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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 00:46:40 JST Aral Balkan

   The Camera Panopticon

   How did we end up in technofascism? Watch this talk I gave over a decade ago warning of the dangers of Silicon Valley and Big Tech and urging us to embrace alternatives.

   https://small-tech.org/videos/the-camera-panopticon/

   (Transcript available in English, Español, and Nederlands, thanks to the community.)

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   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:12:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Tobias Frisch

     @thejackimonster Especially building one that’s usable by everyday people who use technology as an everyday thing. Ask me how I know ;)

   • Tobias Frisch (thejackimonster@wehavecookies.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:12:17 JST Tobias Frisch

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     @aral To be honest though, building a decentralized infrastructure is complicated on a technological level. However in the end I'd say it's worth it because you can not have true freedom without it.
     So the complexity is not the reason to avoid this problem but to contribute to a solution of it.