> Saying "switch to a privacy-first fork" is not a long-term solution.
You're 100% right while operating in an environment that is hostile to
privacy. In these conditions security/privacy remains mostly tactical,
not strategic. In fact, against a predominant tyranny it is
insurrectional. Free Software will have to learn to adapt with more
intelligence-sharing and opportunistic manoeuvres.
As an aside though, one might generalise to say there are no long
term solutions in tech, period. And therefore advocates of freedom and
privacy are at no particular disadvantage relative to any opponents.
You're 100% right while operating in an environment that is hostile to privacy. In these conditions security/privacy remains mostly tactical, not strategic. In fact, against a predominant tyranny it is insurrectional. Free Software will have to learn to adapt with more intelligence-sharing and opportunistic manoeuvres.
As an aside though, one might generalise to say there are no long term solutions in tech, period. And therefore advocates of freedom and privacy are at no particular disadvantage relative to any opponents.