This shit should be strictly opt-in. As much as I hate overbearing governments, they should’ve stepped in and made it illegal to use already collected data for a new purpose without first obtaining permission. What about people who lost access to their accounts or who’ve died or something?

As much as I’d enjoy getting to work with more Macs I don’t think workplaces will deploy them at scale for the cost alone

What’s the alternative? Linux on phones is basically dead besides a few hobby projects that will never have enough of a following to be a serious contender to the duopoly

It’s a sign of rot in our culture. People feel entitled to know everything about others around them. It’s the same mindset whether it’s trawling through security camera footage or stalking someone on social media or irl. Technology has accelerated the trend and reinvented voyeurism as a mainstream hobby

At this rate we might finally see the year of the Linux desktop. I don’t know anyone who likes Windows 11 it’s been bad enough to convert even die-hard Windows fans to Linux

In what sense?

Real estate in general is a nightmare for privacy, especially for renters. You need to give a wealth of personal info about yourself and any references and it all gets sold, no data breaches needed! And your only opt out is don’t rent anywhere. And if you do anything to upset your landlord they’ll kick you out and add you to the blacklist so no other estate agent will consider you

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Whether it’s companies, gov or cops they’ll spin any lie to get what they want

Shoot the cameras down

They’ll never stop trying until it gets passed

I was talking to a friend the other day and she mentioned she’d searched for a product online and then started getting ads for it, and asked how often it’d happened to me. She was very surprised when I said never and I explained that I’d been using an ad blocker for the last 15 years. And by the end of our conversation I’d walked her through setting it up on her devices and now she’s one step closer to regaining her privacy

I often find people really aren’t happy with their privacy being undermined but they don’t realise there are things they can do about it. They’ll say things like “well it’s happening to everyone else too” as a coping mechanism but it’s not something they want. More education is critical