it's tough because we need to get the word out to people to advertise events like No kings and share info on ICE, most ppl don't have the time between working 3 jobs and raising kids to properly research open source options. Those of us who know better have to reach out to those who don't using their medium.

I always use VPN at bare minimum so I'm not personally worried but I know a lot of ppl who are more into activism than tech privacy who I wanna keep informed.

Yeah, man. Why don't you just voluntarily remove yourself from society at large so that they can't own your data? /s

Meta has your data, even if you aren't a part of their ecosystem. This is true of all the rest of them as well. You can't "personal responsibility" your way out of this.

Ya i mean i've been off social media and youtube for years and still get targeted advertising until i started using proactive privacy measures. So i would not bet against you.

I think you're probably right too. A lot of this shit sounds scary but as we can see, these tech overlords are exceptionally well-funded but equally delusional about what they can accomplish.

I rarely speak my full mind, especially online,

I agree with you that caution is good. Yet at the same time, this is exactly the "chilling effect" of mass surveillance, right? People start to self-police.

Agreed, I've always followed the rule of if i'm gonna say anything, pretend everyone i know is in the same room, would I still say that thing and be proud of it?

Honestly the more of us who are generally sane ppl who contribute to society they fuck with, the better because it just makes them look rediculous.

That said, if I'm about to get punched in the face, I'd prefer to know if its coming so I can prepare.