"Uhhhhhhh but the admin had an an unencrypted local...

"Uhhhhhhh but the admin had an an unencrypted local copy of the DB."

Yes, that is not a good move, but basically everyone is constantly doing wildly unsafe computer shit because sometimes they just need to fucking make it work. FFS people still email passport photos around offices and they end up sitting on some corporate mail server (and a local copy) for a decade cuz Walter the dinosaur is still around and never empties his inbox.

"Unsafe" shit happens all the time, but also you fucking techy weirdos don't face fuckall for repression, so I'm really not interested in hearing anything from you people about this situation.

Like 1 Jul 2023 at 20:21 | Open on kolektiva.social

5 comments

Håkan Geijer

Shut the entire fuck up. If you or your friends haven been a) raided by the feds or cops with rifles/submachine guns in the early morning or b) faced 10+ years in prison, you can take your snark and get in the fucking sea.

1 Jul 2023 at 21:42 | Open on kolektiva.social

Queer Satanic

@hakan_geijer It would be nice to have some smaller instances to make it a little harder to get so much info all at once.

That's a fair criticism, but it involves people standing up their own better or at least as-good smaller instances as options with similar values and commitment to moderation.

1 Jul 2023 at 21:50 | Open on kolektiva.social

Håkan Geijer

@QueerSatanic I used to be on a smaller instance and they said they might shutter due to lack of funds, so I moved. There's pros and cons to both.

1 Jul 2023 at 21:52 | Open on kolektiva.social

Queer Satanic

@hakan_geijer Yeah, absolutely.

The point was not that it was an *easy* solution but that it was a *simple* one.

The hard part is all of the work involved that few of us feel like we have the bandwidth to do, especially as hobbyists.

We need more and smaller instances with values like what Kolektiva professes and attracts, but doing that involves some money but also lots of time and energy.

1 Jul 2023 at 21:54 | Open on kolektiva.social

wakest ⁂

@QueerSatanic @hakan_geijer got autonomous.zone up for this very reason

1 Jul 2023 at 22:02 | Open on social.wake.st