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I used to follow the "I should keep everything private!" mantra that so many software engineers keep. Then I took a gig in advertising and realized how much information companies have despite my privacy efforts and learned to "love the bomb" so to speak.

To fight the problems posed by ubiquitous corporate and government surveillance, I suggest ubiquitous public surveillance. Like streamers do, but everywhere, all the time, publicly broadcasted. If I get disappeared, at least it'll be televised.

> vigilantism

There's a difference between being embedded in a supportive community, afraid of violence from outsiders, and being embedded in an antagonistic society, afraid of violence from insiders. In the former, ubiquitous public surveillance might help. In the latter, I think there is nothing to do but emigrate.



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