17 Nov
2020
17 Nov
'20
4:45 p.m.
On 11/17/20 01:34, Karl wrote:
When I think of this, I'm not thinking of whether technology is good or bad. I am thinking of how easy it is for normal users to have their devices compromised by those with the interests of suppression. If you're working on something important, which hopefully everyone is, you don't really want to be surveilled or secretly influenced by people who wouldn't want it to develop.
I agree, and this is perhaps the strongest argument for free software (in the sense of the GPL), particularly free security and communications software. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com