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I want to share my photos of our trip with you, but I don't want you to upload them to Google, or apple, or amazon, or meta, or any social media.
If it's a pic of you, fine, do whatever you want. But please don't take my whole album and store it in your google photos.
To secure your stuff. Hacking and social engineering are both easier than you think and identity theft is devastating. I know most people here already know that, but having worked in tech support, it's unbelievably common to skip even the basics, not to mention my grandparents who think I'm just paranoid.
Even if you are paranoid it can happen to you
Sadly, paying attention isnβt always enoughβ¦
I ditched my smartphone over 5 years ago, and will NEVER go back. In fact, I don't have a phone of any kind. They are surveillance/psyop devices, and they are turning people into biological robots. The scifi show Dollhouse is basically where this is all heading.
You are my kind of people. I will check that show.
Dating apps are inherently dehumanizing
They're also profit-incentivized to keep people single and on their platform for as long as possible.
Using AI is amoral and I will never use it. As a programmer, every day it feels like I'm increasingly the minority.
You cannot use an unethical mimicry tool in an ethical way. You are asking a theft engine to create for you based on others work.
What if you use it to hack the pentagon, end the war, and put out coordinated social media campaigns to enable people younger than 60 to be elected into in congress?
don't give up. you are not alone. patience is key and the time where deep understanding of technology will become essential again
I will not install your shitty app
The worst are the sites that just redirect you to the play/app store when visiting on mobile.
I'm surely NOT installing your fucking app after you give me a bad experience (by not showing me the content I've received a link to) while I'm a "guest visitor" to your site.
If someone is trying to sell me on a cafe or restaurant by saying, 'Yeah, it's kind of expensive, but there are great deals on the app...' it's no dice from me.
So real.
If I hear "I'm sure meta is a good company that will treat your data respectfully." one more time!
Taking a car for a 3km distance is unconscionable when walking or cycling are valid options.
Driving less than the speed limit will not kill you.