izzy | Technically Good ✨
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Hello good morning ✨ In This Edition:
📟 Short-Form Content:
Of eyeballs for "human verification;" yes can I please get a venti oh shoot I didn't prompt it right; and age gating 🤝 Android getting locked down 🤝 anti-3D printing bills.📰 Long-Form Content:
Age Gating isn't It, Fam🌞 Good News!:
Open printers and repairable e-readers; the people are pushing back on slop factories and mandatory ID apps; the EU bans their staff from using AI-generated visuals in official comms; disentangling yourself from "Sign in with Google."📯 The Post-Script:
Do I belong in tech anymore?; Sam Altman and eyeballs; and how our digital devices put our privacy at risk.https://technically-good.ca/newsletter/007-2026-04-26/
#tech #newsletter #TechnicallyGood #ageGating #ageVerification #digitalSovereignty #privacy
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Age gating isn't it.
1. it is a thinly-veiled surveillance information grab
2. it's a digital sovereignty issue
3. online communities can be Good, Actually
4. ... it's probably not going to work
5. age gating means dancing around the real issue of holding Big Tech accountable(also includes tips for how to get in touch with your representatives if you are Canadian and would like to voice your opposition. The time to do that is right now!)
https://technically-good.ca/blog/2026-04-age-gating-isnt-it/
#ageGating #ageVerification #surveillance #privacy #socialMedia
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If you are tasked with manually reviewing a document, and that document turns out to be 100% #GrandTheftAutocomplete created, with zero human touches - how much time do you spend reviewing it?