Pre on Nostr: Today is Online Safety Day because the terrible awful Online Safety Law comes into ...
Today is Online Safety Day because the terrible awful Online Safety Law comes into affect this month.
To me, Online Safety means:
* Never use your government name on the internet.
* Use fully end to end encrypted services like Signal.
* Avoid using large online surveillance projects like Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp.
* Self-host wherever possible to protect your data from Big Tech.
* Alter your software to block ads, use ad-blockers everywhere.
* Use a VPN to help subvert tracking technology.
But the government, and most of the callers to talk radio today, seem to think it means:
* All sites must ID check their users to ensure they aren't children.
* Encryption must have government back doors so the police and state can read all messages.
* Only big tech sites are legitimate because they are more subject to legal control.
* Self hosting should be legally onerous so that only big companies with huge legal compliance departments can run internet sites.
* It should be illegal to alter the software made by big business.
* VPNs should be illegal since they can avoid government blocks.
So that's all pretty depressing.
Good luck everyone. Stay safe.
To me, Online Safety means:
* Never use your government name on the internet.
* Use fully end to end encrypted services like Signal.
* Avoid using large online surveillance projects like Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp.
* Self-host wherever possible to protect your data from Big Tech.
* Alter your software to block ads, use ad-blockers everywhere.
* Use a VPN to help subvert tracking technology.
But the government, and most of the callers to talk radio today, seem to think it means:
* All sites must ID check their users to ensure they aren't children.
* Encryption must have government back doors so the police and state can read all messages.
* Only big tech sites are legitimate because they are more subject to legal control.
* Self hosting should be legally onerous so that only big companies with huge legal compliance departments can run internet sites.
* It should be illegal to alter the software made by big business.
* VPNs should be illegal since they can avoid government blocks.
So that's all pretty depressing.
Good luck everyone. Stay safe.