’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech.
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William Gibson's early work never envisioned a future where such devices would be manufactured by companies that go regularly bankrupt, stranding their consumers, vendors, & patients.
He did predict a world where the hacking, data theft, & data harvesting would be used to threaten, coerce, surveil, extort, & blackmail.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-intelligence-agency-215943
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/cloak-and-data-cambridge-analytica-robert-mercer/
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@Npars01
I'm thinking of the implants and brain hacking in, I believe it was, Neuromancer. It's been a while. My favorites were Count Zero and Pattern Recognition, which if memory serves is about corporate takeover of every aspect of life. -
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@Su_G Until I saw them listed together, I hadn't realised that I had already made (relatively speaking) quite a few changes. I've been radicalised by the Fediverse
I have more to do too, same as you. It's such a palaver of a process! But we're getting there.@CiaraNi
Yes! It makes me feel good to see what a start I’ve already made!! Your list so useful, so helpful for that!
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The scale of the manipulation of public sentiment against vaccines and democracy are just two reprehensible examples.
https://therecord.media/chatgpt-health-draws-concern-privacy-criticsHe did predict a world where societal trauma is deliberately manufactured then weaponized for corporate & ideological gain by the rich.
https://wp.nyu.edu/greenestreetreview/2019/12/04/hard-wired-traumas-a-retrospective-review-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer/He saw the "DNA hacking" capabilities of AI
DNA-enabled disassemblers as a tool of "judge, jury, & executioner" police forces & kleptocratic warfare "The Peripheral"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/114977
@Npars01
There was a very interesting post by Anonymous about a frequency able to modulate brain waves. 6G terrahertz frequencies. Lifi all sorts of stuff to stop it. Over my head.
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@janeishly @BashStKid @CiaraNi
NAS is lovely but still a risk unless you also have an offsite copy. I have family members in different parts of the country but ideally I'd like to be able to keep a copy on the other side of the planet...
There's a fedi service waiting to be created! (how to stop it becoming just another cloud service?)
@OneInterestingFact @janeishly @CiaraNi My literal solution to that you’re running your regular machine backups to the NAS, the NAS is running its own state-save infrequent snapshots for your library data, and twice a year you copy the whole thing onto some slow-as-shit old drives (who cares if it takes a few days?).
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#pluralistic "Unauthorized Bread" very well worth reading about tech bankruptcies, anti-refugee sentiment, & ramping up social dissatisfaction
The indoctrination of children was predicted by both Orwell & Aldous Huxley.
Koch Network has successfully dismantled public education as a public interest & common good.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-giants-pushing-ai-schools@Npars01
Saving this thread for all the links. Thank you! I also saw a post saying that there were reports of injuries that suggested sound weapons were used by the US in Venezuela. This would be a very dangerous precedent. Untraceable. -
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The scale of the manipulation of public sentiment against vaccines and democracy are just two reprehensible examples.
https://therecord.media/chatgpt-health-draws-concern-privacy-criticsHe did predict a world where societal trauma is deliberately manufactured then weaponized for corporate & ideological gain by the rich.
https://wp.nyu.edu/greenestreetreview/2019/12/04/hard-wired-traumas-a-retrospective-review-of-william-gibsons-neuromancer/He saw the "DNA hacking" capabilities of AI
DNA-enabled disassemblers as a tool of "judge, jury, & executioner" police forces & kleptocratic warfare "The Peripheral"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/114977
@Npars01
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There was a very interesting post by Anonymous about a frequency able to modulate brain waves. 6G terrahertz frequencies. Lifi all sorts of stuff to stop it. Over my head.There's a lot of covert weapons development going on.
Microwaves?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58396698https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome
With Republicans, Accusations are Confessions
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi do you have a link? I've had a quick search and nothing is coming up about this...
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi Great move!
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Before I could pick my 2026 goal for #DanmarkSkifter, I did a digital status. I was mildly surprised when I saw my 2025 digital changes together. I looked at the list and thought: ’Tell me you hang out in the Fediverse without telling me you hang out in the Fediverse.’
From Outlook to Tuta
From Office to Libre
From MS Authenticator to Ente Authenticator
From Google Play to F-Droid
From Spotify to AntennaPod
From Firefox to Vivaldi
From DuckDuckGo to NoAIDuckDuckGo
And I bought a back-up drive.@CiaraNi lol, we are all heading that way.
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Why is no one asking these questions:
Why are the wealthiest corporations shoving AI so hard?
Why are billionaires so keen on this dubious product?
Why are billions of investment dollars being wasted on this white elephant?
Why are politicians running away from AI issues?
I've seen these questions arise but no real satisfactory answers. Just $$$$$$
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi I've tried tuta's free tier and would be curious if anyone could suggest alternatives with better usability. Thanks!
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@CiaraNi I've tried tuta's free tier and would be curious if anyone could suggest alternatives with better usability. Thanks!
@mapto I've shared it, maybe someone can suggest something better for your needs.
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@gambolputte @CiaraNi @Tutanota indeed, I am thinking of making an account for my wife as well to start with, and start sharing between the two of us. Tuta to Tuta. It's slightly expensive to have two, and maybe later even more accounts, but it is such a relief to f. ex. finally feel safe to build a contact list to name just one thing.
@Orewoet @gambolputte @CiaraNi Shared calendars is only possible if both use Tuta - because of the encryption. You can ask support to enable the family option for you so you can add users.
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’Denmark Switches.’ A national campaign to collectively move off Big Tech. March 20th is Big Switch Day. I’ve named my goal now. I’m already almost deMicrosofted, except for my photo archive. I moved to Libre & Tuta mail and have been purging photos as I await the release of Tuta drive. Now I’m committing myself to just get the photos off OneDrive and on to my computer, that I own, in my house, by March 20th. Then I’ll delete Microsoft. Then I’ll boast about it on the Fediverse.
@CiaraNi Very good move. Just last week I found a completely unused #Microsoft One app on my computer and deleted it. For those still on #Windows, there's a nifty tool I have seen on social media a week ago to** remove all the intrusive eeew yuck of AI from the computer** (usual warning about running scripts from the internet unchecked apply) https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI I am not affiliated or otherwise in contact with the developer, other than bowing in awe
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@Orewoet @gambolputte @CiaraNi Shared calendars is only possible if both use Tuta - because of the encryption. You can ask support to enable the family option for you so you can add users.
@Tutanota @gambolputte @CiaraNi
I admit that I don't really understand the Family option. I guess that the family option gives the possibility to add a family member to a subscription, so there is one "admin" for two (or more) persons.
But it costs the same as two separate subscriptions, so I personally don't really see the point.
It sounds good though, so is there perhaps another difference I am missing?Edit: I found out that it gives a shared storage and a shared email possibility. Hmm...
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”42% of Danes want to try alternatives to Big Tech. 68% would like to reduce their screen time. But far fewer act on it.
Habits hold us back. Network effects bind us to the same platforms as everyone else. This only changes if we shift collectively. When we shift together, new habits become easier to maintain.
When enough of us shift simultaneously, alternative platforms gain the critical mass they need. When we act collectively, change is possible.”
@CiaraNi #danmarkskifter is a fantastic idea, but isn't it contradictory that their website, directly or indirectly, has trackers? Two (2) found by Privacy Badger and Ublock Origin.
Tracking is bad. If they want us to leave big tech, a natural first step would be sanitizing their own website. If they don't it's a bit like claiming to be vegetarian and eating fish, or claiming to care for the environment while smoking.
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@rakoo @sebastian @Flatus Great information, thank you. I saw something somewhere about the Memories app but couldn't figure out if it fit into the NextCloud world. That sounds like a good solution, both as regards storage and synching images. Thank you for the recommendation and tips.
@CiaraNi @sebastian @Flatus
I use Les Pas on Android to automatically sync, it's smarter than a naive send because it knows what is remote and when I delete a photo it asks me if I want to delete on the phone, on the server of both. It also allows me to do albums by actual folders and not some proprietary thing again, and albums can be shared with nextcloud so others can see and maybe even add photos, etc
