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And the next big thing to look forward to is local AI. With both the models and the hardware getting better and better, that's the next big thing. And it doesn

by 127361 3y ago

And the next big thing to look forward to is local AI. With both the models and the hardware getting better and better, that's the next big thing. And it doesn't have any of the privacy downsides that the Internet has. You can do anything you want with it, total freedom. No more law enforcement or intelligence agencies being able to monitor your every move. So you could say it's way better even than the old Internet.

jstarfish 3y ago
> And it doesn't have any of the privacy downsides that the Internet has. You can do anything you want with it, total freedom. No more law enforcement or intelligence agencies Don't get too complacent. LE agencies already know this and all of that can still be surveilled, just not through passive intercept. This is actually the epoch I trust the least. We've had decades to refine spyware and condition people to install random binary blobs to do most anything. Auto-update and new ownership break provenance. Netherlands recently made it legal for police to hack anyone given probable cause. AI isn't safe or private unless it's air-gapped. I suggest you start figuring that one out while you still have time.
- 127361 3y ago
  Yes, air-gapped and the entire operating system is running off overlayfs + tmpfs, so no data persists after power off. There's also a problem with TEMPEST emanations from the computer's display - the problem is almost non-existent on mobile devices such as smartphones, which are very well shielded. So disable the modem physically, and run everything locally. Of course the risk of targeted surveillance still exists, and nothing is going to stop a hidden camera from being placed in your home. But in most cases there would be no reason to ever place the average person under such surveillance. So the bulk mass surveillance of the population would be hindered. And they won't be able to persecute people for reading or viewing certain things anymore. So that puts an end to the morality policing that has been enabled by the Internet.

by 127361 3y ago

jstarfish 3y ago

> And it doesn't have any of the privacy downsides that the Internet has. You can do anything you want with it, total freedom. No more law enforcement or intelligence agencies Don't get too complacent. LE agencies already know this and all of that can still be surveilled, just not through passive intercept. This is actually the epoch I trust the least. We've had decades to refine spyware and condition people to install random binary blobs to do most anything. Auto-update and new ownership break provenance. Netherlands recently made it legal for police to hack anyone given probable cause. AI isn't safe or private unless it's air-gapped. I suggest you start figuring that one out while you still have time.

127361 3y ago
Yes, air-gapped and the entire operating system is running off overlayfs + tmpfs, so no data persists after power off. There's also a problem with TEMPEST emanations from the computer's display - the problem is almost non-existent on mobile devices such as smartphones, which are very well shielded. So disable the modem physically, and run everything locally. Of course the risk of targeted surveillance still exists, and nothing is going to stop a hidden camera from being placed in your home. But in most cases there would be no reason to ever place the average person under such surveillance. So the bulk mass surveillance of the population would be hindered. And they won't be able to persecute people for reading or viewing certain things anymore. So that puts an end to the morality policing that has been enabled by the Internet.