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Hear hear. You just need to look at the Census fiasco to realise how bloody terrifying an idea it is for these guys to handle a centralised database of all our

Hear hear. You just need to look at the Census fiasco to realise how bloody terrifying an idea it is for these guys to handle a centralised database of all our medical information. It scares the shit out of me, to be honest. I have small kids, and the future we're heading towards terrifies and depresses me. I'd love to leave the country but I'm stuck here due to "reasons" and also I don't think it would make much difference. The Internet is my career, my hobby, and my entire life, and it's controlled by "them" anyway... and I don't know how to do anything else to support my family.

BLKNSLVR 8y ago
Write to your state and federal representatives, plant a veggie garden, self-host what you can, offer whatever self-hosting services you can to family members, discourage those you can influence from using as many of the 'big' service providers, create a personal VPN, block ads, opt out, write about your experiences doing all of these things to help and encourage others to do the same. And also realize it's not as bad as all of that... yet. Also, there's likely an election coming up soon, so writing to your government representatives should be a priority. I've never done it before, but it's high on my list now.
- toomanybeersies 8y ago
  I just wish we could get people as riled up about privacy as they do about Sudanese gangs or Mens Rights marches or whatever people are demonstrating about at Fed Square on a Saturday arvo. I've even seen people marching through Chinatown here in Melbourne protesting people eating cats and dogs, which doesn't even happen in Australia (although well intentioned, I thought it was a bit racist). I see people with banners and marches protesting basically everything except privacy.
- ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
  I do do nearly all of those things quite actively (and beyond), and have been doing so since day 1. I'm just starting to really get that feeling that it's not going to do shit. Doesn't mean I'm giving up, but it's certainly getting harder and harder to stay motivated.

BLKNSLVR 8y ago

Write to your state and federal representatives, plant a veggie garden, self-host what you can, offer whatever self-hosting services you can to family members, discourage those you can influence from using as many of the 'big' service providers, create a personal VPN, block ads, opt out, write about your experiences doing all of these things to help and encourage others to do the same. And also realize it's not as bad as all of that... yet. Also, there's likely an election coming up soon, so writing to your government representatives should be a priority. I've never done it before, but it's high on my list now.

toomanybeersies 8y ago
I just wish we could get people as riled up about privacy as they do about Sudanese gangs or Mens Rights marches or whatever people are demonstrating about at Fed Square on a Saturday arvo. I've even seen people marching through Chinatown here in Melbourne protesting people eating cats and dogs, which doesn't even happen in Australia (although well intentioned, I thought it was a bit racist). I see people with banners and marches protesting basically everything except privacy.
ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
I do do nearly all of those things quite actively (and beyond), and have been doing so since day 1. I'm just starting to really get that feeling that it's not going to do shit. Doesn't mean I'm giving up, but it's certainly getting harder and harder to stay motivated.