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1. drak (drak@sn.1w6.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2017 22:08:31 CEST drak
   https://www.socialcooling.com/ ← how surveillance changes society. "a society where self-censorship and risk-aversion are the new normal"
   • drak (drak@sn.1w6.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2017 22:25:43 CEST drak

     • awg
     It changed with the bigger cities: People could free themselves from the shackles of their immediate group and find others to interact with.
   • drak (drak@sn.1w6.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2017 22:58:38 CEST drak

     • awg
     also changed is that you have almost no spaces left where you can be sure not to be watched: No space where you can speak confidentially
   • drak (drak@sn.1w6.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2017 00:03:37 CEST drak

     • awg
     The difference in a city is that you can much more easily leave your previous group behind. Find likeminded people — like the web of the 90s
   • drak (drak@sn.1w6.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2017 00:12:20 CEST drak

     • awg
     You’re right that it wasn’t perfect, but the anonymity in the crowd provided pretty good privacy in practice in cities. I could meet with friends in a public place without ever seeing anyone from school. This is very different in a village — and currently becomes different online