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Comment by bigyabai

1 day ago

If by "power user" you mean "enemy of the state", there's a lot of software you'd be better-off avoiding.

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wolvoleo  1 day ago

"enemy of the state" depends a lot on the current state of the state.

Eg in England you're already an enemy of the state when you protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. In America if you don't like civilians being executed by ICE.

This is really a bad time to throw "enemy of the state" around as if this only applies to the worst people.

Current developments are the ideal time to show that these powers can be abused.

  • blipvert  1 day ago

    Very much hyperbolic about the UK. You’re fine protesting against Israel, but Palestine Action is a proscribed group (not that I agree with that!) and that will land you in trouble.

  • RandomNickname  21 hours ago

    No you aren't,why are you lying. You can protest all you want,the only time people got in trouble was because of the Nazi flags the protestors were using and extreme Islamists trying to recruit terrorists.

phanimahesh  1 day ago

That is a strange viewpoint. Are we calling everyone who wants some control over their computers enemies of the state?

  • WarOnPrivacy  1 day ago

    > Are we calling everyone who wants some control over their computers enemies of the state?

    As of today at 00:00 UTC, no.

        But there's an increasingly possible future
    where authoritarian governments will brand users
    who practice 'non-prescribed use' as enemies of the state.

    And when we have a government who's leader
    openly gifts deep, direct access to federal power
    to unethical tech leaders who've funded elections (ex:Thiel),
    that branding would be a powerful perk to have access to
    (even if indirectly).

  • bigyabai  1 day ago

    It's holistic philosophy. You're not going to save yourself from FBI surveillance by avoiding Windows, I guarantee that to you.

    • thewebguyd  1 day ago

      You're not going to avoid any state surveillance if the state is really interested in you specifically.

      But you can still help prevent abuses of mass surveillance without probable cause by making such surveillance as expensive and difficult as possible for the state