• GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]@hexbear.net
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    27 days ago

    I dunno who said it or in what context but I heard recently “If you cannot decide what your computer does and does not do, you do not own your computer.” and I’ve been thinking about that a lot.

    Sounds like something Torvalds would say but I can’t remember

    • trompete [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      27 days ago

      Torvalds isn’t ideological in that way, it doesn’t seem like something he would say. He’s usually on about how open source (the guy embraced the corporate-friendly rebranding) is/was instrumental in the success of the Linux project and that he personally likes working that way, i.e. from home, over email, in his own time.