Guy who installs extremely slow and secure software meant for CIA assets in war torn countries even though he doesn’t socialize with anyone and just shitposts 24/7 about having no gf

The Tech AnPrim

Favorite OS: clay tablets

Favorite browser: sending techbros packages via USPS

Favourite apps: rock, tree, sharpened stick

"all existing corporate platforms should be dismantled and replaced by open source solutions."

"Palo Alto should be a volcanic crater."

"Twitter users should face mandatory re-education"

you use telegram for opsec, I use telegram because I can make a custom sticker pack of my fursona. We are not the same

3, but without the knowhow to do anything past 2

ultimately if you live your entire life online, everything you care about or that affects your psyche is online, and your offline life is unfulfilling and pointless to you, you're already compromised, and the FBI will probably have you trying to shoot up an Apple store in a year or two.

Big tech is evil in a simple way. Not malicious for the sake of malice but just for the sake of staying profitable and in the good graces of the ruling class. Privacy is a numbers game, as no one is air tight in regards to privacy. It's better to be aware of what you're giving to big tech as far as information goes and to moderate that appropriately vs try to go "off the grid" or something like that

Normie :blob-no-thoughts: :grillman: but I have in the past been paranoid

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What I use more than favorite, but I wouldn't use it if I didn't like it to some extent:

OS: iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux for server and some dev shit (usually WSL)

Browser: Firefox, Firefox Nightly

[Communication] apps: Discord out of convenience, but I recognize stuff like Matrix or Rocket is better. I don't understand apps like Signal and Telegram because you have to give them your phone number which sounds like a bad idea for what they're supposed to be. iMessage is interesting from a technical standpoint, but it still feels too much like text messages rather than casual conversation like Discord.

Social media: Twitter, r*ddit, :hexbear-logo:

Balance between privacy and convenience sounds alright, but with greater knowledge as to what privacy you're giving up. But also privacy shouldn't be sacrificed where it isn't needed or wanted.

I agree with /u/InternetLefty's comment.

I naively believe Apple's privacy claims to an extent, partially because they back it up with actual details. Example: iMessage is end-to-end encrypted so theoretically they would have no way of seeing my messages. Of course I'm still skeptical, but I guess I don't care enough about my personal privacy for that to matter.

doesn't morally support big tech but understands their importance

Kinda yeah. As usual, capitalism is what ruins it. Apple minus capitalism would be good.

I recognize the Paranoid's concerns, and yeah ideally all software would be FOSS and as private as possible, but personally it isn't as big a deal for me as it is for them.

So somewhere between Normie and Conservative, which means I'm basically a Tech :LIB:

Normie because too lazy. I also dont give a shit about them knowing my data, the feds would get it anyway. Its feds all the way down - I'm two steps away from believing they're literally in my walls

I'm somewhere between 2 and 3 but goddamn if this isn't accurate.

A real tech paranoid would use Qubes OS.

:praise-it: 𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔤𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔶 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡, 𝔴𝔦𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔞𝔫. 𝔓𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔞𝔶!

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I mean WhatsApp basically replaced text messaging in my country so there's no option there

But otherwise yeah, I don't use most mainstream stuff except android, I'll gat a custom ROM as soon as one works for my phone