Hello! I have not been in action for a good while, and feel a lot of guilt for this.
The Lemmy community is quite dead, as I have ignored this place, and I feel even more guilt for it. I am sorry.
No excuses, I just am not able to find good topics to write about. And I do NOT want to write tabloid journalism tier fodder. One could call me lazy too, but I have been on a constant lookout and I am still unsure.
There had been a lot of chaos in the privacy community until recently and the dust has settled, so addressing that has been important. I am looking into writing some stuff again.
Just to give a heads up, I am indeed active and not gone anywhere, but want to keep this place open for anyone seeking help, and want to keep it a great resourceful decluttered space for privacy, security and freedom, the ideals for this community.
I am grateful to every single one of you ~2K people, who have considered this place to be of value, and want it to grow even further.
Please give me a little boost, I feel a little dead (not tired) and want to seriously write on something that could help flourish true privacy. Any topic suggestions, any case studies…
Your write ups are fantastic and I refer to them quite often when talking about privacy for activist! If you have one geared towards those concerns, such as locking down communications and ensuring a phone is as secure as possible would be good. There is talk about patterns and metadata that I would love to hear your take on.
I’m dabbling in getting rid of windows on my laptop and so far just used Debian since it seems like a safe starter distro, but with a recent OS failure (windows, not linux) I finally tried booting from a USB and kinda love that? So maybe more privacy focused linux information since I have trouble finding stuff on trusted sites and using searx to find information.
I guess last topic I can think about is having some good points about why it matters? Most people I talk to don’t seem to care much, and of course it won’t change anyone’s mind immediately, but just having a good line of logic to get people thinking might be good? I was talking to a coworker over our frustration that our job forces us to download an app just to access our email in the name of “security” but it feels more like “invasion”, especially since it’s our personal phones.
Oh, actually; is there anyway for people willing to learn how to tell if an app has trackers or is a breach of privacy?
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You can refer to the Activist Handbook for a rough idea on locking down communications. There is not much to it, honestly. The process may be hard in context with hardware or software, but the way to go about it is common sense stuff.
What about patterns and metadata? Be a little specific with context or reference, as the term is too broad to explain anything.
@pasdechance@lemmy.ml has a good point on that I should do something about Linux distros. This would take time as well to make a good guide/resource. Due to the nature of Linux, I cannot guarantee the guide will come soon, as I have to learn more stuff about firewalling, ports and SELinux.
Why it matters is not something you will get around explaining people with one liners. You can get them to think, but not take much action. From my analysis, all the anti privacy shills need to be crushed upon emergence in the privacy community, and pro privacy culture MUST flourish for a comfortable environment to exist, and the anti privacy folks be frowned upon.
Humans are basically social apes with intellect and intuition, and they will follow each other. That chain needs to exist and be propelled.