evacideEvery woman I know who does tech support for survivors of domestic abuse does it because she is a survivor. Every man I know who does this work does it because they've seen someone abused and they were moved to do something about it.
Full points to the survivors who do this because they feel that no one should have to suffer like they suffered. And full points to the (usually) guys bringing that Tim Walz "this is just wrong so I'm going to fight it" energy to this space.
Cykonot@evacide the AirTag was a mistake.
Irenes (many)@cykonot @evacide "mistake" would imply that the VPs who signed off on it hadn't been advised of the dangers, but they absolutely had, though voluminous public discussion. on our background as someone who's held a role in internal corporate oversight, we'd be astonished if nobody inside the company said it, but we can't prove that.
Pete@ireneista @cykonot @evacide
Agreed, and I hate that it's been so successful. We've never needed a privacy law so badly in this country and it just seems to get worse.
Agreed, and I hate that it's been so successful. We've never needed a privacy law so badly in this country and it just seems to get worse.
@forpeterssake @cykonot @evacide there was a panel at PEPR a couple months ago where a couple people who've been involved in the legislative side of things in the US expressed the opinion that real federal privacy laws just can't happen there due to the influence of lobbyists
@forpeterssake @cykonot @evacide it was deeply distressing to us because that was our own conclusion, but we wanted to be wrong
@forpeterssake @cykonot @evacide so that leaves us continuing to pursue state law as best we can, more or less. and focusing on other countries.
Michael Darweesh ☑️@evacide I am almost certainly qualified to do tech support. Is there a good way to get involved?
@mdarweesh I recommend starting with some reading about intimate partner abuse and trauma, starting with "Why Does He Do That?" by Lundy Bancroft (with the caveat that boy is it gendered and heteronormative) and "Helping Her Get Free" by Susan Brewster (many of the same caveats apply).
Thomas Depierre@mdarweesh @evacide I would add, make sure that you have your own support network. Especially if you are in tech. Seeing how the tech we produce is used (and abused) will have impact on you. Doing that work will have impact on you.
I am not telling you to not do it, the contrary, we need more people doing it. What I am saying is that you are not going to be ready for the impact it will have on you, even if you think so.
Worth it, but keep in mind to prepare for that too.
TeflonTrout 
he/him@evacide I have one of those neat little hidden camera detection tools. I loaned it to a coworker who was going through some...domestic issues. After using our phones to teach her how to use it, she went home and found 3x goddamn cameras in her own home.
Police were brought in, and she told me I'd helped a ton with her situation.
Cost me a half hour spent having fun with a neat gadget.
Sharing time and knowledge works
Edit: gadget in question
Jessi@evacide wait is this a thing you can volunteer for?
standev@evacide do you have tips for organizations or anything I can do to get involved? I can probably spare time more than money right now.
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann@evacide NB: Not here to argue and not doing this full time, only when called upon.
I do it because it's the ethical choice.
@evacide but come to think of it, AuDHD helping everyone anyway to overcompensate my personal trauma, so.. *shrug*
ch4m30@evacide As a male, I keep trying to think how to offer my services for free to DV victims without it looking like a marketing ploy, for this reason. DV is the worst thing.