Hey I’m Elise! I’m a bike nomad and I’m developing a libre platform called Blossom, à la Second Life. I’m currently studying Français and I enjoy making people laugh 😜
Tja, a lot of people here think it’s a good thing because there unfortunately are a lot of asshats, and so they don’t give it a second thought. The simple fact is that in the Netherlands people have a great general trust in people, and it has a long history of independence, so there’s simply no fear of democracy breaking down.
And from that perspective it is totally reasonable to want the extra surveillance. As long as you trust that it is used for good.
Honestly I think Berlin is the one that is in the right position to move privacy forward, given its history, culture, and significant hacker demography.
Reminds me of that new law in the Netherlands where there are strict rules on collecting data within the Netherlands that still allow for research to be done. However it has this tiny loophole that allows any data to be sent to other countries indiscriminately.
A referendum was even held and the results were ignored.
I just hope this won’t have bad consequences long term. The truth is that this ignores the right to privacy.
I know it sounds naive but honestly I just wish I could consume media and when I like it I can just send them some money without any hassle.
Perhaps a monthly preset amount that is spread out over my consumption.
I know the pirate bay guys did something like that where you have a centralized subscription and can like blog posts and the like.
However I’d prefer something like crypto, but also convenient and controlled by a Foss program running on my own hardware.
Dreams am I right.
Noooooooooo not Gabe!