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 somehow, "your laptop camera monitor can see every password you've ever typed
 in" is more terrifying than "microphones in your phone are listening to and
 phoning home your speech data"
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 people are so afraid of defamation lawsuits that they'll refrain from posting
 things like "steam could technically see everything going on on your screen"
 
 what will you say in front of a phone?
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--- #2 fediverse/2671 ---
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 highly, highly recommend having a smart phone and a dumb phone at the same
 time. The smart phone can be wi-fi only so you don't have to pay for it,
 just... have it around in-case you need it. Use it for things like playing
 Magic Survival or messaging from bed, but use your flip phone for all the
 phone-related activities like calls and texts.
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 you should not be afraid of satellites.
 
 be afraid of drones, so far off in the distance that any visible section of
 sky is potentially suspect.
 
 though, the farther away it is, the more difficult it is to develop sensors
 and cameras that can detect that far.
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--- #4 fediverse/245 ---
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 if your phone doesn't have a headphone jack, how are you going to use it for
 anything that Apple doesn't want you to?
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--- #5 fediverse/1191 ---
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 @user-431 
 
 the rookie mistake was bringing your phone to the protest... you can pee
 anywhere, but your phone can only ever be on your person. According to the
 feds, at least.
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--- #7 fediverse/5374 ---
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 @user-138 
 
 me neither... guess it's in-person for me.
 
 [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go]
 
 ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around
 
 [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so]
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 McCarthyism is when people are more afraid of their neighbors than being wrong.
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--- #9 fediverse/2023 ---
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 The unknown is scarier than the new. The more you learn, the more you
 experience, the less afraid you are.
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--- #10 fediverse/4485 ---
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 getting the phone numbers of cute he/thems at a bar is NOT the same as
 organizing.
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 in a battle, your foe's greatest weapon is the screams of your falling.
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--- #12 fediverse/4230 ---
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 @user-1643 
 
 Every person who blocks you is another person's opinion who you no longer have
 to fear
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 the reason rent is so expensive is because of all the surveillance equipment
 they need to pay for and upkeep
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--- #14 fediverse/3059 ---
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 I only sorta know what a "reply guy" is and at this point I'm scared to ask
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 it might also help with social anxiety because people are aware when they're
 being observed. A lot of people hesitate to speak or contribute on Zoom calls
 because they are inherently scared of being observed, but with this system
 they'll be aware of any observation and can address it. Plus every meeting
 that could have been an email will quickly become apparent since nobody is
 paying attention to the speaker, and they'll realize how much they should
 rethink their approach.
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 @user-750 
 
 if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged
 your opponent.
 
 if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you.
 
 EDIT: either that, or they need you.
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 I dream of a home where I don't have to worry about people who might hear the
 noises I make
 
 ... and that includes secret government microphones hidden in the walls, thank
 you very much.
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 @user-138 
 
 maybe it's evil hackers - idk that's beyond my expertise - good luck : )
 
 (I'd need to see the piece of technology to work on it. I'm a hardware kinda
 [girl, but pronounced guy])
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 that moment when you swear you see your messages changing under your
 fingertips, long after you've written them
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 So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting
 it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of
 the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical
 nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be.
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