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[03:08] schestowitz > Richard Stallman wrote:

[03:08] schestowitz >

[03:08] schestowitz >> I think that the loss of freedom is deeper and more important,

[03:08] schestowitz >> but the security issue is the best way to explain in 20 seconds

[03:09] schestowitz >> to someone I don't know.

[03:09] schestowitz > My contention would be that security appeals to fear - to what people

[03:09] schestowitz > stand to lose at the hands of others. Whereas access appeals to

[03:09] schestowitz > unrealised opportunity, so is a more positive message.

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > Teaching cybersecurity has taught me that people are deeply cynical

[03:09] schestowitz > about "security" in general, The word carries an implication of lies,

[03:09] schestowitz > effort and disempowerment.

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > Freedom, while more positive in tone, is vague. People wave their

[03:09] schestowitz > hands at abstract "freedom" because there's nothing to grasp ahold of.

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > Access on the other hand gives a solid, meaningful object. It says;

[03:09] schestowitz > "Some people have access to this. You don't. That's unfair. Here's

[03:09] schestowitz > how you fix it"

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > I need two hands to count the number of times per day I am made to

[03:09] schestowitz > feel like a second class citizen. In dealings with government, schools

[03:09] schestowitz > and businesses, I am left standing out in the cold because I choose to

[03:09] schestowitz > exercise my most basic rights to be ethical and not to support

[03:09] schestowitz > injustice.

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > The focus has shifted. It is no longer about whether people will join

[03:09] schestowitz > the project for software freedom. They will. The exodus from Big Tech

[03:09] schestowitz > is real and around us today. The new focus is the_consequences_ for

[03:09] schestowitz > those who choose the right path. A million people recently shifted to

[03:09] schestowitz > "Mastadon", but are drifting back to Twitter, heads held low, because

[03:09] schestowitz > they were not prepared for the consequences of being more free.

[03:09] schestowitz >

[03:09] schestowitz > This phenomena needs wider recognition. If not "accessibility" or

[03:09] schestowitz > "equality" then how to we frame it?

[03:10] schestowitz > Ralph Nader's Capitol Hill Citizen has been updated, so the January 2023

[03:10] schestowitz > issue can be ordered.

[03:10] schestowitz > https://www.capitolhillcitizen.com/ https://www.capitolhillcitizen.com/

[03:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.capitolhillcitizen.com | Homepage - Capitol Hill Citizen

[03:10] schestowitz >

[03:10] schestowitz > Russell Mokhiber told me that he wanted to put my story in the January

[03:10] schestowitz > 2023 issue, but I don't know if it is.

[03:10] schestowitz >

[03:10] schestowitz > I never had any further contact to ask for more details. But, maybe

[03:10] schestowitz > what I provided was sufficient.

[03:10] schestowitz >

[03:10] schestowitz > Nowever, maybe they decided to not put the story in the paper.

[03:10] schestowitz >

[03:11] schestowitz > I'm ordering one today. I'll let you know if my story is in it.

[03:11] schestowitz >

[03:11] schestowitz > I think they'll send one to you in Europe if you want a copy.

[03:11] schestowitz Thanks, let's first see if that's included in there. I think Nader very seldom speaks of patents (from what I saw).

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