shimdidly @ shimdidly @lemmy.world

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There is no comparison between Trump and Biden. Not this time. Biden weaponizing the judiciary, DOJ, FBI to attack his political opponent in kangaroo court trials.

Trump says he's willing to go to jail and "be the next Nelson Mandela" if that's what it takes to save this country.

I'll probably get banned for saying this. So be it. Enjoy your echo chamber. That's why you're all Blind and Deaf.

Glad to see my boy Trump doing so well. Go get em, tiger.

Ever since Roku deplatformed Alex Jones I knew they were unprincipled and no good. Glad I left and never looked back.

This meme format is awesome. kekw

We elected a bunch of lawyers to run our country. No surprise then that everything is based around liability and "safety"

I'm a trans man. We don't have a secret agenda – we're just asking you to let us live.

That may be true for you, the individual. And a lot of gay/trans "community" are quite frankly embarrassed by a lot of the forceful behavior, public displays, and various in-your-face stuff. Many just want to live their own private life and let alone.

So tone deaf.

Sage advice, brother. Clearly they're going to release another bio-weapon, crash the world economy, and trigger riots throughout the country. While all this is going on, nuclear war will start in the middle east, and from there spread all over the world. China and Russia will team up and try to take over a weakened United States.

Things are about to get real, for sure, but hiding only works very short term. I think the only way forward, after the initial attacks, is to link up with other like-minded people that share your values, and care for one another more than themselves. Even Mark Zuckerberg with his $100M bunker in Hawaii (with a submarine escape hatch) won't stand a chance. It's all delusion to think we're going to survive what's coming on material preparation alone.

You're totally right though. We need to get out of the cities (they're going to be death traps) and get as much storable food as you can.

Believe the true conspiracies. Disbelieve the false ones.

No one really knows the whole story. But there are factors that lean into the side of conspiracy. Several redundant systems would need to have coincidentally failed in order for the ship to steer and stay off-course the way it did. All this in the backdrop of food plants blowing up, the Biden administration blowing up Nordstream, it's not hard to be skeptical in such times.

As other comments have said. Never buy anything from HP.

Get a Brother printer.

Agree. Full-doomer isn't for everyone. We can reduce our attack surface, but there's no silver bullets. Just using a good adblocker increases privacy quite a bit, and quite frankly makes browsing the web bearable.

internet ISPs were decrypting traffic

I always thought it was a little sus that the NSA designed a lot of of the ciphers we use today.

adblocking DNS

Totally based. Is it a PiHole? We set one up a few years ago. One of the best things we've ever done. Totally worth it when even the inline ads and tracking are blocked on phone apps.

it seems like you’re blaming all of societies problems on technology.

We are talking about technology, and privacy. And I'm answering your questions. I'm no one special, and I don't have all the answers. Just because you and I are talking about this specific topic doesn't mean that's all I care about. Respectfully, what a silly thing to say.

and do you honestly think you’ll find more meaning by living in the woods? if so, why haven’t you done it?

Again, I'm no one special. But I that's exactly what I'm doing. Because I wouldn't offer any advice that I myself wouldn't be willing to follow. We sold our property in the city and purchased acreage on the countryside, are raising animals, and planting a garden this year. It's great. Humanity needs more experiences like this that are in harmony with nature and natural living, and less in the dull, gray brutalist, dehumanizing cityscapes we've created.

you’re conflating the concept of “privacy” (the original topic of the conversation) with “all of our gadgets” and the effects of those gadgets.

Right. Because there's nothing inherently wrong with gadgets. But our modern gadgets are purpose-built to be addictive, monopolize our attention and time, and invade our privacy. I believe these are all interrelated.

if total privacy means i can’t have a phone or talk to most people then does that really make me more free?

Yes, and it's totally based if you do this. Our gadgets don't really makes us more free. At least not with how they're currently used. Everyone is disconnected from nature, sunsets, each other, and more. When's the last time you saw a concert? Everyone is staring at their phones and not even enjoying the moment they're in. Many are depressed and drowning in meaninglessness. When we look at old pictures of beaches from the 90s (not even that old) everyone appears physically fit, bright, and happy. Did our gadgets really make us any more free, or happy?

but if the only solution is to go live in the woods, is it really worth it?

Yes.

Privacy = freedom. If you don't have privacy, or to the extent you don't have privacy, you are in proportion not free.

It seems to me this is the trade off we are all figuring out how to make. For example, I've considered not having a cell phone at all, but then I find it almost impossible to get a job, or operate in the economy. So I use a custom privacy ROM. I have no illusions that this is perfect, but at least a step in the right direction.

I think the most practical answer is to gain knowledge of the situation, and limit our attack surface. I don't think there's any silver bullets, unless you want to live like the Amish (which, doesn't sound like a bad idea, either. If that's what you want and you can do it, go for it.)

Same exact situation. This is what I thought was meant by "Reddit Email Grab" they were deliberately culling non-emailed accounts.