I’m not sure why the downvote. This is a valid point, but it’s also their fault when they know other options exist. I can’t be blamed for choosing to exit a toxic atmosphere just because nobody else will, even after being told.

You’re right. I’m one of the ones who got offline from the big social media sites. Honestly, I feel like it’s a civic duty and have tried to convince everyone of Fediverse accounts and have failed. I also don’t know what’s going on in my friend’s lives, and I even got off Bluesky due to tracking or some other offense I can’t remember. But I can tell you for sure, once the US gov becomes destabilized enough, that data collection from all these years will be abused to the point that all the people in the “I have nothing to hide” club are seriously going to regret being on Facebook and Instagram, etc. This surveillance state is going to be awful when they succeed, and they will.

Well, if the penalty for an antitrust violation is a penny for every billion dollars made while screwing mom and pops small businesses and destroying competition, then there might as well be no anti trust laws at all. They just don’t work. Why should I care about a fine if it’s only 0.001% of what I made while commiting the violations.

Every citizen should have to do a year waiting tables just to know not to be a dick.

Dumb question, but is it not a security issue to list your open ports?

I must be one of those. This shit is not okay, yall. Whole psychological profiles, humiliation tactics, and dystopian forms of control are right around the corner. Why would they keep Epstein alive when Palantir automated the job of the blackmail broker?

It’s so overwhelming. I just want to be able to use Wireshark well to figure out wft is going on at my house with outbound surveillance data.

Bought the gov means you’re rich.

So if someone says Windows, everybody gets a Bingo somehow?