Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship
by nightski on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @04:17PM
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Part of it is being scared. But in the world of 24/7 surveillance I think it's more that anything you say can haunt you for the rest of your life. It's not OK to make mistakes or slip up because it's captured and stored forever. People aren't allowed to debate, learn, and change.
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Anecdotally, most of my interactions with friends has moved offline. I wonder whether that's a broader trend, and whether it will be sustainable?
Like, in the same way I learned not to post personal stuff on Livejournal (then MySpace and Facebook), will we just... log off half the time, and treat the rest as a resume? Or will we hole up in private discords/IRC/Matrix/etc groups?
(* and for anyone wondering, we're all fairly left-leaning, pro-social-justice people. we're not hiding from Cancel Culture, we just feel more free in smaller groups.)
Is it really offline when one device could be listening to the entire thing?
Basically, yeah. There's no expectation of permanence like there is with social media. Recording/transcribing and publishing would be a gross violation of trust.
Someone could point a directional microphone at you in the park, too, but one doesn't typically worry about that.
Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship
by KirillPanov on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:42AM
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Them pointing a microphone at you in a park takes planning, effort, work, and people, which is why it doesn't happen often.
When you've volunteered to carry and point the microphone yourself it's a totally different ball game.