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The irony is that everyone knows a bit too much about RMS and exactly how he behaves online or in interviews. His efforts at privacy have backfired.
by Theodores 8y ago
The irony is that everyone knows a bit too much about RMS and exactly how he behaves online or in interviews. His efforts at privacy have backfired.
- smadge 8y agoRMS’s efforts are not for not privacy as some absolutist doctrine: no one must know anything about me. Instead they are about freedom: people should know about me what I let them know about me; I am in control of my data and my online presence. We know lots about RMS’s internet habits specifically because he shares them with us using free and open services.
- beenBoutIT 8y agoHe's put his own special RMS twist on the classic 'vagrant in the library' model of internet use, taking it a step further by shunning browsers entirely and not using cellular devices. IIRC, he does explicitly mention privacy as being one of his motivations.