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    [–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Which one are you?

    Oh nice try government, I won't fingerprint myself in a public comment like some kind of sucker 😏

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    So tech paranoid then, got it /s

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Hah, too late. You're already being linguistically fingerprinted by your grammar and word choice. Only option now is to not comment on public forums anymore I guess. 😩

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    Unless you're behind like seven proxies, you're already fuckered.

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    has hundreds of private messaging applications that their friends won't use

    This hurts

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago
    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Hits too close to home

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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Between Tech Conservative and The newborn paranoid

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

    Tech conservative for the most part. I prefer FOSS, but I'm fine with using some propietary software

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

    I'm in the same boat. I feel like going any further than Newborn Paranoid and you start sacrificing so much of your time, money and convenience it's not worth it anymore.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

    This is marvelous

    β€”Tech Conservative

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

    Tech Conservative here but don't 100% agree with the icons shown. Everyone has their own needs and reasons to be the way they are and that's ok.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    What's the problem with e-books? Even more the ones you download into your computer and open with okular or some emacs e-pub mode?

    (Anyway, I don't know what half of those icons are.)

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

    I've wanted to meet FSF member in real life for a long time. No luck so far.

    As for Stallman, I find it sad that he has been right about many things. I will not do what he does but I appreciate the fact that someone like him exists and still fights for what he believes in.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Lol using tails as a main OS. That’s something.

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

    Between conservative and newborn paranoid. I use Fedora and Firefox, but (microg) LineageOS and F-Droid on my phone. Also I don't know what half of those apps are but I'd like to use matrix.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    I'm ashamed to say I brushed shoulders newborn paranoid before realizing I'm too much of a dumbass and then toned it back to Tech Conservative. Though I randomly use Tor for absolutely no reason other than just being a masochist I guess

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Tech conservative, although I have to admit that I like MacOS a lot. When it comes to Linux, I use and love Debian

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Definitely tech conservative. I’m aware of all the problems with big tech and closed source software but I’m not going to jump through major hoops to make sure I’m adhering to Stallman’s principles.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

    Somewhere between Tech Conservative and FSF Member.

    I don't care about Stallman as a person. I care about being able to use the software I like and not get spied on, and the FSF actively works to ensure I can do that, so even if trying to use all FSF-approved software isn't practical now they're still helping to make things better. They are an important counterbalance to the bullshit.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    I'm a Tech Conservative.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    Tech conservative and will probably stay here for life. I really hate what the big tech corps are doing but feel like this is a sustainable level not just for me but for the general user. This is what we should have built out as the standard in the first place but money sure does ruin things fast and now we have a world controlled by Microsoft and monitored by Google

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    I'm probably a tech conservative. I prefer FOSS, but will use proprietary software if I absolutely have to. Also I use arch btw

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    I was newborn paranoid at one point, and am starting to shift back to tech conservative

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    "Wants to become a full paranoid but fears the slippery slope."

    I feel personally attacked yet fully approve this characterization.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I guess I'm just a normie with some conservatism in him. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I'm between newborn and tech paranoid. I run librewolf on gentoo

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

    Same. Closer to tech paranoid for me I'd say. Only reason I don't run DWM + Gentoo anymore is because of time, but the control freak in me gets ever so tempted to reinstall it once again.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    I'm a tech normie conservative. Apparently.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Tech paranoid is hard :( Going back to new born.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I use Windows 10 but see myself in "The Tech Convervative" zone. I will eventually do the switch to Pop!_OS hopefully lol

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    I’m between newborn paranoid and tech paranoid. I wish my friends and family would stop using spyware but it’s out of my control

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    Tech conservative for sure. I own a tuxedo laptop with... Tuxedo os. I use opensource apps as much as possible. But I use Google tools too. For sure I hate Apple πŸ˜‚

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

    Mix of newborn and tech paranoid. And i think i'm moving slowly to the paranoid side (started reading OpenBSD docs lol)

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The only tech normie icon I have installed on any personal devices is whatsapp. The rest are pure cancer.

    I tick a few boxes across the rest of that spectrum. I land mostly in tech conservative.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

    Tech conservative, with a bit of full-blown tech paranoid. I come across as a weird combination of tech-savvy and complete luddite for the laundry list of services I don't use. Not because they're proprietary, but because they offer me nothing I want.

    Disclaimer: I use Arch, btw.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'd say I'm tech conservative although I am using Debian on my laptop.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I spend 95% of my day on Debian but I don’t like it. Definitely β€œTech Normie” according to this guide.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

    Honestly, I know it may not feel like it, but any linux usage, or even an understanding of what linux is, pretty much knocks you out of tech normie territory. One of us! One of us!

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    This made me laugh more than it probably should

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

    mainly newborn paranoid, yet i have some qualities from tech conservative or tech paranoid

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