What Is LoTek?
LoTek: An adoption of "lower-technology" which not subject to the higher-extremes of mass surveillance or social influence. Named after the fictional group in the short story and loose film adaptation Johnny Mnemonic; in which the LoTek (short for low-technology) a group of anarchists and rebels who oppose the pervasive, high-tech corporate control in the movie's 2021 setting.
LoTek Focus: - Minimalism - Older Tech - User Control - Cassette Aesthetic - Sometimes A Preference For Analog Over Digital| - Anti-Layering Protocols - Anti-Ads/"Influence"/data collection/analytics/telemetry
Examples of Actual Real World LotTek Adoptions: - Basic Phones Like The Light Phone, The Basic Phone, Punkt, Mudita Pure - Terminal-Based Applications (Text-Based Browsers, Text-Based Chat/IRC, Data-Scrapers, Etc) - Modding Tech, DIY Tech - Blocker Tech, Obfuscation Tech, Privacy Tech - Re-Purposing Of Mid-to-High-Tech For Ironic Uses (To Interfere With Surveillance, Ads, Influence, Etc) Not LoTek (FauxLoTek): - ChromeBooks (Google Is A MegaCorp Spyware Company) - Android (Google Is A MegaCorp Spyware Company) - Ubuntu (Canonical Has A History Of Questionable Spywaresque Choices) - EncryptionCore (Encryption Can Be Good, But It's Not Necessarily The Same Focus; Also Not Necessarily Incompatible)
