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For anyone in a group that is worried of being retaliated against due to Trump: it's too late to use any tips in this article. Even the most private among us l
by fooqux 2y ago
For anyone in a group that is worried of being retaliated against due to Trump: it's too late to use any tips in this article.
Even the most private among us likely have decades of data in various data centers about our typical travels, typical social circles, typical shopping practices, etc. They even mention this in the article, albeit at the very end. So, if you are the kind of person that Trump would want to remove via various means, it's likely already too late to suddenly install Signal.
A far better article for the demographic the article is supposedly written for would have focused on how to request what data various services have on you, and how to request it be cleared before January.
- jayd16 2y agoOne could argue there's still value in building connections in apps that can't easily ban you or silence you on mention of a protest.
- fooqux 2y agoI agree, but I was talking about the supposed point of the article. This is taken from the first words in the article: > Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it. My point was that if you're an enemy of Trump, that data is already out there. Preventing more from existing is important, sure, but I still think removing what is already out there is even more important. You can change your future behavior; it's impossible to change the past. Best you can hope for is erasing as much of it as possible.