Classic tech disinformation and my battle-tested counterattack cheat sheet (work in progress)
from autonomoususer@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 01 Sep 22:35
https://lemmy.world/post/35312231

Privacy is multiplayer. So, we must spread it.

To do well, we must fight efficiently.

We cannot waste our lives writing a custom essay against every troll, disinformer and psyop agent.

Short, simple and focused response is vital.

Here is what works for me:

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1. I do not care about privacy

• Agreed. We do not control X, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?
• Agreed. X is not libre software, we do not control it, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?
• Agreed. X fails to include a libre software license text file, we do not control it, scam. Why should we let it abuse us?

1. Open source …

• ‘Open source’ misses the point of libre software, by design.
• ‘Open source’ is a blatantly backdoored phrase, engineered to neutralise libre software.

1. Developers [owners] [of anti-libre software] need [to make money] to eat.

• You are not entitled to infect our devices and hijack control over our computing.
• Selling libre software is good.

1. You must read all its source code to guarantee it is safe.

• Blatant lie, who told you to do it alone? lmao
• When it bans us from forking it, we do not control it, guaranteed. lmao

1. Crypto [currency] …

• Truth nuke, the biggest scam ever made is the $
• Cash will never be more safe [or private] than 12 words in my head (wallet seed phrase).

#privacy