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Reflecting on this, likely given the poster, bait tweet, but a good discussion to be had:

You should be free and able to use what you want. What's not valuable to somebody may be valuable to somebody else. I'm a complete nobody with a normal life and I use GrapheneOS, Monero, I2P, LUKS etc. like this picture says.

However, there is a different conversation to be had that you could use this same image with. Many people treat software choices like a subculture purity test. Software choice is treated like Console Wars or sports teams.

There are certain groups of people who use things simply to be performative rather than just being honest that it is a preference. It serves no relevance in their threat model to use what they have to (counterargument: threat model doesn't need to be your sole reasoning to use something anyway). Some like to believe you need to be part of a certain group and you need to follow the rest of the trends of that group to fit in. Used Linux? Now you got to use Firefox.

It's fine to say GrapheneOS is superior to something (we say that a lot). What is not fine is believing you are a superior person for using it, same with any other software. Classical FSF bros, Reddit users, and performative activists stink up discussions like skunks with this attitude. Every major project has this problem.

If I had to TLDR this, then: Don't be sheep. Use everything in your preference, not to just reflect looking like others. You shouldn't see all these and be like "I want to use all of this!!", because really, you likely do not.

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S⸸λrκissed Cogitator · 14w
I can't disagree with either of OP's points 😂
Final · 14w
I find people who are overly paranoid and mentally insert themselves into situations like a main character much worse than the people above though. They are easy to manipulate and ignite into self-sabotaging because they keep hunting for answers to made-up problems, nonexistent threats or jump to co...
stonehands · 14w
Shit like this is why I'm glad to be on NOSTR. I follow the accounts with high signal and no algorithm is routing around that to feed me garbage. It's simply a better experience because it's objectively better technology.
Jerome Powell 21iQ 40TPW · 14w
1) If nobodys' opsec is good, how would kache know what they are hiding? 🤔 2) Who the fuck is kache and why are they knowing a bunch of nobodys? 😂
gandlaf21 · 14w
even nobodies that have nothing to hide want to use secure systems. At least that's what attracted me to use these tools
MoneRogue · 14w
I'd love to see this guy leave all their car and house doors open and unlocked with a welcome sign telling people to come inside. They'd change their tune so quickly.
Scoundrel · 14w
This tweeter is correct and privacy fans need to have a bit more self awareness. Unless someone actually catches a person and uses their private activities against them, that person's attempts at anonymity are entirely personal and subjective. Until someone actually gets them, they are just larping ...