#dontbeevil — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dontbeevil, aggregated by home.social.
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The profit imperative means monopoly and then fucking us ever harder is inevitable. I'm all about a bit more socialism but ultimately we need a cultural embrace of sustainable market practices that support families and communities. Just big enough to do the job for your customers and the people who work there. Obviously no billionaires.
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The profit imperative means monopoly and then fucking us ever harder is inevitable. I'm all about a bit more socialism but ultimately we need a cultural embrace of sustainable market practices that support families and communities. Just big enough to do the job for your customers and the people who work there. Obviously no billionaires.
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The profit imperative means monopoly and then fucking us ever harder is inevitable. I'm all about a bit more socialism but ultimately we need a cultural embrace of sustainable market practices that support families and communities. Just big enough to do the job for your customers and the people who work there. Obviously no billionaires.
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'Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users'
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them.
The requirement forces Android users to run Google’s proprietary app framework version 25.41.30 or higher just to prove they’re human.
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'Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users'
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them.
The requirement forces Android users to run Google’s proprietary app framework version 25.41.30 or higher just to prove they’re human.
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'Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users'
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them.
The requirement forces Android users to run Google’s proprietary app framework version 25.41.30 or higher just to prove they’re human.
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Degoogle friendly organizations that I have found to be as useful resources: #FDroid, #GitHub, #Disroot, and #Monocles.
Here are some apps that I have found useful on my degoogled devices:
These are some of the basic apps I use. I do use other apps. This is just a general list of the apps I like that I can share. Everyone has different needs and how they use their device.
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If you haven’t already removed Chrome from your devices, you might want to consider doing so.
“Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”
#Google #Malware #DontBeEvil #LLM
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ -
If you haven’t already removed Chrome from your devices, you might want to consider doing so.
“Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”
#Google #Malware #DontBeEvil #LLM
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ -
If you haven’t already removed Chrome from your devices, you might want to consider doing so.
“Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”
#Google #Malware #DontBeEvil #LLM
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ -
If you haven’t already removed Chrome from your devices, you might want to consider doing so.
“Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”
#Google #Malware #DontBeEvil #LLM
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ -
If you haven’t already removed Chrome from your devices, you might want to consider doing so.
“Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”
#Google #Malware #DontBeEvil #LLM
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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I'm sure I've read that Bill Gates was already looking to put computing behind the walls of Intellectual Property when he was still studying. That'd be the 60s or 70s?
And leaving the decades of bastardisation of domestic and non-corporation-backed PC users by Microsoft out of an account of how the tech world turned evil makes the account unbelievable.
The Microsoft business model was evil.
Google started off with the vision of, "Don't be evil".
The rot set in early.
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I'm sure I've read that Bill Gates was already looking to put computing behind the walls of Intellectual Property when he was still studying. That'd be the 60s or 70s?
And leaving the decades of bastardisation of domestic and non-corporation-backed PC users by Microsoft out of an account of how the tech world turned evil makes the account unbelievable.
The Microsoft business model was evil.
Google started off with the vision of, "Don't be evil".
The rot set in early.
#DontBeEvil -
I'm sure I've read that Bill Gates was already looking to put computing behind the walls of Intellectual Property when he was still studying. That'd be the 60s or 70s?
And leaving the decades of bastardisation of domestic and non-corporation-backed PC users by Microsoft out of an account of how the tech world turned evil makes the account unbelievable.
The Microsoft business model was evil.
Google started off with the vision of, "Don't be evil".
The rot set in early.
#DontBeEvil -
I'm sure I've read that Bill Gates was already looking to put computing behind the walls of Intellectual Property when he was still studying. That'd be the 60s or 70s?
And leaving the decades of bastardisation of domestic and non-corporation-backed PC users by Microsoft out of an account of how the tech world turned evil makes the account unbelievable.
The Microsoft business model was evil.
Google started off with the vision of, "Don't be evil".
The rot set in early.
#DontBeEvil -
I'm sure I've read that Bill Gates was already looking to put computing behind the walls of Intellectual Property when he was still studying. That'd be the 60s or 70s?
And leaving the decades of bastardisation of domestic and non-corporation-backed PC users by Microsoft out of an account of how the tech world turned evil makes the account unbelievable.
The Microsoft business model was evil.
Google started off with the vision of, "Don't be evil".
The rot set in early.
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Man, wtf when did #google start forcing people to have cellphones just to sign into their #youtube account? This is bvllshit! http://youtube.com/@djcomatose
#ScreenshotSaturday #Saturday #Accounts #g00gle #dontbeEVIL #AI #Bots #TechSupport #SilentSunday #garbage #automation #coporateEVIL #billionaires #broken #bullshit #robots #G #cantsignin #verifyitsyou #evil
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Man, wtf when did #google start forcing people to have cellphones just to sign into their #youtube account? This is bvllshit! http://youtube.com/@djcomatose
#ScreenshotSaturday #Saturday #Accounts #g00gle #dontbeEVIL #AI #Bots #TechSupport #SilentSunday #garbage #automation #coporateEVIL #billionaires #broken #bullshit #robots #G #cantsignin #verifyitsyou #evil
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Man, wtf when did #google start forcing people to have cellphones just to sign into their #youtube account? This is bvllshit! http://youtube.com/@djcomatose
#ScreenshotSaturday #Saturday #Accounts #g00gle #dontbeEVIL #AI #Bots #TechSupport #SilentSunday #garbage #automation #coporateEVIL #billionaires #broken #bullshit #robots #G #cantsignin #verifyitsyou #evil
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Man, wtf when did #google start forcing people to have cellphones just to sign into their #youtube account? This is bvllshit! http://youtube.com/@djcomatose
#ScreenshotSaturday #Saturday #Accounts #g00gle #dontbeEVIL #AI #Bots #TechSupport #SilentSunday #garbage #automation #coporateEVIL #billionaires #broken #bullshit #robots #G #cantsignin #verifyitsyou #evil
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Man, wtf when did #google start forcing people to have cellphones just to sign into their #youtube account? This is bvllshit! http://youtube.com/@djcomatose
#ScreenshotSaturday #Saturday #Accounts #g00gle #dontbeEVIL #AI #Bots #TechSupport #SilentSunday #garbage #automation #coporateEVIL #billionaires #broken #bullshit #robots #G #cantsignin #verifyitsyou #evil
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Starting September 2026, #Google will require every #Android #app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. #Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen
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Starting September 2026, #Google will require every #Android #app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. #Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen
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Starting September 2026, #Google will require every #Android #app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. #Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen
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Starting September 2026, #Google will require every #Android #app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. #Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen
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Starting September 2026, #Google will require every #Android #app developer to register centrally, provide government ID, and submit signing keys. #Apps from unregistered developers will be blocked on all certified devices worldwide. This threatens F-Droid, open-source distribution, and user autonomy. @keepandroidopen
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"Lots of us technologists are Tron-pilled. Back in the early days, when it wasn't clear that there was ever going to be any money in this internet thing, being Tron-pilled was pretty much the only reason to get involved with it. Sure, there were a few monsters who fell into the early internet because it offered them a chance to torment strangers at a distance, but they were vastly outnumbered by the legion of Tron-pilled nerds who wanted to make the internet better because we wanted all our normie friends to have the same kind of good time we were having.
The point of this is that there were lots of people back then who had the capacity to imagine the kind of gross stuff that Zuckerberg, Musk, and innumerable other scammers, hustlers and creeps got up to on the web. The thing that distinguished these monsters wasn't their genius – it was their callousness. When we brainstormed ways to break the internet, we felt scared and were inspired to try to save it. When they brainstormed ways to break the internet, they created pitch-decks.
And still: the old web was good in so many ways for so long. The Tron-pilled amongst us held the line. When we build a new, good, post-American internet, we're going to need a multitude of Tron-pilled technologists, old and young, who build, maintain – and, above all, defend it."
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"Lots of us technologists are Tron-pilled. Back in the early days, when it wasn't clear that there was ever going to be any money in this internet thing, being Tron-pilled was pretty much the only reason to get involved with it. Sure, there were a few monsters who fell into the early internet because it offered them a chance to torment strangers at a distance, but they were vastly outnumbered by the legion of Tron-pilled nerds who wanted to make the internet better because we wanted all our normie friends to have the same kind of good time we were having.
The point of this is that there were lots of people back then who had the capacity to imagine the kind of gross stuff that Zuckerberg, Musk, and innumerable other scammers, hustlers and creeps got up to on the web. The thing that distinguished these monsters wasn't their genius – it was their callousness. When we brainstormed ways to break the internet, we felt scared and were inspired to try to save it. When they brainstormed ways to break the internet, they created pitch-decks.
And still: the old web was good in so many ways for so long. The Tron-pilled amongst us held the line. When we build a new, good, post-American internet, we're going to need a multitude of Tron-pilled technologists, old and young, who build, maintain – and, above all, defend it."
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"Lots of us technologists are Tron-pilled. Back in the early days, when it wasn't clear that there was ever going to be any money in this internet thing, being Tron-pilled was pretty much the only reason to get involved with it. Sure, there were a few monsters who fell into the early internet because it offered them a chance to torment strangers at a distance, but they were vastly outnumbered by the legion of Tron-pilled nerds who wanted to make the internet better because we wanted all our normie friends to have the same kind of good time we were having.
The point of this is that there were lots of people back then who had the capacity to imagine the kind of gross stuff that Zuckerberg, Musk, and innumerable other scammers, hustlers and creeps got up to on the web. The thing that distinguished these monsters wasn't their genius – it was their callousness. When we brainstormed ways to break the internet, we felt scared and were inspired to try to save it. When they brainstormed ways to break the internet, they created pitch-decks.
And still: the old web was good in so many ways for so long. The Tron-pilled amongst us held the line. When we build a new, good, post-American internet, we're going to need a multitude of Tron-pilled technologists, old and young, who build, maintain – and, above all, defend it."
