We are talking hipster geeks and not informed geeks, i presume?
The candid naivety of geeks
Submitted 2 weeks ago by nahostdeutschland@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.html
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
who@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You might be surprised how many informed geeks will defend mass surveillance until their last breath, if it’s built with or adjacent to a technology that they feel connected to in some way.
ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When I moved in with my partner her ex had left Amazon devices all over the house. And one of the first things I did was get rid of them all.
My phone and tablet are the only ones I’m willing to take a risk on, and I just have to hope they respects my permission settings. I have to actively press a button before Google Assistant starts listening.
But I have a ton of developer/tech friends that act so unworried about it all, usually Apple users primarily just like the author talks about smh
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Most spam is not “black hat spam”. It is what I call “white-collar spam”: perfectly legitimate company, sending you emails from legitimate address.
Sounds like they’ve never used an email that’s been leaked… I use an old email address for things I know are going to spam me, and the volume of “black hat spam” it recieves is way more than the “white-collar spam”.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ackhshully - it’s “GDPR”
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I get what is said about Apple however, I think there’s proof at the moment that Apple does protect their users privacy. Like when they wouldn’t help the FBI get into that guy’s iPhone. And the recent stuff with UK.
Advance privacy protection seems the real deal. Of course unless you self host everything you always have to trust that the service provider is being honest about not having access or using your data.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I would just call that naivety. Of the (average) consumer.
Not sure why they chose “geek” here, maybe we just have different definitions of that.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Calling Alexa users “geeks” is like calling McDonald’s diners “foodies.” Like, it might be true, but all current evidence to the contrary.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Geek has always just meant an enthusiast or connoisseur of some topic. But anyone who remembers the cultural cachet of “ThinkGeek” et al in the 00s will recall how the term became synonymous with a consumerist obsessing tech gewgaws, and other “brainy kid” toys. Like being a gearhead, but about nothing in particular - just the toys.
Anyway, that association has forever stuck in my head, and probably many others’.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I think they’re using “geek” here to mean “fan,” but I agree that being a geek implies a level of fandom or interest that these “wounded fans” don’t have, or else they’d know more about these corporations they’re stanning.
I think a better word would simply be “fan.”
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
it probably shows their age.
nobody that grew up in the 1980s would use geek the way they are in this blog
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Since like 2000s geek means mindless consumer of tech, pop culture and toys