Everything is broken

TL;DR: It's not just that all software is badly written and fill of holes and the agencies are dedicated to the job of cracking open all the exploits, but that there are few secure options for activists in much of the world who are not technical, and can't afford their own machine. The answer must be people not feeling alone, but realising they ahve the power to collect together and act, because the hegemony of the big network companies is a lot weaker than you think.

(AKA: Our hope lies in the Proles)

Quotation: "What’s the best option for people who can’t download new software to their machines? The answer was unanimous: nothing. They have no options. They are better off talking in plaintext I was told, “so they don’t have a false sense of security.” Since they don’t have access to better software, I was told, they shouldn’t do anything that might upset the people watching them. But, I explained, these are the activists, organizers, and journalists around the world dealing with governments and corporations and criminals that do real harm, the people in real danger. Then they should buy themselves computers, I was told.

That was it, that was the answer: be rich enough to buy your own computer, or literally drop dead. "