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I used to be very careful about my information and privacy. Now it's impossible without living your life in such a way that you go nuts. Now I try to raise aw

I used to be very careful about my information and privacy. Now it's impossible without living your life in such a way that you go nuts. Now I try to raise awareness and move people around me in the right direction. If governments continue to listen to the lobbies, and these lobbies are funded by big business, governments will only make laws that favour business interests over citizens' interests. We have to make people want change.

unixhero 6y ago
This is the only sane way. / The only way to stay sane.
DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
same here. aside from the technical challenge the cognitive overhead of maintaining compartmentalization is huge[1]. Real spies have access to professionals helping to deal with the psychological issues that arise from compartmentalization. > Now I try to raise awareness and move people around me in the right direction. would be interesting to hear what you would consider the right direction? Is it via a better threat model (a technical solution) or changing the routine/behavior e.g. reducing from screen time, etc? how I "solved" it is perhaps not compatible with the mainstream today. especially with people younger than me who have never experienced live before the mobile phone or Internet. E.g. I quit social media altogether and simply not carry a phone when I go out and on the technical front everything is minimalist set-up (which is only useful for a die-hard SW engineer with enough passion to justify all the yak-shaving) [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20190219142403/https://books.google.hr/books?id=OuDLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT854&lpg=PT854&dq=mental+health+risk+from+covert+undercover+operation&source=bl&ots=lWZrCDQIGj&sig=RxRJa5Tpw-3Y3qb5TBsgr71A-k4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_kO_wjLnXAhVC_qQKHccBDGMQ6AEIOTAC#v=onepage&q=mental%20health%20risk%20from%20covert%20undercover%20operation&f=false https://web.archive.org/web/20190219142403/https://books.goo...
OneLeggedCat 6y ago
> Now I try to raise awareness and move people around me in the right direction For me, that is far more impossible than "very careful about my information and privacy."

unixhero 6y ago

This is the only sane way. / The only way to stay sane.

DyslexicAtheist 6y ago

same here. aside from the technical challenge the cognitive overhead of maintaining compartmentalization is huge[1]. Real spies have access to professionals helping to deal with the psychological issues that arise from compartmentalization. > Now I try to raise awareness and move people around me in the right direction. would be interesting to hear what you would consider the right direction? Is it via a better threat model (a technical solution) or changing the routine/behavior e.g. reducing from screen time, etc? how I "solved" it is perhaps not compatible with the mainstream today. especially with people younger than me who have never experienced live before the mobile phone or Internet. E.g. I quit social media altogether and simply not carry a phone when I go out and on the technical front everything is minimalist set-up (which is only useful for a die-hard SW engineer with enough passion to justify all the yak-shaving) [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20190219142403/https://books.google.hr/books?id=OuDLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT854&lpg=PT854&dq=mental+health+risk+from+covert+undercover+operation&source=bl&ots=lWZrCDQIGj&sig=RxRJa5Tpw-3Y3qb5TBsgr71A-k4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_kO_wjLnXAhVC_qQKHccBDGMQ6AEIOTAC#v=onepage&q=mental%20health%20risk%20from%20covert%20undercover%20operation&f=false https://web.archive.org/web/20190219142403/https://books.goo...

OneLeggedCat 6y ago

> Now I try to raise awareness and move people around me in the right direction For me, that is far more impossible than "very careful about my information and privacy."