Oskar Sharipov
From Kazan, Russia, but left with the Ukraine war. Now he can’t go back.
Left to do the typical SE Asia thing, since he heard that’s what people do.
Here in Malaysia on an often-renewing tourist visa.
Met his girlfriend, who’s from here. They travel together. She is learning Russian.
They also talk about where they might live, or go stay a long time.
Also uses GrapheneOS. We talked tech, programming.
He has so many browser tabs open on his phone that the number shows and infiity sign.
Different definitions of privacy: like privacy *from* who?
Advertisers?
Government?
Which government?
He’s interested in democracy.
Are democracy and free speech are mandatory for a comfortable life?
In Switzerland naturalization, your neighbors vote on whether you should become a citizen.