• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    8 days ago

    Just buy a tesla and a smartphone. Those are the spy machines described in the book. The difference is that the 1984 government had to hide that stuff in your house and now, people even pay for them.

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      8 days ago

      Honestly don’t do anything you wouldn’t want a fascism regime knowing about on any PC running Windows or MacOS or any smart phone.

      On that note, what Linux distro are best for privacy?

      • Overshoot2648@lemm.ee
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        8 days ago

        Depends on your opsec scope and use case. It also depends on the software you are running ontop like your browser or other services that probably have even more data on you.

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        7 days ago

        At this point, any of them.

        Strictly speaking, fully loaded Kali Linux (or an equivalent build) so you can learn to do subversive things against adversarial networks.

        But really, if you just want an operating system under your control, every version of Linux will do that for you.

        But Hannah Montana Linux will do it for you with the most style.

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      7 days ago

      The 1984 government did not hide that stuff in your hozse. The telescreens are the centerpiece of any appartements. The difference is that in the book, everybody knows they are supervised and fear the supervisors, while today, nobody cares.

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        7 days ago

        everybody knows they are supervised and fear the supervisors

        They regularly saw friends and neighbors persecuted by police. We don’t really see that in the modern day. There’s no cop who bangs on your door because you did a wrongthink online.