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Comment on See how Hollywood’s job market is collapsing in ~movies
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Comment on Backrooms | Official trailer in ~movies
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkI don't know what anyone is talking about, if someone showed this trailer to me and said it was an SNL skit with Chiwetel Ejiofor, I would 100% believe them without question. Doesn't look bad, but...I don't know what anyone is talking about, if someone showed this trailer to me and said it was an SNL skit with Chiwetel Ejiofor, I would 100% believe them without question.
Doesn't look bad, but looks almost like a satire of meme based movies.
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Comment on See how Hollywood’s job market is collapsing in ~movies
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentOh yeah I follow him. His stuff on food props is great!Oh yeah I follow him.
His stuff on food props is great!
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Comment on See how Hollywood’s job market is collapsing in ~movies
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentI work in the print industry. I now do a lot of work with nonprofits and political orgs. Amongst prop and set design, I was also doing a lot of graphic design and print and signage for sets and...I work in the print industry. I now do a lot of work with nonprofits and political orgs.
Amongst prop and set design, I was also doing a lot of graphic design and print and signage for sets and props, it just so happened a lot of it was for fake or temporary signage and collateral for shoots or events. Like I'd be doing the entire design for everything at a fictional restaurant with cleared artwork for a location, or converting a bank into a stock exchange, or replacing all signage on a street with cleared signage for an outdoor shoot. A lot of design for set decoration and whatnot.
Also did popup events and experiential event desifn as well, and near the end was also applying it to retail.
I just applied the knowledge to real world applications.
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Comment on See how Hollywood’s job market is collapsing in ~movies
CrypticCuriosity629 LinkIt absolutely kills me to see this. I started my career in the entertainment industry, and I loved it while I was there. Only part of my life where I didn't feel burnt out and loved doing what I...It absolutely kills me to see this.
I started my career in the entertainment industry, and I loved it while I was there. Only part of my life where I didn't feel burnt out and loved doing what I was doing.
I officially left the entertainment industry in 2021 after the pandemic closures after seeing the writing on the wall and getting laid off from The Walt Disney Company.
I'm glad I did though, but I've never felt the same as I did when I was there.
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Comment on "CEO said a thing!" journalism in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )LinkCan we also talk about "WWE Commentator" Journalism? I've never seen anyone talk about it, and once you notice it it makes it impossible to take 90% of the news seriously. Every time you see an...- Exemplary
Can we also talk about "WWE Commentator" Journalism?
I've never seen anyone talk about it, and once you notice it it makes it impossible to take 90% of the news seriously.
Every time you see an article say "Ocasio-Cortez Slams Jerry Falwell Jr. in Debate over CPAC Comments" or "Democrats Blast Biden for Recalling 'Civil' Relationship with Segregationists" or "Jon Stewart Eviscerates the Media's Coverage of Trump" or "German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier TORCHES Trump...", now read the headline and article in the voice of a wrestling commentator.
It's crazy and almost satirical. And the craziest thing is that we've become so normalized to these hyper-violent tone headlines it's not even something we notice anymore.
If I had the chops for it, I'd be making weekly skits with "Celebrity death match" style animation using real headlines. Hell, I'm surprised the Daily show doesn't have a segment on it. lol
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Comment on Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial in ~health.mental
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentWell to be far, some of those extreme cases are cases of mental health issues. Honestly a huge step in the right direction in general would be to teach kids emotional intelligence in schools, and...Well to be far, some of those extreme cases are cases of mental health issues.
Honestly a huge step in the right direction in general would be to teach kids emotional intelligence in schools, and have more access to mental health resources in general.
As someone who's worked through many mental health issues and still deals with them, but has worked hard to understand all the emotions and thoughts knocking around my head, it's insane to me how many grown adults I encounter with the emotional intelligence and self awareness of toddlers.
I think a lot of people don't understand how their brain works, so they just mindlessly do whatever gives them a hit of dopamine.
Anyways, I just realized that might only be marginally relevant to your point, but also felt it needed to be said.
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Comment on Meta and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial in ~health.mental
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentI mean that's probably the entire reason the judgement was allowed. By allowed I mean the fact that Meta and Google didn't pour limitless resources into the legal battle including lobbying and...I mean that's probably the entire reason the judgement was allowed.
By allowed I mean the fact that Meta and Google didn't pour limitless resources into the legal battle including lobbying and clandestine "donations" and "gifts" to prominent legal figures like they do with literally everything else they get taken to court over.
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentI'm with you, but I'm at least glad that I've taken a stand and I'm not just putting up with it. I've been donating my time and skills to activism. I've helped my local activist communities adopt...I'm with you, but I'm at least glad that I've taken a stand and I'm not just putting up with it.
I've been donating my time and skills to activism. I've helped my local activist communities adopt Meshtastic/Meshcore for off-grid communication and connected them with the local amateur HAM radio clubs to learn more, I've helped them create some "Stingray" detector devices that check for Man-in-the-Middle attacks at protests and taught others how to build them, I've helped design print material and connect local groups with commercial printers in my area and helped with file prep, I've designed resistance imagery and released 3d printable files online for whistles featuring resistance imagery.
And during election season I seek out progressive candidates in local elections and offer help with advising them on things like print, mailing, marketing, and will donate my time and skills to help them with their advertising material. And I'm like really proud that several people I've helped, who were struggling when I reached out, went on to win their elections.
Anyways, I don't say any of that toot my own horn even thought it is something I take pride in, but just to express that you don't have to simply put up with it. And refusing to put up with it can look different than just going to protests and holding signs up.
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentAgain, I want to be clear that me talking about privacy within this topic is entirely within the context of Proton and encrypted emails, SPECIFICALLY about Proton's marketing gimmicks around...Again, I want to be clear that me talking about privacy within this topic is entirely within the context of Proton and encrypted emails, SPECIFICALLY about Proton's marketing gimmicks around privacy.
It is not talking about or even intending to touch upon broader or overall importance of privacy in our world today. That's an entirely different conversation, one where I would put money that our opinions would align on.
But in this context I'm asking what the appeal of Proton is considering that Proton's advertised privacy doesn't actually make anything significantly more private or useful for the average person. The two things people are generally most concerned about privacy wise is data brokers and governments, which are two aspects Proton and people who advocate for Proton bring up as selling points, which is where the focus on those two came in.
I speak about functionality because Proton is a product that I would be paying for, and as such I expect to be able to compare how Proton helps me functionally over alternatives. Not just so I can have brownie points that I'm using a "private" email.
In general I am privacy conscious, I use uBlock origin, NoScript, Facebook Container, Trackmenot, and practice privacy focused habits, I use a VPN, etc. I want to move away from Gmail for exactly that reason. However I am smelling a lot of snake oil coming from Proton's marketing and advertised features, as most seem to be about "Aesthetic privacy".
And I guess that's the crux of the purpose of this post, and my opinion for that matter, that I think you're missing, is that I'm all for ACTUAL privacy when it's actually protecting users, but Proton seems like "Performative Privacy" or "Aesthetic Privacy". Where sure, it's more private than gmail, but for everything where you really want your privacy to matter in a way that could tangibly affect your life, it's sort of useless.
For instance, the appeal for using Proton to me would be if they operated like logless VPNs, if they just kept zero data to give to any governments upon asking, that ENTIRE email accounts from the ground up were encrypted, including metadata stored in that account, so they couldn't get any information to connect a real person to an email even if they wanted to. THAT would make me take them seriously when they try to sell me privacy.
To be metaphorical, I feel it's kind of like someone trying to sell me invisible ink to write letters by telling me it'll be more private than normal ink. Like sure I'm sure it's more private than normal ink in the mail, but I can't write the return address and recipient address with invisible ink. So it's still not entirely private, and what exactly am I protecting to justify writing every letter with invisible ink other than upholding the general concept of privacy?
Also, please don't mistake me arguing against Proton as me arguing FOR gmail. Haha I'm here because I'm looking for a gmail alternative. I'm not even trying to argue against proton, things just aren't jiving between my understanding of privacy and Proton's advertised "privacy".
Currently though I think there are better ways to be private than Proton and some people have offered some really good suggestions I'm looking into.
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentHaha Don't get me wrong, I understand how important privacy is especially online. That's a fight I'm currently very passionate about, so don't take this as me saying privacy doesn't matter. It's...Haha Don't get me wrong, I understand how important privacy is especially online. That's a fight I'm currently very passionate about, so don't take this as me saying privacy doesn't matter.
It's one thing to offer up personal or private details in public online spaces, but it's another thing entirely when talking about encrypting the body of an email and how tangibly useful that is to the everyday person outside of the peace of mind and personal satisfaction of it being private.
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentInteresting!Interesting!
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentBut see, I already do that by adding a '+' to my gmail addresses I use to sign up for things, like this for example: "example+tildesnet@gmail.com" It's probably impossible to get rid of...But see, I already do that by adding a '+' to my gmail addresses I use to sign up for things, like this for example: "example+tildesnet@gmail.com"
It's probably impossible to get rid of everything, but most data brokers have avenues for requesting removal, but the problem is they'll just harvest your data again or collect it again from another data broker who still has the information you requested.
As I said, I've been looking into
InsigniIncogni and other similar services that automate the removal requests and track the progress of them, then continues to monitor and send removal requests if your data pops back up. Might not be perfect, but it would probably reduce a very large amount of one's data being out there.Edit: I've been saying Insigni, but I really meant Incogni. haha
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentI guess my outlook on privacy is that it's something I'd prefer and seek out but it's not a compulsion. I had a roommate who absolutely REFUSED to tell me where he got his COVID vaccine when we...I guess my outlook on privacy is that it's something I'd prefer and seek out but it's not a compulsion.
I had a roommate who absolutely REFUSED to tell me where he got his COVID vaccine when we were living together in 2020, and I didn't even want to know that badly I was more trying to see if I could go to the same place so I'd know what to look for. He did a lot of things like that, I'd ask him what he did that day and he'd be incredibly vague about details, like won't tell me what grocery store he went to, just that he went shopping. Half the time I didn't even care that much, just was curious. When pressed he said he just valued his privacy.
That's something I just didn't and still don't understand, privacy for the sake of privacy. It's fine, no judgement, everyone has a right to privacy and I'm not arguing against that, the kind of compulsion he had to be private is just not something I personally understand.
I DO understand privacy to be in control of the access to personal information, and if you're handling confidential information or doing anything illegal, privacy in that regard serves an actual functional purpose. Like I wouldn't want an email service that just puts my information out on the open internet either.
So I DO see the appeal of something like Proton to someone like my old roommate. But if you're not just private for the sake of being private AND not doing anything clandestine, I don't see the huge benefit.
I hope that makes sense.
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentHonestly I really like the idea of mailbox.org, and they do have encryption as well. I already have my own domain, so I might actually look into that. But it also begs the question of what make...Honestly I really like the idea of mailbox.org, and they do have encryption as well. I already have my own domain, so I might actually look into that. But it also begs the question of what make Proton different than doing what you're doing?
I guess I'm just struggling to see the appeal of Proton.
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Yeah I do like the idea of privacy even without sensitive information, but at the end of the day that doesn't give me any peace of mind since I'm not doing or discussing anything illegal anyways.
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Yeah I remember reading that, and the thing is Proton allows you to pay with cash by mailing cash to them with your account details. Which is great, but again doesn't address the other ways you can find identity if that's something you're worried about.
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So I already use '+' symbol with my gmail when I sign up for things for that exact reason, that and data leaks.
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So yeah all of those accounts just by existing as something I signed up for, are already linked to my old email or information.
And I do plan on using a service like Insigni soon, one that sends data removal letters to data brokers, but then I have to ask myself, if I use aliases in the future, will I not be able to easily request data to be removed that are tied to those aliases? Have I just made it even harder to remove my information?
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Comment on Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentAs I said, it's less that I'm concerned with privacy, and more that their marketing points don't make sense outside of what I'm calling "Aesthetic privacy" which is things like encryption, which...As I said, it's less that I'm concerned with privacy, and more that their marketing points don't make sense outside of what I'm calling "Aesthetic privacy" which is things like encryption, which if you're not doing anything illegal or working with a lot of high-level confidential information over email, then it's more of an aesthetic "peace of mind" feature than it is a functional and useful feature for the average person.
Which I get it if that's your thing, I appreciate that kind of thing too, but it's not going to drastically change my day-to-day life or make me feel safer or more comfortable with Proton over Gmail over instances where encryption would matter.
Like if the US government subpoena'd my non-encrypted Gmail tomorrow, I wouldn't be worried because there's nothing in there that would get me in trouble. And if there were I'd be more concerned with the sender/reciever/timestamps than I would the body content.
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Thinking of getting Proton and using it as my day-to-day email, but I have concerns
So I kind of want to get out of the Gmail ecosystem, and have been eyeing Proton as a good replacement, but I can't help but to think that nearly all of Proton's selling points and marketing...
So I kind of want to get out of the Gmail ecosystem, and have been eyeing Proton as a good replacement, but I can't help but to think that nearly all of Proton's selling points and marketing points are all smoke and mirrors.
And I don't know, maybe I'm looking at this entirely the wrong way, I am just really struggling to see the appeal of Proton.
First, I'll start with my "threat model".
In general I want to be more anonymous online and slip under the radar better.
I'm not planning on doing anything clandestine, but with the direction the US is going, I'd rather not be an easy target if I want to be active in activism spaces if you catch my drift.
And I'm also interested in staying off of databrokers radars, or obfuscate myself to prevent coherent tracking.
With that being said, it seems that even with a proton email if someone wanted to find my identity they could, data brokers or governments alike, even if I pay for my subscription with cash.
And not that I'm really worried about that, but to me that negates like the entirety of Proton's marketing gimmick.
And I'm failing to see what functional benefit Proton has when it comes to privacy outside of just being "aesthetically private".
Here are some of my concerns, please feel free to correct me if I'm completely offbase with any of the logic below, but this is just my initial thoughts, and I'd love to hear some feedback and/or be corrected or provided more context.
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Why does the encryption of the message body matter if the envelope and address are is still exposed? If a government or data broker can get the sender/receiver info, timestamps, and my IP, they have a map of my life. Isn't the "private content" just a distraction from the real leak? Like other than not having my emails used to train AI or data being sold to data brokers, I can't find a functional improvement or benefit to my daily life to use Proton outside of thinking "Yeah, fuck The Man" every time I log in. Like I am more worried about governments and data brokers knowing who I'm sending/receiving things from than I am about the content of those messages being exposed since I'm not going to be monologuing evil plans over email, and I really don't care if the databroker tracking me knows that I bought a case of liquid death root beer 4 times in one month since they get that information from Amazon or whatever website anyways.
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Everyone talks about "Swiss protection," but isn't that just a speed bump? If the U.S. government goes to Switzerland with an MLAT request, Proton has to comply. And even if I've payed with cash, they can still be compelled to log the IP logins and hand over the alias emails and primary mailbox used by that account and the metadata. So if I sign up for something using an alias, they can take that alias and file an MLAT request with Switzerland to get my main email, the metadata for my entire inbox(just not the body content) and the other aliases tied to that account, and then do a search for any services using those emails to find my identity. They could technically use an alias email I've made, send an information request to Switzerland/Proton, get back a list of aliases and email metadata, find that I used an alias to sign up to a pizza delivery service, then subpoena that pizza delivery service for my name, phone number, and address, at that point what's the point? Is the point just to make it harder for them? I'm not planning on doing anything that could get them to want to subpoena my emails ANYWAYS, but what's the point of making it harder for them outside of again, just thinking to myself "haha fuck you" every time I send an email?
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Even if I use an alias, if the site I use the alias on gets tied to my online data/identity, then my privacy is broken, right? Like lets say I want to sign up for a new site called godotshaders.com, I use a proton alias to sign up. This site then collects that data, my IP, my cookie data, browser user agent string data, and that I'm logged into some account with my other non-proton email, etc, that gets tied to my browsing data they're collecting, and suddenly they've linked that alias email to my advertising profile and other browsing. Rinse & repeat. Now all the aliases are tied to me. I don't see how these emails help with online advertising tracking.
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I have tons of accounts I use, my bitwarden login count sits at around 850 logins, but I probably only regularly use a small fraction of those. But if I end up changing my email on a lot of those accounts to the proton email, even a proton alias, all that does for data brokers is potentially tie every one of those new alias emails to me. And at that point there is no difference in my data broker information just that I have 850 different alias emails. But my data is still tied to those accounts. So AGAIN, what's the point of this? Do I need to sign up for everything from scratch in order to maybe have privacy?
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Comment on US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers, citing security concerns in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 Link ParentDo you have a site that doesn't require me to agree to sell my data or subscribe to read the article?Do you have a site that doesn't require me to agree to sell my data or subscribe to read the article?
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Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentI agree with you, but somehow lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have seemingly gotten to the point they don't even care anymore because there's no one to hold them accountable anymore. Like...I agree with you, but somehow lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have seemingly gotten to the point they don't even care anymore because there's no one to hold them accountable anymore.
Like who's going to hold the lawmakers accountable for constitutional violations when the supreme court has currently also gotten to the point they're basically cosplaying upholding the constitution, but are really making judgement calls based on their gut feelings and not actually the constitution, and taking advantage of disruptive bureaucracy when their gut opinions don't align with the constitution?
Even IF the supreme court disagreed and ruled against it, even then who will hold the lawmakers accountable? We have no referees with any power to call foul, that was the biggest lie of society that the government has learned in recent years. It was supposed to be the voters holding their representatives accountable, but now the voters are unreliable because of all the misinformation, propaganda, and the manufactured apathy.
This entire society is built on social contracts that are currently falling apart.
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Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in ~tech
CrypticCuriosity629 (edited )Link ParentIt's a stepping stone. The technical framework doesn't yet exist for these systems to verify this data with a database in real time reliably with anything other than the honor system right now....It's a stepping stone.
The technical framework doesn't yet exist for these systems to verify this data with a database in real time reliably with anything other than the honor system right now.
But this is just the first step while those systems get built, or to justify them to be built. In a couple of years lawmakers will argue exactly what you're saying "But anyone can enter any age. That's not good enough, we need to verify them against a real database!"
In fact, that's exactly what happened in Texas with Pornhub.
It's the boiling the frog analogy, slowly turning up the heat too slow for the majority of people to notice.
Also keep in mind the same EXACT people trying to pass this, and I literally mean like literally the same exact group of lawmakers in California, are also passing 3D printer laws requiring 3D printers to have the ability to report on what's being printed to the DOJ or to detect gun parts. How long until they apply the same logic to computers or e-readers?
Mark my words, within the next 10 years or less, lawmakers will use things like CSAM or crime as justification to force operating systems to detect and report what's on them to the government, both phones and computers.
Yeah, I'm with you there.
I try to keep props as a hobby, I have 2 3D printers and I'm always interested in a prop project, but frankly I'm so burnt out that it's hard finding the energy most of the time.