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  • AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.nettoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•How do we actually confront or evade "kirkification" and the flood of ai slop?
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    3 months ago

    Losing control of online perception has always been there. Microsoft paint, then photoshop and now AI. Not a whole lot u can do without a massive pr team/botfarm.

    Luckily most of us aren’t famous enough that online slander affects our real lives. Unless we go full black mirror with the real life social media rating system.

    As for local first solutions, that’s going to be hard. Most businesses, where I live, are managed by IT companies who use AWS, Intune and the all of the usual suspects.

    As long as there is no foss competition to large scale IT management, then it will be difficult to sway corporate that wants “just works”. Here is small chance to shill Zorin Grid. Looking forward to that release.

    On a smaller scale individuals will have a better chance. Even if it’s just convincing your coffeeshop boss to switch to only/libre office.

    Completely running self hosted communities in cities etc… that’s would be the end game. I think education and parental upbringing will have to become a major part of that. If every school and household has a linux pc and a nas where it’s the normal way of doing things… That would shift future tech use.

  • AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.nettoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?
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    7 months ago

    I use it, and its pretty decent. Looks good and works.

    Pros: -No user ID needed. -Can self host the server that passes on your messages. -Has the option to use Flux. -Works out of the box.

    Cons: -Battery drain is a thing. Either toggle the periodic check, or turn it off and open it yourself to check messages. -Using one account accross multiple devices can be a pain. Since u can’t keep using your phone account at the same time as it is connected to your pc. Can be circumvented by having mutiple accounts in the same group chat; but yea it’s a pain the ass.

    Neutral: -Convincing people to use it hahahh. But this is a universal probem vs mainstream messenger apps.

    Final verdict: 4/5. Very good if privacy and anonymity is your number 1 priority. It’s less of hassle to set up than some other options, and relatively easy to get people into it. Sent invite, they download the app, make profile and are good to go.

    Batterydrain and same use account across multiple devices could and should be better for mainstream adoption. On the other hand if u toggle the periodic checks then I find the drain tolerable. And how many of us are in places that don’t have a wallsocket available to charge your phone :p