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This is why i use vintage tech for my "real, important" data (ever tried to fit a state trojan in 4 MB RAM?), why i only discuss "unimportant" and "non-compromi

This is why i use vintage tech for my "real, important" data (ever tried to fit a state trojan in 4 MB RAM?), why i only discuss "unimportant" and "non-compromising" things via phone / smartphone... and why more and more of my friends are starting to do the same. We exchange data via sneakernet and tend to "fly under the radar". Yeah, we might be practical paranoid weirdos, but at least it gives us the illusion that it is possible to avoid the leviathan.

loxs 5y ago
What technologies do you use?
- RalfWausE 5y ago
  My current setup: * Atari ST 520 with 4 MB RAM * Floppy Drive and Gotek (a Floppy drive "emulator" that uses USB Sticks to store Floppy images) * Ultrasatan (SD Cards as Harddrive) * some other accessories (Printer, Scanner) that makes life more productive For mobile work i use an Atari Portfolio, which turned out to be a real handy tool if your work involves often to hook up to a serial console of industrial machinery. To exchange data with friends: Just pack everything you want to share on a USB Stick and send it via DHL or - better - just drive over and hand it out. And yes, i have an "modern" PC too, but this is only used for the unimportant stuff (watching youtube, unimportant internet usage... lets call it "noise generation") My friends and i are experimenting with setting up a private Dial-In BBS. It IS still possible to use a Modem over a VoIP line, so... it may be unencrypted, but the few weirdos who uses such communication vectors may be to unimportant and to far under the radar for "Saurons Eye" of the governments to monitor...
  - 271828182846 5y ago
    how do you get "important stuff" from your Atari on a USB stick?
    - RalfWausE 5y ago
      Sorry, i forgot to mention that i also have a Netusbee (a Ethernet / USB Card for the ROM-Port of the ST), so its no big deal to write directly to USB Sticks.
  - aembleton 5y ago
    > To exchange data with friends: Just pack everything you want to share on a USB Stick and send it via DHL or - better - just drive over and hand it out. What do they plug the USB Stick into? A computer with an internet connection?
    - RalfWausE 5y ago
      The friends who are as paranoid / weird as i am have either no internet or distict devices to use on the net and other devices that will never be connected to the net.
  - bamboozled 5y ago
    I don't know what information you're sharing, but I'm really curious now :) I wonder if big brother feels the same!

loxs 5y ago

What technologies do you use?

RalfWausE 5y ago
My current setup: * Atari ST 520 with 4 MB RAM * Floppy Drive and Gotek (a Floppy drive "emulator" that uses USB Sticks to store Floppy images) * Ultrasatan (SD Cards as Harddrive) * some other accessories (Printer, Scanner) that makes life more productive For mobile work i use an Atari Portfolio, which turned out to be a real handy tool if your work involves often to hook up to a serial console of industrial machinery. To exchange data with friends: Just pack everything you want to share on a USB Stick and send it via DHL or - better - just drive over and hand it out. And yes, i have an "modern" PC too, but this is only used for the unimportant stuff (watching youtube, unimportant internet usage... lets call it "noise generation") My friends and i are experimenting with setting up a private Dial-In BBS. It IS still possible to use a Modem over a VoIP line, so... it may be unencrypted, but the few weirdos who uses such communication vectors may be to unimportant and to far under the radar for "Saurons Eye" of the governments to monitor...
- 271828182846 5y ago
  how do you get "important stuff" from your Atari on a USB stick?
  - RalfWausE 5y ago
    Sorry, i forgot to mention that i also have a Netusbee (a Ethernet / USB Card for the ROM-Port of the ST), so its no big deal to write directly to USB Sticks.
- aembleton 5y ago
  > To exchange data with friends: Just pack everything you want to share on a USB Stick and send it via DHL or - better - just drive over and hand it out. What do they plug the USB Stick into? A computer with an internet connection?
  - RalfWausE 5y ago
    The friends who are as paranoid / weird as i am have either no internet or distict devices to use on the net and other devices that will never be connected to the net.
- bamboozled 5y ago
  I don't know what information you're sharing, but I'm really curious now :) I wonder if big brother feels the same!