@gulli naja, wir sind #TechLiterates und die meisten #MediaIlliterates geben sich den shice komplett ungefiltert…
#TechLiterates
Ich meine wir alle als #MediaLiterates und #TechLiterates fallen nicht auf so plumpen shice rein, weils einfach nur noch absurd ist, aber entweder ist #YouTube & Co. nur noch voller #Bots die #AIslop mit #Bullshit kommentieren oder wir haben ein echtes Problem weil #Medienkompetenz und #Technikkompetenz in den letztn 50 Jahren garnicht an #Schulen vermittelt wurde!
Und ja, mich regt die Masse an #Propaganda - Shice für #rechtsextreme #Verfassungsfeinde wie die #NSAfD und den #Kriegsverbrecher #Putin nur noch auf...
- Gerade wir hier im #Fediverse als #TechLiterates und #MediaLiterates müssen hier echt nachhaltig solche shice bekämpfen!
Denn das konstante #Trommelfeuer an #Desinformation und #Propaganda normalisiert #RassistischeKackshice, #FaschistischeKackshice und generell #Neonazis!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmVehWBdHI&t=477s
#DEpol #KI #Desinformation #Faschismus #Rassismus #AfD #AfDverbot #NSAfDverbot #AFDverbotJetzt #AfDverbotSofort #NSAfDverbotJetzt #NSAfDverbotSofort #FDGO #FloodTheZoneWithShit #Enshittification #AIslop
@heiseonline Nur dass #TeleHealth sowieso nur #TechLiterates offensteht UND ohne #Breitband nicht funzt.
Seriously folks:
1. learn fucking #ComSec, #InfoSec & #OpSec cuz
2. every service that demands #PII like a #PhoneNumber is inherently insecure &
3. a lot of places criminaloze #anonymous #SIM #cards & demand #KYC for any Phone Number.
4. It is your moral duty as #TechLiterates to foster and.normalize #OpenStandards that are in fact secure, like #XMPP+#OMEMO & #PGP/MIME.
5. there's no excuse to not use @torproject / #Tor when tools like @micahflee's #OnionShare and @tails_live / @tails / #Tails exist.
6. #SourceProtection is not negotiable!
@jascha Yeah...
I think we as #TechLiterates are in part responsible for this.
- Not the #Enshittification but not forcing #TechLiteracy to be more common.
Because now we have #TechIlliterates at the helm - and not just the "#Internetausdrucker" kind but the "Posting text as JPEG instead of copy & pasting" kind...
@adisonverlice @krutonium I think it's the duty of #TechLiterates to make things #accessible!
- Anything else is just blaming and burdening those that are disabled / not full (bodily) abled.
@pluralistic Personally, I wished I could just sue both #Google and #PayPal to not nag me with that shit but as much as I'd love to see someone like @wbs_legal to push that, I have more pressing things to attend to right now...
- I think it's not up to us to "#disenshittify" cuz as #TechLiterates we are competent doing so but we should really claw back on behalf of the #TechIlliterates who's reality is sliding into #MirrorsEdgeCatalyst - level of #dystopia...
@MichalBryxi @SecurityWriter @MastodonEngineering I agree to an extent.
- Yes it is a failure of us who are #TechLiterates to increase #TechLiteraxy but it's also a failure of #education globally to teach anything but being a "#User" who's ignorant beyond mousing #Microsoft products. (See shitty certifications like #ECDL!)…
It's sad that #Xandros on the original #EeePC seems to be peak #Linux #Desktop when it comes to #TechIlliterates...
- And that needs to be changed…
@StarkRG @colinstu which is why we as #TechLiterates are mandated to normalize using #OpenStreetMap by #TechIlliterates!
- I thought the glare was excessive due to the lights, but then again I'm not gonna complain more about it. Noone expects you to have a fancy mattebox with turntable to make some professional product photo.
Also even if people don't have a donor to transplant a screen assembly from or don't feel comfortable fiddling with eDP cables they could just remove the screen and have a compact AiO Desktop.
- If it has like a "full function" #USBc port with #PowerDelivery than this can result in a sleek desktop that also looks good and doesn't require much space. Ideal if the battery is busted and a replacement isn't worth it! I've seen those in like #RepairShops where they basically setup some #MacbookPro that way as a
DFUmachine to reflash / reinstall other #Macs.
I think it's a necessity that we as #TechLiterates propagate the need to #UseLonger and the #RightToRepair as essential, given that #tech inherently is expensive in terms of #resources and that avoiding #eWaste and #Upcycling is an act of #EnvoirmentalProtection.
- Tho make shure to safely remove any "#DangerPillow|s" and handing it over to the relevant #recycling provider(s)...
If I had the necessary €€€€€ I'd literally start my own "#upcycling" #business, even employ some folks collecting all the #surplus'd #Windows10 machines and just cleaning, wiping, repasting, fixing and selling them as cheap #used #PC|s for those that kinda need something to do their casual "#office", #LightGaming and #MediaConsumption.
- I mean people are surprised how zippy even old hardware can be with just few tweaks (more RAM, a fresh SSD, cleaning it of dust bunnies and repasting the cooler with some quality (longlife #ThermalPaste, like #ArcticMX4) "#ThermalGrease" (that costs like €1/g in a 20g syringe and a #RepairShop can easily go through one in a shift)...
@empathicqubit @crazy_pony @signalapp @monocles @delta
I disagree, because the few steps needed can be taught to literal #TechIlliterates within minutes, and I did so several times, walking them through.
- We as #TechLiterates are responsible to teach #TechLiteracy to #TechIlliterate "#Normies", or we deserve then damnation through our own hubris!
"[...] easy to use solutions that are at the same time private and secure. [...]"
- The fact that @signalapp requires #PII like a #PhoneNumber which more often than not cannot be legally acquired anonymously makes it not #private.
It is easier, faster, cheaper and overall simpler to get someone setup with #XMPP + #OMEMO espechally if they don't have a #PhoneNumber and/or #ID to acquire a #SIM.
And if you go and say, "Just buy a [insert country here] [e]SIM!" and expect #TechIlliterates without a #CreditCard, #PayPal or other means of #OnlinePayment to fiddle around with some #eSIM if not having to get some #eSIMcard because they can only afford to maintain one SIM and can't spend triple-digits on a new devices then you completely missed the point!
- I can much faster and easier get TechIlliterates setup show them around - either in a @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth / @cryptoparty@chaos.social / #CryptoParty - style #classroom / #seminar or 1:1 tutoring than I can legally acquire and activate a new SIM in #Germany [since 07/2017]...
It's not that I expect anyone to get #TechLiterate within minutes, but similar to setting up a cordless DECT phone it's something one has to do once in 5 years and just have them put the password in a safe spot to retain...
Point is that #Signal #WontFix their setup and that was evidently clear even before @Mer__edith succeeded #MoxieMarlinspike: Their entire operation has a distinct #CryptoAG stench as it's an #unsustainable #VCmoneyBurning party!
- #CloudAct and the #NOBUS hegemony ain't something that just got executed now (neither was #GDPR & #BDSG!)...
A counterexample on how this could've been done are #Tor, #eMail and other truly #OpenSource as in #MultiVendor & #MultiProvider standards.
NOTHING compells Signal to demand PII, run a #Shitcoin #Scam aka. #MobileCoin that even seasoned #TechLiterates and #CryptoBros can't setup properly, and in fact Signal using phone numbers makes it trivial to discriminate against users and easier for them to identify them!
If my reasoning didn't resonate with you, then try helping i.e. undocumented migrants aka. "#SansPapier|s" to get setup with it without violating laws and/or ToS and/or needing an imported SIM which I'm shure most folks don't have on hand!
Whereas it's trivial to get people setup on one of many XMPP servers I've personally tested!
- Not to mention clients like @monocles / #monoclesChat and @gajim / #gajim are way more user-friendly and unlike Signal can also work perfectly fine over #Tor, including #OnionServices as endpoints.
AFAIK Signal doesn't even have an #OnionService / .onion for their Website, much less any #API enpoints to use it with!
- Them relying on #ClownFlare is just something that makes them even more #sus as there is no legitimate reason to use a #RogueISP like that.
You're free to also provide evidence and supporting data to your arguments, rather then neighsaying against proven to be more secure and reliable [by virtue of decentralization] options like XMPP+OMEMO and/or #PGP/MIME.
- What gets my blood boiling is the constant #disinfo by Signal Fanboys like @rysiek who sell it like #DigitalSnakeoil akin to #AntivirusSoftware, because it's at best "#TechPopulism" and at worst will mislead "TechIlliterates" with a false sense of security, which in turn puts more users at risk.
The proper fix is to actually assess the situation and acknowledge the risks and limitations as well as the very nature of communications, which means upgrading later is exponentially more painful, thus getting people properly setup once is way easier.
- Just because WE [ or rather @rysiek in this case ] rather privilegued enough to not be hatecrimed in their current location doesn't mean this is the case for everyone. And having places like Signal rely on a "#CDN" is just another red flag to me because questions like this one just don't arise with monocles.chat as people can just exercise proper #SelfCustody and just use Tor!
Speaking of #monocles: That business is at least #sustainable because it's funded by users (€2 p.m.) which they can pay anonymously
@icedquinn @getimiskon we as #TechLiterates need to teach the #Zoomers how to use #tech for good...
@Em0nM4stodon I think as #TechLiterates we need to lead y example!
- Because using #Govware and #enshittified #SaaS normalizes that and signals that it's okay to do so...
@AeonCypher Granted, I think the most skilled #TechLiterates are the ones that learned by DIY'ing their "#HomeLab" with literally dumpster-dived equipment they cobbled together into something working.
- Because that teaches one the fundamentals in an exciting, fun, and limiting factor, forcing one to #ImproviseAdaptOvercome and learn how to #Ghettohack in "hard mode"...
After all every dipshit can just buy fancy gear with the highest tier of everything and support and order all the FRUs & CRUs beforehand to have onsite, being only limited by one's credit card, but that's like buying a Bugatti Chiron: A testiment that one has more money than sense!
@arrrg I tend to disagee...
Shure you can make the argument towards #TechIlliterates that they don't know better, but it's our failure as #TechLiterates to not just #preach and #demand #RepairableTech, but oftentimes people don't follow up their demands with actual purchase decisions.
- OFC if one only has like $100 and they can only get an unrepairable & barely working shitPhone 4 SE from 2016 that's not to blame them, because #UseLonger & #ReUse is better than #Recycle or #BuyANewOne...
In #capitalism, the #users and #consumers do have #choices and they can decide to #unionize and collectively #refuse to buy or use garbage.
- The fact that #Microsoft is not being flooded with lawsuits for literally including #Govware #Backdoors in their #CryptoAPI - [not to mention their latest #Spyware named #Recall in their #Malware-OS called #Windows11 ] is inexcuseable leniency at best.
#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue applies to everything and this we need to demand and force change by all means necessary to do so.
- And that starts with choosing #RepairableDesign because every sold #Fairphone and every sold @frameworkcomputer / #FrameworkLaptop is a signal that #consumers and #businesses want #RightToRepair!
OFC please do go ahead and choose #UnauthorizedRepair to keep your gear up and running as long as feasible anyway - just like I'll not toss out my still working #X230Tablet for a #Framework13 unless I literally have no other choice...
@PurpleJillybeans With great #knowledge and/or #power comes great #responsibility and "#TechLiterates" are morally obligated to guide "#TechIlliterates" into the right direction.
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