• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    811·
    2 个月前

    Stop using the Internet. Seriously.

    I already only used open source products for decades now, and the Internet is just a network, you can use different networks, different protocols if you want, even embedded on current Internet protocols, or maybe use even something that completely sidesteps the Internet

    Either way, the Internet has mostly been a failure

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
      122·
      2 个月前

      I dont mind if its implemented like it has been in germany for a while with eID. With an open source desktop or mobile app that uses NFC to talk to your ID and can be used to verify your age online to a 3rd party without leaking your birthday or any other personal info to them.

      I dont know why there is so much screaming about age verification going on when these cryptographically provable anonymous systems already exist. Remember that “stop killing games” EU campaign with a million signatures? That also used exactly this system.

      I would prefer not having any verification, but as that is not gonna happen at this point, i think its more important to focus on HOW to implement it. I dont understand why these companies like discord arent being forced to use these existing verification systems. Those arent legally provable at all so why arent they being sued for this?

    • Bandar Baru@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 个月前

      stop using internet and we can go back spending more time in farms, book, etc. what a peaceful day ✨

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    19·
    2 个月前

    I guess I’ll start pirating things like local news, weather forecasts, and garbage pickup schedules.

    In the meantime, I’ll continue to self-host what I can, de-couple from online services, and find alternatives to get information from.

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 个月前

    I would like to think I would just stop using the Internet, or at least adopt a protocol like Gemini. How that would work exactly is hard to say, since the Internet is almost mandatory these days. Still, you have to be willing to inconvenience yourself to maintain at least some control on privacy and security online.

    • refalo@programming.dev
      5·
      2 个月前

      I have the feeling that limiting yourself to Gemini would guarantee you basically only ever communicate with the weirdest of the weird.

    • Aetherion@lemmy.worldAfaraf
      2·
      2 个月前

      You opened me up to a whole new world with Gemini. I think we need to spread the word about this more. Thanks so much. <3

  • Luci@lemmy.caEnglish
    13·
    2 个月前

    I’ve been planing on going outside, this might just be the kick I need

  • Metz@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 个月前

    We should really start concentrating more on decentralization.

    Take Freifunk as example and similar projects.

    What we need is a user-run private alternative to the internet. Wireless mesh networks are a very interesting step in that direction.

    As long the infrastructure is owned by the government and companies, we will never be really free.

  • it_depends_man@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 个月前

    Hard to say.

    Sounds like the alternatives are to suck it up, leave the country for somewhere that isn’t the case yet, stop using the internet…

    There definitely is a line where requiring nonsense is more effort than it is worth. That line has already definitely been crossed by “news media”. The quality of articles and interviews is so abysmal, that any hear say you get over three rebounds over social media is still somehow equal to the original bad source.

    Social media is on the edge. I don’t expect to have a serious discussion on facebook or twitter, that’s why I don’t go there. If it’s easier to hang out in a bar near a library to hope someone worth talking to walks in or something like that. That will be the thing to do.

    And also, that line will probably just never be actually crossed for internet platforms like amazon or alibaba. Shipping and ordering things online is absurdly convenient compared to go to physical locations and them needing to have the thing stocked, etc…

    Most of (open source) software is already built in a way that could be taken offline completely. Internet is just a fast and easy delivery mechanism, but carrying USB sticks is extremely viable for getting code from A to B

    And for entertainment, I can honestly just go back to reading books. It’s not the total information super highway, but it would be something.

  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    2 个月前

    As online spaces start to demand I dox myself, I will remove myself from those online spaces (see: Reddit). If that means I ultimately leave the internet as a whole, then so be it.