Goodbye [System32 Comics]
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    Scolding7300
    6h ago 100%

    Traffic could also help other types of advertising that doesn't include the ads that ublock stops (e.g. sponsorships on yt)

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  • Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’
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    8h ago 100%

    I was making a point that the overall goal is for people to get from point A to point B. There are known solutions for that (trains, busses), investing millions into this just to replace taxis/Uber sounds ridiculous to me. This seems to me just an investment to promote the car centric mentality for solving such problems

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  • Understanding The Debate On Facial Recognition Technology In Policing: Pros, Cons, And Privacy Concerns
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    2d ago 100%

    Interesting read. There are countries with low crime rates before this technology came to light, facial recognition doesn't seem to be the right answer for law enforcement. I wish they'd delve in more on the privacy concerns or scenarios that might outweigh the benefits

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  • Proton has been uploading short 1.5 minute videos on their channel, and I feel like they lack substance and don't go over any of the topics meaningfully. Do you see this format resonating with the public? Should they be making more in-depth videos? I'm guessing the demographic that follows Naomi Brockwell TV, for example, doesn't intersect much with the ones that might watch those shorts

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    "you are less valuable than the data you produce"
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    Scolding7300
    7d ago 100%

    I think that today the prevention takes some effort and time to learn. In my personal experience people are mostly oblivious/shrug off the data mining, not thinking about the consequences ("what can they possibly do with this data?").

    I'd argue awareness is a big factor still

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  • "you are less valuable than the data you produce"
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    Scolding7300
    7d ago 100%

    Games can help people talk about issues, bridging the communication barrier to some topics. Can't believe they managed to explain the issue in 2 mins lol.

    I thought it was a flop, but the reviews are positive

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  • Tesla’s value drops $60bn after investors fail to hail self-driving ‘Cybercab’
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    Scolding7300
    7d ago 100%

    And even then the amount of energy wasted on traveling empty from drop offs to pickups would probably be collossal. Not to speak of the infrastructure we don't have to keep these charged

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sfIBRTcRpU

    It obviously protects against sharing data with e.g. your employer, but if a health provider chooses to make your data shareable, there are 2.2M authorized entities that can potentially access the data (identifiable health data). Excerpt of the video description: Most people think that HIPAA means that their medical records are kept private. But what if I told you that HIPAA doesn’t protect your privacy at all? This is our first video in a series about medical privacy, specifically looking at legislation that stripped individuals of the right to consent to medical data sharing. We focus on what HIPAA actually is, how it came to allow our data to be shared without us even knowing, how we’ve been tricked into thinking we have privacy, and steps we can take to reclaim control of our medical data. 00:00 The State of Medical Privacy is a Mess 02:29 What is HIPAA 07:39 How Your Data is Shared 12:10 The Illusion of Privacy 14:48 What Can We Do 22:16 We Deserve Medical Privacy We deserve privacy in our medical system. Our health information is sensitive, and we should be allowed to protect it. Even while we fight for better medical privacy, please always prioritize your health. Special Thanks to: Twila Brase, Rob Frommer, and Keith Smith for chatting to us! List of doctors who have opted out of the surveillance system: https://jointhewedge.com/ Twila's website: https://www.cchfreedom.org/patient-toolbox/ Do you want to fight the system and lead a suit against medical data collection? Contact the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/ Keith Smith's Surgery Center: https://surgerycenterok.com/ Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee Rennie, Cube Boy, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell Edit: changed the title to something that isn't misleading

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    I keep getting notified that I should upgrade my newpipe apk to a newer version through a url. F-Droid only has up to v0.25.2 but the latest is v0.26.1. It's been like that for >1w (the discrepancy), is this usual for F-Droid repos? Or something with my installation is wrong?

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    Lyft disabled scheduling rides through ride.lyft.com, I used that quite a bit but now in forced go use the app. The problem however, is that their app just doesn't work. It launches, says the Google API is necessary and then continues to close. Does anyone know of an app that use their API that doesn't shut itself down without installing Google SDK?

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    > Advertising Partners. We may also share personal information with third parties who we partner with for advertising campaigns or that collect information about your activity on the Services for the purposes described in the "Interest-Based Advertising" section above. It's a paid service, wtf is this BS Their final reply: > I wanted to reach out as a followup to your earlier request. I spoke with some members of our product team, and it would actually appear as though we don't currently support users opting out of that particular clause in our terms of service. I also wanted to let you know that we don’t currently share user info with third parties for advertising, and as far as I can tell, we have no roadmapped plans for doing so in the future.

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    I saw an article awhile ago that the police just straight up bought ad-network data about someone they were prosecuting without needing a warrant. Is there anyway to know what info ad networks have on me out there? I know there are databrokers you can query to see what they have kn you, but those are all public records from I could find so far

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    Do people automatically consent to the death voixe chat?

    I noticed quite a bit of people not knowing you can opt out of the dead voice chat recording (where it transmits your mic audio when you die for a couple of seconds). When I installed the game there was a prompt that asked for an opt-in, that was pretty short to read. Do you think people automatically click "I consent" or is the prompt not very clear?

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    A lot of privacy guides suggest avoiding Telegram. I understand that in its default mode there's no E2EE (and no E2EE for groups at all). If people I know don't wanttko use Signal, isn't Telegram the lesser evil given it's nicer privacy policy (than other popular ones)? Say I use the FOSS version of it.

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