i don't get people who insist on powering their computer down (re: post complaining about the new mac mini having a silly location for the power button)
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@[email protected] @[email protected] (100% agreed. Shit, I think even talking about politics you should increase your threat model to a certain extent. It doesn't matter that you've said perfectly 'benign' things).
I used to give this advice to people going to protests when I could but like, you're not worried about the machine learning capabilities of today, you're worried about the machine learning capabilities of tomorrow. It's the same for the legal framework. Although to be fair, if they've changed the laws to retroactively make what you said punishable, the legal framework is so fucked that they probably don't need to come up with anything legit to get rid of you. -
@aud @x4nw yes. governments, even supposed democracies, do not ignore political activity. the relevant agencies would be neglecting their core mission if they did.
we should all, as activists, hope that we will never get to know to what extent we personally are a focus of attention. we shouldn't be fear-driven about it; knowledge and planning are the antidotes to fear. once we've put in that work, we should try to put it out of our mind... but we should do the work first.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] still. "Cover up your identifying features!" is always a good idea. You don't want to be the signal in the noise.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] this is sort of unrelated but it's also why I'm quite visibly trans (well that and I can't hope to pass lmao (also passing is a toxic concept but we don't have to get into that here)). Like, come at me fuckers. I am who I am. If it's a problem, I will not regret having been myself and speaking my mind and trying to do the work I do and voicing what is important to me.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] (this makes me sound cooler than I am but mostly it just seems to make me unemployable as tech companies are not currently hiring outspoken bitches)
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@[email protected] @[email protected] well, I'm hardly a labor organizer (although I was probably considered an agitator as I did openly say pro-union stuff on the GitHub slack).
Actually, I'm sure they viewed me as an agitator or instigator because I would openly talk about the importance of labor organizing on giving employees the ability to push back against contracts and work that are socially damaging or, you know, war crimes. They really, really do not like that, I suspect. -
@aud @x4nw yeah, like, if you do things that need a server, you do things that need a server.
at that point, from the defender's side the next port of call (... on the metaphorical pilgrimage to accepting any remaining risks and welcoming the inevitability of death into your heart, we guess....?) is data minimization, minimum necessary privilege, all that stuff.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] brilliant career move to do that without other employees backing you, for the record.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] I do wish we lived in a paradigm where "data minimization" was still considered good practice, rather than a world where "data maximization" can be turned directly into profits while any failures to protect are externalized costs.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] jesus fuck. I shouldn't find that shocking but god. So disgusting.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] relatedly: the HR cronies at Microsoft are fucking awful for reasons I don't think I can say, but goddamn.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] it is what it is. I'm hoping to go back to school, I think, and/or possibly turn one of my projects into something that can keep me afloat for a minute.
Honestly, while I am still applying for jobs because duh, I have an internal timer of when I just apply for jobs in food service again. I do have various disabilities which will make that harder than it was twenty years ago but I think I've hit a point where I'd just rather not with the tech industry. I would rather find some way to pay the bills and build something good on the side rather than pay the bills by building weapons. God. It's disgusting how many fucking jobs there are for... alright, calm down. Fuck, capitalism is the worst.
yeah, sorry