watch TV' or 'get into modern apartments' without tech support.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 09:49:39 JST Rich Felker

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     @DarcMoughty Beg to differ on "For most of us, it's simple and convenient." That's the narrative of the asshats pushing this stuff.

     Rather "for most of us, it's a manageable inconvenience".