Negative thoughts flooded my mind. The EU is constantly trying to push Chat Control. They’re blocking bootloaders on phones, introducing ID and face scanning everywhere, in the US they’re trying to push system-level verification, corporations are spitting in our faces and don’t even hide it. I know we have to fight. My personal rebellion was joining Fediverse and Lemmy and quitting Reddit. But seriously, boss—I’m tired. Are our attempts to preserve internet freedom futile? Can we win against corporations and politicians who we pay but don’t listen to us?

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 hours ago

    It’s a mess when the right wing control freaks are in the gov. The only thing a user can currently do is avoiding as much as possible these platforms, using instead eg. P2P for communications (https://otr.to/, https://github.com/michal-wrzosek/p2p-chat, https://mesh.im/, etc.). Because of this and big corps the internet is dying, I see the future only in decentralized networks, I2P or something like this for an communication without a big brother in the middle.

  • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 hours ago

    The EU isnt trying to push chat control. If it was then the EU wouldn’t have shot it down multiple times like it has been.

    Lobbyists are the ones trying to push chat control on the EU.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    11·
    8 hours ago

    Yes and honestly we better learn to enjoy the struggle because it’s never going away. We will always have to push back.

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
    57·
    17 hours ago

    Just do your part and don’t get discouraged. You don’t have to do everything. Walk the walk, talk the talk. If things don’t work out, at least you tried; that’s more than the majority did.

    Do what you do no because of some expected local or global outcome, but because it’s right.

  • despaircode@lemmy.ml
    27·
    17 hours ago

    All things that go up must come down. Icarus’ wings will melt from the sun’s heat. The web will crumble under the weight of llm bots. Markets will crash due to llm’s not living up to their hype. Big tech will be broken up. Billionaires and the trillionaire will be taxed to death. Regulators will lose interest. Let’s have hope.

    • cottonbk@szmer.infoOP
      7·
      16 hours ago

      I have experience in programming and building computer systems. 12 years of experience and self-education. The project you linked looks promising. I’m always the first to support and contribute to such projects but we lack infrastructure for this to become a thing

      • moon_crush@lemmy.world
        8·
        16 hours ago

        Great! Here’s the thing: power will not build this network, people must. Node by node. You alone can service an decent area with $100 LoRa node and (for bootstrap) an I2P backhaul. I fundamentally believe something like this is essential for a free future — be the change you want to see.

        • relic4322@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Agreed. And we can easily bridge existing net to alternative transmission mediums while the existing net allows. Providing an easier time for others to adopt. I run a reticulum node as well.

  • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
    9·
    17 hours ago

    yes, but not in the west, obviously. you’re describing imperialist colonizers as if they somehow should be the beacon against the panopticon? my brother in christ, they created the panopticon. as the empire collapses, living conditions worsen and the crisis deepens, they’ll enforce more and more policies that reveal their true face: fascism. we have a chance, we as in the global south.

    • Helix 🧬@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      16 hours ago

      Why do you think the global south will be unaffected by fascism? If there is a rise of surveillance capitalism and fascism they’ll try to suppress foreign people with other viewpoints.

      • cottonbk@szmer.infoOP
        6·
        16 hours ago

        Brazil is part of the global south, and together with the US, they are pushing age verification at the systemic level, just to mention

  • budd@lemmy.ml
    5·
    15 hours ago

    Can someone 😇 please crash (DOS) more times this services so that people find other options (WhatsApp> signal, X>fediverse, etc)? It’s always been like that when there’s a blackout…

  • it_depends_man@lemmy.world
    7·
    17 hours ago

    But seriously, boss—I’m tired. Are our attempts to preserve internet freedom futile?

    Nah, we’re fine. It’s just that serious secrecy is a lot more effort and I’d rather not need that. But we do have all the tools.

    That’s 80% of the frustration for me. They have already lost that fight for control when they legalized encryption. Now the cat is out of the bag.

    For example, encrypting things and hiding them in normal pictures and posts. Using code words in normal online interactions, woven into sentences where there is nothing to decrypt and the message only makes sense to people looking for a message.

    Properly executed encryption isn’t just indistinguishable from regular white noise, if it’s mixed into a channel already carrying a message, an observer not looking for something will never see the difference.

    • tmpod@lemmy.ptMEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      On my system, I can use the compose key to type a bunch of unicode chars, such as —, …, ≠, → and so on. Sadly, the pervasive use of em-dashes by LLMs ruined my use of them… It’s a pity, because I quite like them stylistically.

    • Helix 🧬@feddit.org
      5·
      16 hours ago

      I use Heliboard – on Android — which has a lot of different dashes when you long·press the -regular- dash.

      With Linux you can use the compose key or some key combinations, usually with a modifier like AltGr or Shift+Alt.