Post APMOfHf1xdbrfkoIFc by baslow@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #APLaR0CB6Xnnk5JLrU by baslow@mastodon.social
       2022-11-07T03:00:39Z
       
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       I *was* being serious when I posted this earlier:A challenge to the Fediverse:- Reply to this toot with my real name (and *only* my real name; I don't want to see any of those photos of me eating kittens *ever again*) - Extra credit: Tell me how you know my real nameYes, I'm serious. But no prizes will be awarded
       
 (DIR) Post #APLaR0addbMsxwkszI by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
       2022-11-07T03:02:29.310098Z
       
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       Honestly, I'd treat personal data like that like learning someone's password while doing IT. I don't know it, I don't want to know it, and if someone starts to tell it to me I'd be like "shshshsh stop I don't want to know"
       
 (DIR) Post #APMOfHf1xdbrfkoIFc by baslow@mastodon.social
       2022-11-07T11:26:30Z
       
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       @sj_zero Yes, I'm guessing your response is widely shared.Now, think of what kind of "community" is possible among people - who don't feel they can share their names, - who are reluctant to give evidence that they lead lives in particular localities, - who are constantly guarding against revealing the wrong thing about themselves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner?wprov=sfla1Ever see the 60's TV show "The Prisoner"?  We've built and are running "The Village" for ourselves.
       
 (DIR) Post #APMOfIBI1hPjHnu3X6 by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
       2022-11-07T12:25:19.319279Z
       
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       I've been part of plenty of online communities like that. They were great.Thing is, even if you like your online community, you shouldn't share personal information online. That's been the rule since I started on the internet in the early 90s, and it's been a good rule the whole time. It's been an even better rule since irl attacks became normal (thanks for that, our recent refugees from the establishment press)
       
 (DIR) Post #APMVORJhVSU4NNkSpM by baslow@mastodon.social
       2022-11-07T12:40:32Z
       
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       @sj_zero We're trying to build a *new* internet, here on the Fediverse. We're trying to build a worldwide community of mutual support, solidarity, and fluid, effectual collective action.We're trying to build a web in which old rules that fragment us and make us suspicious of each other are thrown away.Are you saying it is impossible to build a Web where we can become "the people, united"?
       
 (DIR) Post #APMVORfgBk45TY215M by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
       2022-11-07T13:40:42.256698Z
       
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       We have our friends at kiwi farms and now our friends the establishment journalists on here. Two sides of the same poison coin. Violate their personal code of conduct and your personal life can be up for grabs.At that point, you have two options: either present yourself as an inoffensive gruel so nobody ever feels the need to go after you, or take some basic measures to protect yourself.To be honest though, I'm particularly worried now that the journalists have arrived. Even if we assume the best faith on their part, how long until companies that do spam for a living realize there's this fertile ground for spam, with articles in every magazine about how great and open it is?Unfortunately, as long as there are bad actors out there security on the internet will inevitably return to a deny any model eventually.