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Upvoted for truth. A small minority, such as myself, care about user privacy. The vast majority are willing to sell themselves into bondage for the chance to us
by anonbanker 10y ago
Upvoted for truth. A small minority, such as myself, care about user privacy. The vast majority are willing to sell themselves into bondage for the chance to use the newest, shiniest technology.
This is why, now that I'm the BOFH, I force my politics on my users.
My company bans microsoft products connected to (W)LAN, and intentionally breaks our intranet sites on anything but Gecko or (Gtk/Qt)Webkit browsers. Chrome redirects to a blank web page with the word "no" on it, as does any browser identifying with a Microsoft OS on it. All outbound traffic is routed through a Tor proxy by default.
If they're too complacent to switch, I can stop their herpes from spreading to networks I control. The effect has been wider adoption of Firefox, and the occasional question about why Google is in Dutch.