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> Open source hardly guarantees anything. { obligatory recommendation to watch PHK's "Operation Orchestra"[1], which discusses ways free and open software proj
by pdkl95 11y ago
> Open source hardly guarantees anything.
{ obligatory recommendation to watch PHK's "Operation Orchestra"[1], which discusses ways free and open software projects can be manipulated }
[1] https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/nsa_operation_orchestra/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/nsa_operation...
> but we absolutely need corporations to stand up to government
We need solidarity - the people and corporations - to stand up to problems in government. We also need the people and government to stand up to problems in corporations. Hoping that our social problems will be fixed by other people or some other group is a terrible defense strategy. There will always be people that try to control power or money; this requires constant vigilance and push-back from everybody; failure to do so creates more potentially exploitable attack surface.
The technical people that actually implement modern society hold an incredible amount of power. Unfortunately, the people involved are easily distracted with off-topic minutia and vague threats.
- dragonwriter 11y agoCorporations and governments aren't actual concrete things, they are labels put on certain actions of people (and corporations, specifically, are just names for certain actions of people through government.) So "people and corporations" and "people and government" are both just people.
- pdkl95 11y agoThat's correct. I'm making the distinction because of the comment that we "need corporations".
- Absentinsomniac 11y agoThe distinction is important because people in government and people in corporations usually have different motives than people in general. (Particularly people in leadership roles within these org's)