Each time our institutions decide to weaken our fundamental rights to benefit corporate interests,

We get closer to a world where the people have completely lost trust in these institutions and the system collapses entirely.

In the end, this will not benefit anyone, not even greedy corporations.

Fundamental rights aren't some pesky principles to get rid of in order to make profits, they are critical to a functioning society.

Less code less problems,
Just sayin

Me today,
with my HTML&CSS-only
websites:

:blobcatsip:

Targeted advertising shouldn't exist.

It is the source of ill on the internet.

What are your recommendations for:

A RSS reader application that is good-looking, privacy-respectful, and that allows collaboration between multiple users? 📰👀

[preferably open-source]

What are your recommendations for:

• A fiction book or book series that is:
  • lighthearted,
  • wholesome,
  • and isn't The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy nor The Murderbot Diaries series.

📖👀

Controversial take:

The privacy practices in Star Trek are absolutely horrible, and Star Wars actually shows much better privacy practices.

🖖 :rebel:

A Mandalorian Clan following their creed but instead of requiring that no living things see their faces, showing their faces to living things directly is fine, but the creed requires that no artificial vision systems record their faces or collect their face prints.

Who's in? :rebel:

Privacy needs to be the default,
Even for people who don't think they need it,
And even for people who don't care about it.

Privacy is a human right.

Which is your favourite Linux phone,
and why do you like it? :neodog_glasses_phone:

Boost boost boost, Fedizens!
We need more boosts! :ablobcatbongokeyboard:

I hate that I can recycle my posts about Chat Control every 6 months and they are still relevant.

Please don't give up, and keep fighting against authoritarian policies destroying our privacy rights ✊

We have a responsibility to fight for a better future for all, not only for ourselves but also for the next generations 💚🔒

The problem isn't necessarily solving problems, the problem is agreeing on what is actually a problem that needs solving.

When the AI tech billionaires tell you they want to create a god-like machine that solves all problems, keep in mind they mean their problems, not yours.

And those are likely two very different things.

AI isn't going to kill us all. But the people in power who trust its content as facts might.

The problem with the new Apple Watch features isn't just about the technology, it's about the erosion of trust in our society.

Even if you don't activate those features on your Apple Watch, even if you wear an older model, and even if you wear a completely different brand of smart watches, people might think you are recording them now.

For the same reason I had to carefully choose my new glasses model to make sure they cannot be confused with Meta's Ray-Ban spy glasses, people will now look at your wrists suspiciously.

These technologies that record everything around without consent dissolve the base of trust we had for each other.

All of our words scrutinize, at all time, in every context.

This silences us over time.
This makes us feel unsafe.

The problem goes well beyond technology itself, and well beyond a technical fix, it has become a cultural problem. One that we need to fix urgently.

For anyone tempted to use the newly announced Apple Watch features, despite all the ethical, legal, privacy, and security concerns,

Please remember that Apple specifies (in very small print):

"Siri Recap summaries and Live Rewind text snippets are generated using Apple Intelligence and may be incomplete or inaccurate.

Important details may be omitted, misunderstood, or summarized incorrectly.

When accuracy matters, confirm important information with the people involved or another reliable source.

Siri Recap is designed to limit certain potentially sensitive content, such as financial information, government-assigned identifiers, and more, but automated filtering may not remove all sensitive information."