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[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

At the rate we going corporate won't able to provide privacy if privacy becomes illegal

Self hosting is likely the only option until ice gestapo starts raiding residentces of freedom of enjoyers. Which is the likely final stop before complete re enslavement of the plebs

[โ€“] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

One of the biggest motivators behind open source privacy is that we categorically cannot trust a profit driven entity with absolute security because every business will screw over its customers for the shareholders

IDGAF how transparent or egalitarian a company claims to be, there is a dollar price on their confidentiality, and now we have billionaires that can literally meet any price

[โ€“] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not everyone lives in a pristine 1st-world country.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

Plebs being fucked directly correlates with their their proximity to the imperial core.

With that being said. Foss don't discriminate like that