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Anarchism, nihilism, and terrorism are often mistakenly equated, and in most dictionaries will be found at least two definitions of the anarchist. One presents him as a man who believes that government must die before freedom can live. The other dismisses him as a mere promoter of disorder who offers nothing in place of the order he destroys.
-- George Woodcock

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How to Know if a Teen Is Smoking

Throwback to that time my mom unironically wanted me to put a RAT that also logs all inbound and outbound network and cell traffic on my sister's phone and her husband's phone but I refused because of basic sysadmin ethics and she lost her shit

Basic sysadmin ethics: encrypt your shit, encrypt your customer's shit, don't even fucking think about looking at anyone's data you're responsible for

I can proudly say that I have never apologized for party rocking

Jamp

It's so bleak, how normalized this software is. It's been a big industry for a while and it not only enables abuse, but conditions kids to accept incredible levels of technological intrusion and control by an authority figure. (It's also really insecure and gets hacked a lot.)

There's a subreddit for the victims of abusive and dysfunctional parenting, and unsurprisingly, commercial stalkerware that does things like reporting location, logging device activity, remote device manipulation, and putting read receipts on everything plays a huge part in their stories.

Truck back window stickers are just the equivalent of "tramp stamps" for old white racist dudes.

In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act!