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1041 sats \ 0 replies \ @sethforprivacy OP 22 Nov \ parent \ on: I'm Seth For Privacy, freedom maximalist and VP of Cake Wallet - AMA! AMA
It was a lot of things happening at the same time that led to my falling down the rabbit hole:
- Reading Snowden and Glenn Greenwald's books for the first time
- Seeing "behind the curtain" working in cybersecurity and realizing how easy surveillance was on most people
- Realizing that I was working at a company abusing cybersecurity tech to detect/surveil/imprison a religious minority in China, and finally coming to terms with the fact that even if I didn't directly work on that project, working for the company was contributing to the demise of people's freedom
These things came together within a few months and served as the catalyst to taking the jump and changing my career and off-work priorities, including starting Opt Out.
I've told the story a few times on other pods, but can't think of where exactly ATM. Will drop a link here if I remember one!