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“Digital Vegan” is snappier than “Digital Selective Omnivore” for those us consciously trying to control our tech use, but I can’t find a positive term for peop
by MandieD 5y ago
“Digital Vegan” is snappier than “Digital Selective Omnivore” for those us consciously trying to control our tech use, but I can’t find a positive term for people like my dad, who don’t directly use the Internet in a world that increasingly demands it. There needs to be a right to paper.
A very specific example: for international air travel, it needs to be acceptable to give an email address from the airline or airport to receive Covid results; alternatively, anyone charging for Covid testing must be required to offer a printout of results (or at least make it very clear when booking the test that results are only available via email).
A right to paper has privacy protections. If you have the right to receive and present required information on paper, you are not being required to carry and use a tracking device.
And I say all this as someone who has had and enthusiastically used smartphones for over a decade, and the Internet since the mid 90s.
- nonrandomstring 5y agoMandie, your dad, and millions of highly intelligent but independent thinkers around the world are represented in this insightful remark by Vint Cerf which I highlighted in a recent HN comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30975725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30975725 Digital Rights are, at their very foundation, the right to choose your own technologies, including the right to choose none of the above without prejudicial disadvantage.
- frutiger 5y ago> for international air travel, it needs to be acceptable to give an email address I totally agree with the theme of your comment. However I feel compelled to point out that international air travel itself is not a right, but a privilege.