[smc-discuss] No Facebook, no iPhone, no problem: how I declared my digital independence

[ബാലശങ്കർ സി]

> I have so many friends in the Free Software community, but I can count
> the people in my xmmp roaster on my fingers. It is disappointing when
> they aren't even ready to try this in addition to their existing
> networks. Oh well, it is their choice.
>

ആ പോസ്റ്റിൽ പുള്ളി ഗൂഗിളിനെ പറ്റി പറയുന്ന ഒരു കാര്യമുണ്ട് - "It's pretty
difficult to ditch Google entirely. It may be in the surveillance business,
but it's also mastered the convenience state." . "Convenience" അതാണ്
മിക്കവരും, (even those who are technologically literate and capable)
ഗൂഗിളിനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാൻ മടിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പ്രധാന കാരണം എന്ന് എനിക്ക്
തോന്നിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. They provide a complete package - Mail, Chat, Calendar,
Cloud storage etc. It is no surprise people tend to use that package
instead of privacy-aware solutions which are independent and hence,
unfortunately, need a little more work. To get the three solutions - Mail,
Chat, Storage - I should use three different solutions - a mail service,
xmpp, owncloud. Why the trouble, when I can simply use GMail??
Conveniece often supercedes privacy concerns. At least for the majority of
the people.

-- 
Regards,
Balasankar C
http://balasankarc.in

"Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads
and chokes out tyranny." - Trent Lott
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