Very likely, yes. I guess it also helps to have quite a broad definition of what being a nazi means.
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It's tricky. Once you state "these subjects are above criticism", it will become very easy to silence any criticism. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how such a structure could be abused by those in charge of it.
Who watches the watchmen.
I'm not sure where the goal posts are now. I thought this started out with deplatforming single people who spread misinformation, but now you're considering half a countries political spectrum?
A NAS is a home storage server, like Synology that you can use to store images, videos and backups, etc on so you can access them from any computer or device in your home. With a couple of clicks, they can easily run applications like Syncthing or Resilio Sync, which are kinda like Dropbox, except you don't have to pay Dropbox, you'll just be storing the files on your own service.
If that's too much to handle, you can still just store your Keepass file in Dropbox, so that it's available on all your devices. But in the end you'll still be storing your personal data on someone else's harddisk.
So in short, is at easy as using a prefab service? No, you'll have to invest some time, money, and knowledge yourself. But in the end, your data is not gathered in silo together with countless other users, which makes it a lot less attractive for hackers to try and steal it.
Yeah, it's hilarious :( I have no idea how that's legal under GDPR. So that's why I'm part of the small group of WhatsApp-resisting signal users in my country.
saying that if I don't create an account then they will do it for me
I would report the hell out of them, both to Facebook and HR. That's literally the definition of identity theft.
Although the point is kind of moot - because of all the people who know you, that do willingly share their everything (including their phone contacts, photos etc), Facebook already has a You-shaped hole, even if you don't have an account.
So when I got pressured into creating a Facebook account (not as badly as you were though), I was so creeped out by the amount of data they already had on me, I immediately deleted my account. It felt like being invited into someone's home for the first time and seeing a stalker shrine dedicated to yourself.
"it's okay, I do this with everyone."
No, it really is not.
...so far.
For those that don't mind self-hosting, which can be as easy as just running syncthing or resilio sync on your NAS, I can really recommend keepass.
the ability to scream so loud that other voices can't reach the audience.
Could you elaborate on that? It's hard to see which voices are drowned out, on account of them, well, bring drowned out ;)
I personally think it's more the case that people are just locked into their own little bubbles, thanks to algorithms feeding them a mixture of what they want to hear (to feel validated) and of what upsets them (to get that outrage interaction).
If anything, I think that governments and traditional media are having a lot less influence, in favour of outrage-based, exaggerated, skewed or just down misrepresented takes of the facts - perpetuated by upset participants in social media.
So you're not opposed to freedom of speech, but freedom of press?
But what's the alternative? People are allowed to post their opinions, but once they're part of a company (like a news agency), their publications have to be vetted for by... What, exactly?
According to which definition?
Don't get me wrong, I don't like it either. But the only difference between someone knowingly propagating misinformation, and someone doing it because they honestly believe it to be true... is in their head. You can't control for that (not should you want to, imho).
For that matter, repeat the misinformation enough, and the former group disappears until only the second group is left.
Kitty is just rewarding you with petting break for using proper design patterns in your code!