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20 yo schizoautist, ever-changing thing, a literal god in the machine.
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apocryphalmess
@apocryphalmess

capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with actual infosec. it's great at faking it, at selling you a product that says it will solve all your security problems and which will just be another attack surface, but the core goal of increasing corporate profits will always be at odds with nearly every possible aspect of information security

run an adblocker for both personal security and ideological reasons. something like uBlock origin is going to be more effective at keeping horrible shit off your computer than actual malware scanners will, because tricking you into installing that shit yourself is the primary attack vector for it these days. it's just social engineering, but automated to use ad networks so it's much more efficient


twilight-sparkle
@twilight-sparkle
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automaton0777
@automaton0777

Advertising that destroys your computer and makes you buy a new one. Capital sells you products it wants you to dispose of, so you can continue to feed the various industries that keep the machine turning. They want you to know less, break your shit more, and make you incapable of fixing it.


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in reply to @apocryphalmess's post:

It's like various kinds of scam advertisements are the only thing I see anymore. Even if it isn't trying to steal your passwords, it might be some pyramid scheme or some overpriced supplement pretending to cure covid. Feels like the whole of internet advertising is propped up by grifters.

edit: to be clear I wrote this before I noticed this was from a couple months ago. Still feels appropriate though.