• tabular@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What else can those who value privacy and have computer skills do but try to be a good example and offer to help to those around them without the know-how?

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      You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink, especially not when you barely have time in the day to take a drink yourself.

      If someone doesn’t have time or will to put privacy over convenience that’s kind of their gig. It sucks but like I can’t fuckin’ change their life schedule/priorities.

      I spend enough time documenting and working in my homelab, I don’t need other people’s too. I’ll be happy to point people towards information and documentation, but that’s about it.

      However if you’re not willing to:

      1. bury your nose in multiple wikis
      2. change out the OS on nearly every general purpose computing device you own
      3. Live most of your online life anonymously/pseudononymously
      4. Run a homelab (technically not required but makes life nicer)

      You should stop while you’re ahead.

      If you have kids I have no fucking clue how you’d even begin.

      At that point you’re installing rootkit anticheat just to get little johnny playing games with their friends, fucking nightmare scenario.