Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@arrrg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arrrg</span></a></span> I tend to disagee...</p><p>Shure you <em>can</em> make the argument towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> that <em>they don't know better</em>, but it's our failure as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiterates</span></a> to not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/preach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preach</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/demand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demand</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RepairableTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepairableTech</span></a>, but oftentimes people don't follow up their demands with actual purchase decisions.</p><ul><li>OFC if one only has like $100 and they can only get an unrepairable & barely working shitPhone 4 SE from 2016 that's not to blame them, because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseLonger</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReUse</span></a> is better than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recycle</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BuyANewOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyANewOne</span></a>... </li></ul><p>In <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> do have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/choices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choices</span></a> and they can decide to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> and collectively <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/refuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refuse</span></a> to buy or use garbage.</p><ul><li>The fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> is not being flooded with lawsuits for literally including <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoors</span></a> <a href="https://github.com/kkarhan/windows-ca-backdoor-fix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in their</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAPI</span></a> - [not to mention their latest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> named <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recall</span></a> in their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malware</span></a>-OS called <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> ] is inexcuseable leniency at best.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue</span></a> applies to <em>everything</em> and this we need to demand and force change by all means necessary to do so.</p><ul><li>And that starts with choosing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RepairableDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepairableDesign</span></a> because every sold <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> and every sold <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrameworkLaptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrameworkLaptop</span></a> is a signal that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a> want <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a>! </li></ul><p>OFC please do go ahead and choose <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnauthorizedRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnauthorizedRepair</span></a> to keep your gear up and running as long as feasible anyway - just like I'll not toss out my still working <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X230Tablet</span></a> for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Framework13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Framework13</span></a> unless I literally have no other choice...</p>