evacideJul 13, 2023
I'm just a girl, standing in front of the entire infosec community, asking them to give practical, simple digital security/privacy advice to people seeking abortions instead of describing outlandish Jason Bourne scenarios.
Show thread★ Amy Star ★

@evacide I once tried to get involved in an "Infosec for Kids" initiative but I was drummed out when I suggested that we need to prepare resources and solutions for kids who have abusive parents (even just basic opsec stuff like keeping things compartmentalized), because we could not, and I quote, "treat parents as adversarial".

anyway, that was six years ago. I hope they feel utterly stupid and smooth-brained after everything that's happened culturally, but probably not.

Jul 14, 2023 at 1:02amWeb
Show threadSkyler Jul 14, 2023
@AmyZenunim @evacide that's awful, it is important that kids with abusive parents know how to stay safer

but in practice i don't know if there is a good way to do it, because most parents would get really upset at the idea of anyone encouraging their kids to hide things from them and i wouldn't be surprised if it led to "grooming" allegations and stuff like that

i think maybe ideally there would just be stuff about it online and in books where kids would find it and it was mostly about basic opsec but also included info on the fact that some parents are abusive and its okay to try to avoid being unfairly punished, and info about the type of spyware available to parents and how to avoid getting in trouble from that
Show thread★ Amy Star ★Jul 14, 2023
@alienskyler @evacide the fear that you might be accused of "grooming" holds no weight for me. people are getting accused of "grooming" by simply saying the term "LGBT" out loud. let them say what they want.
Show thread🐙🐙Jul 14, 2023
@AmyZenunim sounds like you wete supposed to make them perfect little worker bees for three letter government agencies not actually give then agency.
Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Jul 14, 2023
@AmyZenunim @evacide Did you ever find anything even beginning this? I tried to look and ask for advice like nine years ago, for a friend who needed it at the time, but got similarly stonewalled. I've carried the "I still have seen no answers to this" feeling with me, for the sake of the next person I see asking, and keep looking where I can.