Notices by Kyle Rankin (kyle@social.librem.one)

@aral Or put another way, if defaults don't matter, why did the US tech industry fight so hard to remove the part of the California data privacy law that would require tracking to be opt-in?

I wrote a piece on the @purism blog on why consent is critical for #privacy, the tech industry's failure to get consent, and as a result how "Privacy has become the tattoo removal of the information age". https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-shares-your-secrets-without-your-permission/

A animal with a history of abuse will often flinch when a well-meaning new owner tries to pet it. It takes a lot of time and effort to rebuild trust and security.

The emotional damage in the #FOSS community from decades of abuse by exploitative companies isn't acknowledged nearly enough, and is hard to overcome.