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if it's not E2EE and FOSS, it's effectively public. people are going to learn this lesson the hard way, unfortunately.
Before coming to Lemmygrad I realise I was fucking clueless about privacy and security. I thought I knew but I wasn't even close.
the political perspective helps ground the theory. corps have social reasons to collect data, even when they pinkie swear not to - it builds power over people. the profit motive ensures that they will pursue power because power is capital.