The Big Tech Walkout 2025 - full programme
(blog.rebeltechalliance.org)
from Paddy66@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 12 Oct 23:51
https://lemmy.ml/post/37454923
from Paddy66@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 12 Oct 23:51
https://lemmy.ml/post/37454923
Please share with friends and family who are being a bit slow to up their privacy game š
threaded - newest
For the cookies, Consent-o-matic could help with that. It doesnāt work on all pages, but it speeds things up.
Iāve always wondered about cookie consent. After arriving at a website, are the cookies in suspended animation until you click ārejectā or āacceptā. It would seem that session cookies canāt help but already be on your HDD, however, 3rd party cookies might not be until you click āacceptā or pick and choose which ones you want to keep. Iāve never really done in depth research on cookies on my HDD. I have āStrictā and āMax Protectionā settings in Firefox, and I use Cookie AutoDelete set to delete all cookies after 1 sec. This might be an exercise to explore on my network.
Great resource - very accessible š
I declare this very good.
Love it. Simple and clear with concise instructions.
Where is an OS switch mentioned?
Switch to Linux for personal machines should be #1
This is meant for beginners in the privacy space, and as such, it tries to minimize complications and barriers to entry.
Installing Linux is a nuclear option for most people. Of they see that, they justā¦wonāt, and also wonāt complete the rest. Make it easy.
Also, the article mentions this is not the end. Next year may come with harder things, including - yes - Linux.
We will get to that in the Big Tech Walkout 2026 programme. This is for people who have no idea about tech, and struggle to know the difference between a search engine and a browser. Imagine them trying to install Linux š
Baby steps
I agree that baby steps are important. So many of the less techy people I know have become so accustomed to being annoyed at tech that they just suppress it, thinking that there is no alternative. Iāve been told a few times that my freely incandescent rage at technology is validating because āif even [I] are frustrated at things, then itās not just a problem of [them] being bad at techā.
Step one is acknowledging the problem
On my phone, this page has a black background and very dark gray text. It is a nightmare to read.
It appears to be because Iām running NoScript. Turning it off for the domain made the text white. Iām not sure why the site needs Javascript to be readable.
no idea - itās a Ghost blog so they must have requied that, which is lameā¦
Huh. Iāveā¦ already done everything on the list. Very slowly, over the better part of a decade, piece by piece. Itās nice to have a sanity check to know Iāve kept up with the jargon. The work is never done tho, almost have a site-to-site intranet set up to make it easier to loop family in.
Also: if you sign up for the email newsletter youāll have an easier time as itās in light mode.