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1. Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2019 17:43:21 UTC Ruby Rhod
   @s i really don't agree with this definition; the examples cited are very mixed and inconsistent.
   
   Tor: sure, I guess, except that the entire reason why we have it is because the US Govt wanted wider usage so it wasn't so easy to identify activity of our spies. It's pretty mainstream now so I'd say it's not that cyberpunk.
   
   Coreboot: Sure, get rid of binary blobs but there's no scary backdoors I'm concerned about. The Management Engine and its brethren should be controllable, but uninteresting. If someone's on your LAN I guess you've just been out cyber-punked
   
   TPM: i've never given a shit about TPM personally or at any job
   
   Disabling WiFi: what? Is cutting ethernet cables cyberpunk too?
   
   Blowing open closed-source firmware: ok, reverse engineering is pretty cyberpunk
   
   I agree Google Glass and IoT devices are not "cyberpunk", because they require clouds and corporations. But the equivalent functionality that is homebrewed? very cyberpunk.
   
   
   Running a gameboy off fire? pretty fucking cyberpunk. https://cybre.space/@ky0ko/102834861178822026
   
   Tinkering and building USEFUL things that you fully control: sure, that's cyberpunk
   
   Modifying things that weren't meant to be, making them do things they weren't intended for? Yes, cyberpunk