Not disagreeing, but sidelosding is obvious for people like us who have tinkered with smartphones, especially back when most devices used to be 'open' and tons of 3rd party roms were around. It's obvious for us who know about adb commands and developer settings. It's not so obvious when you're a new customer who got their 1st galaxy phone - you'd have no idea there's something else other than Google play for apps.
2.5+ years. I only spent like a year and it was horrible enough. We will get through this. A place that values us and also pays a dignified amount instead of chump changes.
Yes... I guess you are right. However, they were immature college kids when that talk happened and have since matured somewhat. I hope it doesn't happen again. Thank you for the advice.
I'm sorry about being vague about myself. I'm worried of being identified online.
It's not about having the option, I love having alternatives. It's about 90s ways being the only choice when they could have better options. E.g. You need to send a form. It's already a pdf file, send it by email, right? No, it has to be physical mail... or fax if they have a number. Oh, and you have to stamp on it. No pdf. Multiply that by time constraints and local bureaucracy mixed in.
I support democratization of PRC and justice for all activists suffering under CCP's opression. That doesn't mean I'll join a lynch mob after an internet comedian who dared to protect his own life and of his family.
Sure, everyone must become a martyr for the noble cause and sacrifice their entire career so you can conveniently upvote and move along to the next meme. Fucking A+ 5/5 gr8 b8 m8
In a similar situation as you (entire society revolves around whatsapp). I came to this conclusion:
Others won't share my view on personal privacy at all will happily give out any metadata or data. No matter what secure channel we use, the destination (people) will always leak.
Because of (1), consider all communication with others as public, no matter the inferred intimacy, no matter the platform or its security.
Consider (2) as true even if they somehow used Signal or any secure platform, because of (1). (E.g. "Hey, did you hear about $familyMember? Yes, the weird kiddo who forced me to use some strange blue shit for chat. He got positive on blood exam for $badCondition. Go check on him")
As for whatsapp itself, i use Android and isolate it in a separate profile, also frozen until opened. I also used a burner phone number for account registration, not my actual number.
People are more receptive of whatsapp accounts with "alternate" numbers when you explain you "got hacked in the past" or any plausible reason.
In Korean we have these conjugated forms. They both sound the same:
나아 [na.a] (from 낫다) be/become better
낳아 [na.a] (from 낳다) give birth (to a baby)
So when given A as an example:
(A) 감기에 걸렸어요. I got a cold.
(B) 빨리 나으세요! Hope you get better soon!
(C) 빨리 낳으세요! Hope you give birth soon!
For some reason Koreans across all ages write C instead of B by mistake. It became a national joke at this point and some do it ironically on purpose. I used to teach Korean. Imagine my face every time.
There are more but I'm on my phone. Will do more later.
So many tech minded people, but at same time, so many of us fail to consider others POV and priorities.
JUST DON'T VISIT THAT WEBSITE! - sure bro, that means i won't be able to pay the bills this month because the only traditional way of doing this is visiting a physical kiosk at working hour. Did i mention that i gotta work?
Similar with messaging apps.
YOU NEED BETTER FRIENDS LOL - trust me I've tried. i also need to send my resume using this app to whoever interviewing me. no, no email. yes, i tried teling that. no, i won't be that guy preaching about software freedom when all i want is a fucking job.
iddqdwas a well known cheat code from the era, not exactly obscure if not contemporary.