[hk1337]

> digital totalitarianism

That seems a bit dramatic. I don’t do big corporate IT but I thought a lot of corporate IT shops have the ability with Microsoft to choose what updates are pushed out to computers on their domain. If so, then something like that could have prevented it, presuming they have the ability to allow a single computer or small group to receive the update to confirm it works successfully.

[salawat]

It's not overly dramatic at all. Think about what these IT systems we build are fundamentally designed to do. An ID for everything, an event for every transaction, all of which are becoming more and more integrated under central authorities, whether intentionally or not.

I'm getting to the point where I'm not willing to implement these types of systems for anyone anymore. Not after seeing the breadth of data hoovering and consolidation being pursued.

At some point I just realized the only thing preventing these systems being used in the ways I dread is y'all being decent.

...I'm not willing to cut that check anymore. Seen too much.