The thing that happens is, I create a new unique address for a business I'm dealing with. I put the company's name in the local-part of the email address I give them (that's the part before the "@" symbol in an email address).

And then they contact me demanding to know why (or how) I'm using "their" email. They see their company name or domain name in the local-part of my address and get incensed, thinking it's impossible, or illegal even. It makes no sense; would the greeting card mafia have a case against a big webmail provider if one of their users created the "hallmark@BigWebmailProviderDomain" address?

On more than one occasion, I have picked up the phone to find someone YELLING at me about "hacking their server" because of this.

I spend some time explaining it to them. Half the time, they kinda/sorta get it and calm down. The other half refuse to even stop yelling and think about what I'm telling them.

And this isn't some random one-person business I'm dealing with. Today, it was *my bank* that called me to demand to know why my support request email address had "their email" in it.

You would hope a bank, operating an online banking site, would have staff that have at least a passing familiarly with email and the internet. But nope.

To make it worse, this is actually the second time my bank has gotten upset about it.

3/3

@tankdigital @canadaduane

For a few years I kept wondering how to explain the #hacker approach to #technology - most people don't understand why modify what's already working?

I realized I need to show someone for whom the technology is not working - a person with a #disability , someone who chooses to modify their tools to fit them instead of modifying their own body to fit the tech.

I'm talking about #narrative s like this.

This is the human-centered #solarpunk tech for me.

7/10
#Faschismus kann nur existieren, wenn Menschen nicht #hinterfragen. #Hacker hinterfragen alles. Jede autoritäre Struktur, jede #Lüge, jede Kontrolle. Deswegen hassen #Faschisten kritische Denker und deswegen müssen Hacker antifaschistisch sein.

6/10
Ein Beispiel: Der #CCC enthüllte, wie rechte Netzwerke #Polizei und Geheimdienste unterwandern. Das war kein „Angriff auf den Staat“, sondern Schutz der #Demokratie. #Hacker nutzen Wissen, um #Machtmissbrauch sichtbar zu machen – auch den von #Faschisten.

9/10
Ob digitale Selbstverteidigung, Leaks oder investigative Arbeit – antifaschistischer #Widerstand ist eine logische Konsequenz der #Hackerethik. Freiheit stirbt, wenn niemand sie verteidigt. Und wer, wenn nicht #Hacker, kann das besser?

4/10
„Schadet es Faschisten?“ ist eine gute Frage. Aber die bessere ist: „Schützt es Freiheit und Menschenrechte?“ Wenn die Antwort ja ist, dann ist antifaschistisches #Hacken nicht nur erlaubt, sondern notwendig. Faschismus bedroht alles, wofür #Hacker stehen.