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

Please share with friends and family who are being a bit slow to up their privacy game 😁

#privacy

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RedSnt@feddit.dk on 13 Oct 00:48 next collapse

For the cookies, Consent-o-matic could help with that. It doesn’t work on all pages, but it speeds things up.

oeuf@slrpnk.net on 13 Oct 01:06 next collapse

Great resource - very accessible 👍

pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip on 13 Oct 01:33 next collapse

I declare this very good.

northernlights@lemmy.today on 13 Oct 08:58 next collapse

Love it. Simple and clear with concise instructions.

DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml on 13 Oct 10:52 collapse

Where is an OS switch mentioned?

deathmetal27@lemmy.world on 13 Oct 10:58 next collapse

Switch to Linux for personal machines should be #1

Allero@lemmy.today on 13 Oct 11:45 next collapse

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 just…won’t, and also won’t 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.

Paddy66@lemmy.ml on 13 Oct 12:58 collapse

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 😂

Baby steps

AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net on 13 Oct 22:54 collapse

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. I’ve been told a few times that my freely incandescent rage at technology is validating because “if even [I] are frustrated at things, then it’s not just a problem of [them] being bad at tech”.

Step one is acknowledging the problem