The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[–] 12 points 10 months ago*

This is why permissive licensing isn't good enough; copyleft is essential. (And not just GPLv2 copyleft, but copyleft with anti-tivoization and cloud loophole protection as well, such as AGPLv3.) Every part of the system -- the tech itself, the management, and the legal/business structure -- has to be designed to resist being subverted against the user.

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