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For all of the software engineers here, you would have a much larger impact by tackling this problem at a technical level, or contributing financially to groups
by alphazard 4y ago
For all of the software engineers here, you would have a much larger impact by tackling this problem at a technical level, or contributing financially to groups that lobby against this sort of thing. Going out and protesting, or even helping to circulate a petition is going to be less impactful, and an inefficient use of your time and skillset.
Your vote is worth 1, maybe your influence is worth a dozen or so. You could make millions of votes against you totally moot with the right piece of software.
Look for existing projects that deal with secure networking, E2EE, self-hosted apps and ask how you can help.
- ianopolous 4y agoTotally agree! Shameless self promotion: have a look at Peergos - https://github.com/peergos/peergos https://github.com/peergos/peergos Our tech book might be a better starting point for this group: https://book.peergos.org https://book.peergos.org
- okokwhatever 4y agoLove it. Thanks!
- loup-vaillant 4y agoThat piece of software still needs to be legal. If it's illegal much fewer people will actually use it, and those who use it anyway can arbitrarily be punished for it.
- alphazard 4y agoDetecting whether someone is using a particular piece of software is just part of the threat model, another technical problem, with a technical solution.
- Eduard 4y agoBetter fix the root cause, not the symptoms.