I don't think consciousness objections will be enough anymore. I'm not sure we will ever see a peaceful exchange of power in this country again. Stochastic terrorism has been on the rise, and I don't see it getting any better.
I Just moved and am still looking for employment, but I live in a red state.
I'm not scared of someone breaking in and taking... stuff. Stuff can be replaced.
I'm scared of political violence. I'm a fucking American. Freedom of Religion is sacrosanct to me. I'm just not Christian. Neither is my wife, and she has a bigger mouth than me.
One of my first purchases when I'm working again (its been a week, I'm not resting on my laurels) will be a firearm for home defense - Ostensibly, to fend off any dipshit neighbors.
I don't disagree. My last job was using winget to update some things. I raised the concept of trusting otherwise unknown updates, but I was pushed aside for the quick utility.
I'm only a student of cybersecurity, but I harshly judge my former "security expert" on far more than that.
Like fuck, the help desk has to install every patch, to every machine, through a spreadsheet?
No, deploy that shit from a server. Fuck.
In a way, I'm glad I left. In another way, I would really like a pay check again... and I moved to a well, tech illiterate state. Fuck me.