Hacking is political. Always has been. And for many, hacking is a way of putting our politics in action quite directly - among other things, ensuring our privac

Hacking is political. Always has been. And for many, hacking is a way of putting our politics in action quite directly - among other things, ensuring our privacy because nobody will do it for us, and building new systems that don't depend on the power structures we're forced into. I don't know what your hacking is, but hacking to me involves protecting the rights of whistleblowers and activists under dictatorships by building technology to allow them to communicate freely, it involves protecting my friends from people who want to do them harm. It's about creating networks and connections and helping people survive. Technology is a means to creating a better world, not an end in itself.