●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 12, 2023 ●● ● Jan 12 [02:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:33] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:34] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 12 [03:08] schestowitz > Richard Stallman wrote: [03:08] schestowitz > [03:08] schestowitz >> I think that the loss of freedom is deeper and more important, [03:08] schestowitz >> but the security issue is the best way to explain in 20 seconds [03:09] schestowitz >> to someone I don't know. [03:09] schestowitz > My contention would be that security appeals to fear - to what people [03:09] schestowitz > stand to lose at the hands of others. Whereas access appeals to [03:09] schestowitz > unrealised opportunity, so is a more positive message. [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > Teaching cybersecurity has taught me that people are deeply cynical [03:09] schestowitz > about "security" in general, The word carries an implication of lies, [03:09] schestowitz > effort and disempowerment. [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > Freedom, while more positive in tone, is vague. People wave their [03:09] schestowitz > hands at abstract "freedom" because there's nothing to grasp ahold of. [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > Access on the other hand gives a solid, meaningful object. It says; [03:09] schestowitz > "Some people have access to this. You don't. That's unfair. Here's [03:09] schestowitz > how you fix it" [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > I need two hands to count the number of times per day I am made to [03:09] schestowitz > feel like a second class citizen. In dealings with government, schools [03:09] schestowitz > and businesses, I am left standing out in the cold because I choose to [03:09] schestowitz > exercise my most basic rights to be ethical and not to support [03:09] schestowitz > injustice. [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > The focus has shifted. It is no longer about whether people will join [03:09] schestowitz > the project for software freedom. They will. The exodus from Big Tech [03:09] schestowitz > is real and around us today. The new focus is the_consequences_ for [03:09] schestowitz > those who choose the right path. A million people recently shifted to [03:09] schestowitz > "Mastadon", but are drifting back to Twitter, heads held low, because [03:09] schestowitz > they were not prepared for the consequences of being more free. [03:09] schestowitz > [03:09] schestowitz > This phenomena needs wider recognition. If not "accessibility" or [03:09] schestowitz > "equality" then how to we frame it? [03:10] schestowitz > Ralph Nader's Capitol Hill Citizen has been updated, so the January 2023 [03:10] schestowitz > issue can be ordered. [03:10] schestowitz > https://www.capitolhillcitizen.com/ [03:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.capitolhillcitizen.com | Homepage - Capitol Hill Citizen [03:10] schestowitz > [03:10] schestowitz > Russell Mokhiber told me that he wanted to put my story in the January [03:10] schestowitz > 2023 issue, but I don't know if it is. [03:10] schestowitz > [03:10] schestowitz > I never had any further contact to ask for more details. But, maybe [03:10] schestowitz > what I provided was sufficient. [03:10] schestowitz > [03:10] schestowitz > Nowever, maybe they decided to not put the story in the paper. [03:10] schestowitz > [03:11] schestowitz > I'm ordering one today. I'll let you know if my story is in it. [03:11] schestowitz > [03:11] schestowitz > I think they'll send one to you in Europe if you want a copy. [03:11] schestowitz Thanks, let's first see if that's included in there. I think Nader very seldom speaks of patents (from what I saw). ● Jan 12 [05:25] *XFaCE has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:27] *XFaCE (~XFaCE@uzfeivw9fp6ba.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 12 [06:33] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● Jan 12 [19:12] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!)