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  1. At some point, we stopped being people.

    We became temporarily authenticated user sessions.

    We need passwords to access our lives, verification codes to prove we're alive, selfies to prove we're ourselves, and receipts to prove we bought the things we already own.

    And somehow, we call this *convenient*.

    A new RABAGAS essay about passwords, receipts, digital identity and the quiet administrative violence of being a modern human.

    (rabagas.ghost.io/modern-humans)

    #Rabagasmagazine #DigitalLife #ModernLife #Technology #Humanity

  2. Today I remembered that #SMS and #MMS still exist. If it weren't for a push notification, I would've never noticed that two of my clients are trying to reach me via text. Since #Telegram and #WhatsApp got blocked in our country, many people fled to other platforms — sometimes extremely weird ones.

    If before I only had to check two apps, now... **brace yourselves**:
    • VK

    • Telegram

    • WhatsApp

    • Max

    • Email

    • #Matrix

    • #Fediverse

    • SMS

    • #WeChat (yes, I actually have it!)

      Multiply all of this by the fact that besides my work accounts I also have personal ones. Everyone is scattered everywhere and it is extremely inconvenient. I'm trying to get all my friends and family onto the #ActivityPub + Matrix combo, but let's be honest, nobody outside our little bubble needs this Fediverse.

    #Decentralization #OpenSource #DigitalLife #Communication #Privacy #Messengers #PushNotification