Finally read this CIA’s remorse article:
Luciana, your cabinent of Afghanistan child rapists haven’t ceased operations. They are just openly, brazenly, raping American children too.What are you going to sabotage today?
If you want to undercut that billionaires, dial back the data stream. Linux. Possibly GrapheneOS or at least a faraday bag while out and about. And above all stop subscribing to OpenAI.
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There definitely is an argument here that most modern workplaces are truly dystopian panopticons where some of the methods laid out won’t work nearly as well as they once did. And yes, some methods resulting in any amount of damage to equipment could very plausibly result in prosecution. But none of it is impossible and many methods will still work, at least with some cooperation.
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where are you working that your computer isn’t overloaded with snitchware?
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Could be a US vs Europe thing, maybe a specific to Finland or the Scandinavia thing, but I generally doubt it and think you’re naïve to the experience of most people’s jobs. Britain is quite famously even more omni-surveilled than the US.
I work management in retail, cameras are literally everywhere (and being at least occasionally watched) that there could ever be a legal liability in any form (e.g. a worker or customer doing absolutely anything whatsoever), which is basically everywhere. Manufacturing is the same, cameras are everywhere. On paper it’s mainly for the liability reasons but surveillance is a nice bonus (or the real reason).
My mom worked in corporate telecommunications until last year when she retired, and her job frequently involved discussions about how the networks her company was installing enabled closer employee surveillance. Her stories from work are part of why I care to comment about this, it’s almost laughable to me to see someone thinking this isn’t common. It’s standard. It’s everywhere. The world became a panopticon a decade ago and you’re running late to the realization.
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aint no way you’re this dense. Just because your country isn’t surveillancing the planet, doesn’t meant the big 14 haven’t.
Seconding Quill here, if you haven’t been living this your entire working career you’re one of vanishingly few lucky exceptions to the rule. Yes, the factual reality is that most workplaces at medium size or larger employers are in fact actual panopticons. There are exceptions, there always are. But that’s the reality on the ground in 2025.
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First time I’ve ever seen someone finnish-centric dissonance themselves in threadiverse.
Who was it then you were focusing on your cited🧵?
I was there in that thread too, making fun of [complying] liberals.
What as a Finnish person are you capable of directly sabotaging?
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Is this a self own?
You know I am Japanese, right?
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You are serious‽ That you’re wrong! More countries that are not yours HAVE panoptics, and you are denying this truth! Not everyone is from Finland, and actually have state enforced employee rights.
Yet mines, and the US does. Get with the program, Finland isn’t the center of the world, China is!
Literally all you have to do in most situations is exactly what your manager says without correcting them constantly. The level of incompetence in Industry is so overwhelming and pervasive because business creeps, who don’t know what work is like, have taken over everything.
“Move faster.” Sure thing, I can significantly reduce quality.
“Write more code.” Sure thing, I can generate more lines of incomprehensible garbage.
“Use more AI” Rad, will do. I’ll use on the most critical areas I can. I’ll use it 100% of the time. Whatever you want boss.
Most managers are idiots who can’t even discern what quality looks like.
I had that same conversation a few weeks ago. The boot licking runs deep.
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lol lmao. Please save China, fellow Daoist Oliver!
Free China from private and public panoptics!
Please, my fellow Uhgyur ئەقىلداش needs this!
Mocking tactic practice #2, per by motherjones wisdom.
Long and generic text without actually making a point, and no actual facts.
I’m not saying it was written by an LLM, but it might as well have been.
a few pundits have also pointed out that several of these tactics are considered standard-operating-procedure by modern middle management (like multiple, long, pointless meetings)
That could be a helpful thing though, since it makes it easier to disguise your deliberate inefficiency among the other inefficiencies.
In those meetings, engage in JAQing off. If nothing is decided on in a meeting because you ask questions, it’s much harder to justify termination.
