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Cake day: March 19th, 2024

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  • They meant that they wanted to do a test to see if they would get any gpg-encrypted emails from people who saw the hat in real life; the “experiment” doesn’t work if you allow internet strangers to email you too, as then you don’t know where a person may have gotten the email address/key from


















  • I think if you just publicly practise decent privacy, people will be more inclined to do the same. e.g. all my friends know I’m not on WhatsApp and don’t use proprietary software in general. They know to talk to me on other platforms, and the fact that I’m like this means that others will likely feel more able to do the same if they are inclined. Nobody ever told me to care about privacy; I have always thought it was creepy if others can see all my personal business. I can’t imagine that that’s such a rare innate mindset to have, so other people who feel the same way should feel more able to put that into practice if they see you doing so. If they really want to broadcast all their personal data to the state and tech companies then they are within their right to, and I don’t see the point in trying to convince them to not do what they want to do.