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1. Zach Leatherman 5 min later

   Thinking about 🔢 Defcon levels of software consent patterns:

   1️⃣ Defcon 1: Opt-in without asking (new default), opt-out not allowed.
   2️⃣ Defcon 2: Opt-in without asking, opt-out allowed via user action
   3️⃣ Defcon 3: Ask for opt-in via prompt with default yes already selected
   4️⃣ Defcon 4: Opt-in via non-default user action (manual installation)
   5️⃣ Defcon 5: Thing not added, requiring no action by anyone 😅

   1. Zach Leatherman 7 min later

      U2’s new album push was Software Consent Defcon 2

   2. Cory Birdsong 5 hr later

      @zachleat there’s space between 1️⃣ and 2️⃣, like if you can opt out but doing so requires some arcane terminal command or some other excessive amount of technical bullshit

      1. Zach Leatherman 2 days later

         @cbirdsong “just turn off filevault to use this mac os utility” OH OK

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