#encryptionists — Public Fediverse posts

The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.

If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.

Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.

The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Fediverse

The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.

If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.

Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.

The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Fediverse

The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.

If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.

Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.

The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Fediverse

The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.

If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.

Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.

The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Fediverse

The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.

If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.

Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.

The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.

#OMN #4opens #openweb #Fediverse

The #encryptionists path offers the #geekproblem a feeling of total control: if everything is locked down, nothing can be touched.

But there is another path, progressive society is built through trust - and trust means accepting that you cannot control everything.

The #geekproblem isn't that geeks are socially awkward, that's fine. The problem comes when that socialization gets embedded in code that shapes how everyone else has to live. With power comes responsibility.

So maybe the path out of the #geekproblem is learning to build technology for trust, participation and shared responsibility, rather than ever tighter control.

Less control, more trust.

#NLnet

The #encryptionists path offers the #geekproblem a feeling of total control: if everything is locked down, nothing can be touched.

But there is another path, progressive society is built through trust - and trust means accepting that you cannot control everything.

The #geekproblem isn't that geeks are socially awkward, that's fine. The problem comes when that socialization gets embedded in code that shapes how everyone else has to live. With power comes responsibility.

So maybe the path out of the #geekproblem is learning to build technology for trust, participation and shared responsibility, rather than ever tighter control.

Less control, more trust.

#NLnet

The #encryptionists path offers the #geekproblem a feeling of total control: if everything is locked down, nothing can be touched.

But there is another path, progressive society is built through trust - and trust means accepting that you cannot control everything.

The #geekproblem isn't that geeks are socially awkward, that's fine. The problem comes when that socialization gets embedded in code that shapes how everyone else has to live. With power comes responsibility.

So maybe the path out of the #geekproblem is learning to build technology for trust, participation and shared responsibility, rather than ever tighter control.

Less control, more trust.

#NLnet

The #encryptionists path offers the #geekproblem a feeling of total control: if everything is locked down, nothing can be touched.

But there is another path, progressive society is built through trust - and trust means accepting that you cannot control everything.

The #geekproblem isn't that geeks are socially awkward, that's fine. The problem comes when that socialization gets embedded in code that shapes how everyone else has to live. With power comes responsibility.

So maybe the path out of the #geekproblem is learning to build technology for trust, participation and shared responsibility, rather than ever tighter control.

Less control, more trust.

#NLnet

The #encryptionists path offers the #geekproblem a feeling of total control: if everything is locked down, nothing can be touched.

But there is another path, progressive society is built through trust - and trust means accepting that you cannot control everything.

The #geekproblem isn't that geeks are socially awkward, that's fine. The problem comes when that socialization gets embedded in code that shapes how everyone else has to live. With power comes responsibility.

So maybe the path out of the #geekproblem is learning to build technology for trust, participation and shared responsibility, rather than ever tighter control.

Less control, more trust.

#NLnet