Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    2 years ago

    In a way, my interest in internet privacy is almost always met with uninterested “ah” IRL. Even when I dont come off as preachy, when I just try to sell it as “watching YT without ads”, people often don’t care.

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      Talking to people I know about Window and Googles intrusive software they just go “Oh they know everything anyway” like just try? simple things like switching browsers, using frontends and alternative/opensource software and using https://justdeleteme.xyz/ to get rid of unneeded accounts is easy but effective

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      2 years ago

      There was a time that I thought people didn’t understand the consequences. Now I realize that most people are just entirely apathetic.

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        I am quite preachy about it and am universally met with “but why does it matter?” The future is gonna suck.