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Exercising the right of privacy is now activism? Good grief.
by andrewinardeer 4y ago
Exercising the right of privacy is now activism? Good grief.
- ivank 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcC0RNsallc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcC0RNsallc Crypto Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk
- actionfromafar 4y agoIt certainly felt that way to me in the beginning, before Signal got some traction. It didn't even have voice calls originally. I think a majority will never care much about right to privacy and just use something. The thing is, for me to exercise my right to privacy, it helps if I can practice that right with more than one or two people in my address book.
- sbarre 4y agoI'll provide a counter-anecdote that almost my entire social circle - at least 30-40 people, mainly middle-aged non-tech people - has migrated to Signal from WhatsApp in the last 2 years. And it didn't take much effort. The desire for a cross-platform (iOS/Android) group chat system, Signal's features like desktop apps and ease of use, and a generally growing dislike for Facebook/Meta made it pretty painless and organic.
- imjonse 4y agoWhy not? It depends on how you exercise those rights.
- andrepd 4y agoYes? In a tech landscape dominated by surveillance capitalism, very much yes.