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How would you write a journal/diary with the adversaries being both the people you live with AND your government? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A paper-only journal would defend against the state, but not against people you live with. A digital journal can be encrypted, but an intelligence agency could potentially gain access (like, them reading your anti-government rants that may involve violence... that sort of stuff).

So... how to defend against both threats?

(Also, I just realized, paper journals cannot really be easily backed up...)

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people just process these things better by forcing themselves to put them into words. Journals, for some people are not written to be read, but to be written.

I was like they in high school. Wrote out my thoughts. Lose-leaf paper in my binder with me other school stuff, so they didn't survive more than a few months. But the writing was the point. No-one was ever going to read them, not even me.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Then simply write it in a text editor without saving it into a file, it'll be lost after closing the program.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you have a keylogger installed.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True, but then you have bigger problems than just the journal.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed, but that was kind of the premise of the discussion, I think.