This article was slammed together in a rush, don't expect any fancy/readable writing. Okay, have fun.
My friends have been trying to push me off of popular data hoarding apps and onto privacy oriented ones. While doing so would probably be a good idea, I have an issue with it that'll keep me on my insecure apps.
As an example, I use Discord. I'm in a multitude of servers with a lot of information. There are the multiple C64 servers I'm in that have hundreds of thousands of messages, and god knows how many members. They're established communities where people share info about the C64. I use them all the time to share information and get help.
Those places are one of the only reasons I use Discord, or any similar apps in the first place. If I cut myself off from Discord, I'd be secure, but that security is pointless if I can't do the one thing I came to the internet to do. At that point I might as well just not use any messaging apps.
This is the problem. We have more secure platforms, but everyone has already formed a community on Discord. And it's not just those C64 servers, or even just Discord. There are many more sites out there that sell our data but are still very important and necessary to us. Unless we can move all those people and messages to a new place, leaving these apps is just going to be a pointless hassle.
Maybe I should cut myself off, but I feel like right now I just have to give up and trade in my data for these valuable resources.
My friends have been trying to push me off of popular data hoarding apps and onto privacy oriented ones. While doing so would probably be a good idea, I have an issue with it that'll keep me on my insecure apps.
As an example, I use Discord. I'm in a multitude of servers with a lot of information. There are the multiple C64 servers I'm in that have hundreds of thousands of messages, and god knows how many members. They're established communities where people share info about the C64. I use them all the time to share information and get help.
Those places are one of the only reasons I use Discord, or any similar apps in the first place. If I cut myself off from Discord, I'd be secure, but that security is pointless if I can't do the one thing I came to the internet to do. At that point I might as well just not use any messaging apps.
This is the problem. We have more secure platforms, but everyone has already formed a community on Discord. And it's not just those C64 servers, or even just Discord. There are many more sites out there that sell our data but are still very important and necessary to us. Unless we can move all those people and messages to a new place, leaving these apps is just going to be a pointless hassle.
Maybe I should cut myself off, but I feel like right now I just have to give up and trade in my data for these valuable resources.
