The title says it all. Part of what i do now is to convince people to care about their privacy. I know I cannot force people to do anything. And I have a charisma level of -1, if this was an rpg. Like its nonnexistent.

I feel lonely in general because it feels like people make me feel like I’m delusional for caring about protecting my privacy. Maybe there is a support group for that🤣🤣🤣

But anything I can specifically say that works best in planting a seed in people’s mind?

  • overload@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    19 hours ago

    Re Linux: Do you want to be tech support for these people when they accidentally brick their system or they have a file compatibility issue when using Libre Office and collaborating with someone using Word? Linux is easy for people like us that are interested in tech as a hobby.

    Normal people sit in the paradigm of just wanting their tech to be as user friendly and railroaded as possible.

    I’m sure those people have hobbies, and preferences about those hobbies, that might benefit you if you knew. How would you want them to convince you that, say, changing the oil on your car is actually really quick and easy if you know what to do?

    I don’t mean to be obtuse, this is the reality of trying to onboard people that aren’t fussed about privacy. They’ve generally got their own thing going on and don’t want to dive down a new rabbit hole.

    Edit: For some actual advice: start with your partner and close friends/family.

    Of the friends which you are talking to about it, target the ones which are more likely to already have an existing predisposition to caring about privacy.

    Just get them to use Signal for now. Say that you’re deleting WhatsApp or messenger or whatever it is that you use to communicate with them generally and ask them just to install this new one that is more privacy-respecting.

    If you can get people off of Facebook Messenger or whatsapp as the default messaging app, that is a huge win. People tend to share their most personal secrets in what they assume to be private forums. Most people don’t post that much stuff to Facebook’s wall anyway anymore.

    If the person that you’re speaking to might distrust the government more than Mega-corporations, focus on the fact that the government can access those corporations’ data pretty easily. If the person that you’re trying to convince personally finds musk or Zuckerberg gross, then lean into that.

    Don’t even bother talking to Sarah from accounting at work about privacy.

    • pandorabox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Good point!! Im actually afraid of bricking my laptop, im going the linux changeover and my backing up all my shit on a hard drive.🤣🤣

      Thats truuu, most people want things to be user friendly. But i think we are at that point tho🤣 maybe im wrong.

      Good point about the oil. I can change the oil in my car because i hate oil on my hands🤣🤣 so yeah, youre right. Just because it can be done, doesnt mean you are gonna do it.🤣🤣

      Yess!! Im trying to get people to try some privacy focused chatting apps! Thats definitely a good idea! I think i wany to chat with my friends but i want them to move to privacy focused platforms! So im super pushy, so thats my bad.

      • overload@sopuli.xyz
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        3 hours ago

        You can dual-boot if you don’t want to go all in? Not sure about laptop dual boot but that’s what I do on my desktop.

        I’ve had a family member complain about “another chatting app on their phone”, but if you convince them that they can only really contact you there (because YOU are deleting everything else off your phone), they’ll do it and see that it’s absolutely fine.