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by kkfx 1508 days ago
Most users do not understand what software is for themselves: most do not even understand the difference between local and remote, proprietary or FLOSS, perceiving just the UI, locally seen, as a thing in their hands...

The sole possible positive engagement is in a community, so FLOSS, mandatory by law, a PUBLIC academia who led research so most new ideas come from public money, for public interests and the private sector just pick what it want but do not led the development toward dangerous situations. Something that can't happen with enough Citizens comprehension of the issue and it's meaning for our society.

In a near future entrapment can mean you are locked out of "your" car due to a private third party service issue, you pacemaker can cease to function from a remote order or you cant be identified because some private-owned "public" ID service does not work properly, ... you? ... Oh, yeah, us, all.