Mastodawn

If you want to stay anonymous and still participate in society, learning to code is more important than ever given the rise of ID verification

https://lemmy.world/post/44803062

If you want to stay anonymous and still participate in society, learning to code is more important than ever given the rise of ID verification - Lemmy.World

If you value your anonymity, you will not be able to use most popular communication platforms in the coming months. It’s a perfect storm for invasion of privacy in the USA right now. Learning to code allows you to build and use your own tools. Does this make sense?

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Spider

Learning to code isn’t it. Spending so many hours practicing Dijkstra’s algorithm and object oriented programming is relevant to building software for other people to use, not controlling it or maintaining your own things.

If you want control of your own machines, learn the terminal, learn operating systems and how to understand network APIs. Learn how to use WireShark to examine how your own devices talk to the internet so that you understand how they work. A generic programming course will not take you in this direction.