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Erinna_Io OP wrote (edited )

Maybe the possible geomagnetic storm/Carrington Event will just wipe every hard drive empty and set us free from technological tyranny? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

I'm not an accelerationist but I still hope for the collapse of "civilization". I guess I'm also anti-humankind since being a human today means being a stupid ape with Facebook.

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bomprimo wrote

I'm not an accelerationist either but I believe that some good could come from a Carrington Event. Although the data bases of NSA as reported by Snowden in his book are undergroud and EMP protected an EMP would wipe out pretty much all hard drives on earth and there would be cameras, cellphones, tablets and computers to extract (meta)data through "bulk collection" [mass surveillance]. OP, remember that not everyone is a Facebook ape :P I once used Facebook and Instagram but now I don't and I feel way happier now. I try to compartimentalize my digital life (there is my cellphone for clearnet browsing and whatsapp, calls and text messages) and then my Linux computer with Tor. Remember to feed the Machine! When browsing clearnet on more insecure ways (cellphone for example) search for things you don't really enjoy and opposite political views. It will both make you learn something and your metadata will be more random.

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