These technical workarounds may work for a little while, and are useful to some extent.
But they’re not long term solutions for a government that regularly increase its surveillance powers at the expanse of privacy.
China and Russia reached a level of surveillance and repression where people may get arrested for merely using Matrix/VPN/Tor, regarless of what it’s used for.
Political action is a better way to address bad politics before it reaches this point. This could include voting, activism, supporting privacy-friendly NGOs…
Waiting until the last moment and then rioting isn’t the best option.
But, it can prevent political problems hurting my privacy…
And there is nothing they can do against it.
If they force matrix to insert a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.
If they force my Linux distributor to add a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.
If they force a backdoor in iOS and Android, I use a fork of open source android or mainline linux for phones, without it.
If they want to hang me because I do such things, I riot.
These technical workarounds may work for a little while, and are useful to some extent.
But they’re not long term solutions for a government that regularly increase its surveillance powers at the expanse of privacy.
China and Russia reached a level of surveillance and repression where people may get arrested for merely using Matrix/VPN/Tor, regarless of what it’s used for.
Political action is a better way to address bad politics before it reaches this point. This could include voting, activism, supporting privacy-friendly NGOs…
Waiting until the last moment and then rioting isn’t the best option.
Fair argument, which I agree on 😇