#optout — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #optout, aggregated by home.social.
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NHS UK Data Sharing OptOut:
https://your-data-matters.service.nhs.uk/
Might not actually stop techno fascists from harvesting your medical records, but you can at least register that you do not wish that to happen 🤨
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Signed up to conduct a Tech Reclaimers public Teach-In at the Summer of Ludd in NYC! It's gonna be EPIC!
Mark your calendars #nyc for either June 29 at 4pm or June 30 at noon ... More info coming soon!
#summerofludd #techreclaimers #optout #bigtech #digitalresistance
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Google will automatically install a 4GB LLM into the Chrome Browser on your desktop machine(s) unless you opt out. To Opt out (Win10 PC) > Settings >System > On-device AI https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/07/chrome-silently-installs-a-4-gb-local-llm-on-your-computer/5230893 #Google #Chrome #Browser #AI #LLM #OptOut
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So here we go again
Some bright-eyed young coder bro is back indexing every post that shows up in his Home feed:
"When your Mastodon Home feed loads new toots, the extension detects that the page content has changed and re-indexes the tab. This means every toot that appears in your browser gets added to your local index automatically."
What if I don't want to be "found" simply because I use a generic hashtag our bright-eyed young coder bro is indexing on a page that uses that hashtag, who I don't Foilow, and who I would otherwise be unknown to?
Famous last story, again
How do I #OptOut
Who do I #Block?
Y'all never seem to understand that not everyone --> wants <-- to be found by some complete stranger
Or do I need to go on #Github and open an Issue?
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Ars Technica: The hidden cost of Google’s AI defaults and the illusion of choice. “What we’re seeing in both free and paid Google accounts is the power of defaults in the AI era. The default is sharing data for AI training. The default is AI summaries in your email. The default is AI-powered document creation. You can change these settings, but Google has to know most people won’t do […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/ars-technica-the-hidden-cost-of-googles-ai-defaults-and-the-illusion-of-choice/ -
Mashable: TikTok tests AI Remix option. What it is, how to opt out. . “With remixes on, any public content can be used by its viewers to create digitally generated images, text-based memes, and more. The reveal and lack of notification stirred widespread concern about privacy and consent. Many wondered where the setting came from — and how to turn it off ASAP.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/27/mashable-tiktok-tests-ai-remix-option-what-it-is-how-to-opt-out/ -
Today in #OptOut I no longer store contacts with apple nor google.
I've been cleaning up my messy records. I see entries for people who have died, but I don't delete them. You too?
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«Warum Google, Meta und Microsoft Ihren Datenschutz-Wunsch ignorieren:
Marktführende Online-Werbedienste ignorieren rechtlich bindende Opt-out-Signale fast flächendeckend. Trotz klarer gesetzlicher Vorgaben […] Tracking-Cookies gegen den expliziten Willen der Nutzer. Die geschätzte Haftungssumme für die Branche beläuft sich auf 5,8 Milliarden US-Dollar»Die User sind ihr Produkt nicht das Web.
🤷 https://www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/datenschutz-grc/google-meta-microsoft-datenschutz
#google #meta #microsoft #optout #web #online #tracking #tracking #cookies
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EU Council Approves €90 Billion Loan for Ukraine
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Tracking trotz Opt-out: Wie Google, Meta und Microsoft Datenschutzsignale systematisch ignorieren
194 Online-Werbedienste setzen weiterhin Tracking-Cookies, obwohl Nutzer mit dem Global Privacy Control-Signal ausdrücklich widersprochen haben. Betroffen sind unter anderem die drei größten Technologiekonzerne der Welt.
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Not all MCP servers are equal on privacy. Local servers run entirely on your machine. Hosted servers send your data to someone else's infrastructure. Here's how https://hackernoon.com/local-mcp-servers-vs-hosted-mcp-servers-which-one-is-the-right-choice #optout
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»Opt-Out-Anleitung: LinkedIn KI-Training«
So verhinderst du, dass LinkedIn mit deinen Daten KI trainiertLinkedIn hat die Nutzung von Profildaten für das Training generativer KI standardmäßig aktiviert. Wer das nicht will, muss selbst widersprechen: In den Einstellungen unter Datenschutz lässt sich die Option »Daten zur Verbesserung generativer KI« deaktivieren.
Mehr Infos: https://freelens.com/neues/news/opt-out-linkedin-ki-training
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«Clicking "reject cookies" might not actually do anything:
Google, Microsoft, and Meta largely ignore cookie opt-outs, independent audit says»…and then they complain that users reduce their spying by tracking banners such as @ublockorigin, @noscript, @privacybadger or/and @libredirect?!
🍪 https://www.techspot.com/news/112073-clicking-reject-cookies-might-not-actually-do-anything.html
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#cookies #google #microsoft #meta #web #ignorance #optout #click #block #spying #rejectcookies #cookieblocking -
🥳🎉🎈 Oh wow, a groundbreaking revelation: sending an #email to opt-out of being spied on by a service you voluntarily signed up for! 🕵️♂️🤦♂️ Next time, maybe just avoid surveillance-friendly apps altogether, genius. 📱💡
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html #optout #surveillance #privacy #technews #dataethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🥳🎉🎈 Oh wow, a groundbreaking revelation: sending an #email to opt-out of being spied on by a service you voluntarily signed up for! 🕵️♂️🤦♂️ Next time, maybe just avoid surveillance-friendly apps altogether, genius. 📱💡
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html #optout #surveillance #privacy #technews #dataethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🥳🎉🎈 Oh wow, a groundbreaking revelation: sending an #email to opt-out of being spied on by a service you voluntarily signed up for! 🕵️♂️🤦♂️ Next time, maybe just avoid surveillance-friendly apps altogether, genius. 📱💡
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html #optout #surveillance #privacy #technews #dataethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🥳🎉🎈 Oh wow, a groundbreaking revelation: sending an #email to opt-out of being spied on by a service you voluntarily signed up for! 🕵️♂️🤦♂️ Next time, maybe just avoid surveillance-friendly apps altogether, genius. 📱💡
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html #optout #surveillance #privacy #technews #dataethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🥳🎉🎈 Oh wow, a groundbreaking revelation: sending an #email to opt-out of being spied on by a service you voluntarily signed up for! 🕵️♂️🤦♂️ Next time, maybe just avoid surveillance-friendly apps altogether, genius. 📱💡
https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html #optout #surveillance #privacy #technews #dataethics #HackerNews #ngated -
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out
#HackerNews #Google #Microsoft #Meta #Tracking #Privacy #DataProtection #OptOut
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#Google , #Microsoft , #Meta All #Tracking You Even When You #OptOut , According to an Independent #Audit
The #webXray #California #Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March & found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of #cookie tracking. California has stringent & well defined privacy legislation thanks to its California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA )…opt out of the sale of their info
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#Google , #Microsoft , #Meta All #Tracking You Even When You #OptOut , According to an Independent #Audit
The #webXray #California #Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March & found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of #cookie tracking. California has stringent & well defined privacy legislation thanks to its California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA )…opt out of the sale of their info
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#Google , #Microsoft , #Meta All #Tracking You Even When You #OptOut , According to an Independent #Audit
The #webXray #California #Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March & found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of #cookie tracking. California has stringent & well defined privacy legislation thanks to its California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA )…opt out of the sale of their info
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#Google , #Microsoft , #Meta All #Tracking You Even When You #OptOut , According to an Independent #Audit
The #webXray #California #Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March & found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of #cookie tracking. California has stringent & well defined privacy legislation thanks to its California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA )…opt out of the sale of their info
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#Google , #Microsoft , #Meta All #Tracking You Even When You #OptOut , According to an Independent #Audit
The #webXray #California #Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March & found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of #cookie tracking. California has stringent & well defined privacy legislation thanks to its California Consumer Privacy Act (#CCPA )…opt out of the sale of their info
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Your semi annual reminder of how to get rid of JWs when they come knocking on your door.
Tell them a close family member was excommunicated and you and your family was then shunned.
Works like a charm and they will put you on their “do not knock” list.
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The fact that the humans care more about daylight savings than saving the lives of the innocent is, to me, completely bonkers.
Daylight savings is an aberration, much like war.
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Another day, another local small business automatically "opting" me into their marketing mailing list using an email address provided only for specific purposes.
FFS. This time it was the veterinarian. This ain't allowed in Canada.
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Ho eliminato definitivamente le piattaforme #Meta e non ho mai avuto TikTok o X. Oggi racconto della mia vita senza #social (tranne questo profilo #mastodon , ça va sans dir) dopo sei (actually sette) mesi.
https://alessandranitti.com/site/2026/03/03/vivere-senza-social/
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Es ist endgültig an der Zeit, Projekte von Github wegzumigrieren.
"Nur mit Opt-out: GitHub trainiert künftig Copilot-Modelle mit Nutzerdaten
Prompts, Code-Vorschläge und Kommentare: GitHub sammelt künftig Daten von KI-Interaktionen für das eigene Modelltraining. Widerspruch ist per Opt-out möglich."
www.heise.de/news/Nur-mit-Opt-out-GitHub-trainiert-kuenftig-Copilot-Modelle-mit-Nutzerdaten-11225588.html
#Github #KI #AI #AISlop #Widerspruch #OptOut -
If you're afraid to ask, you're likely afraid of the answer
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We spend so much time hardening our #GrapheneOS devices and sandboxing our apps, but we often leave our front doors wide open to analog tracking. 📬
In Episode 19 of Impractical Privacy, we dive into:
🔹 The MICT program
🔹 The Informed Delivery trap
🔹 Physical DefenseYour residence shouldn't be a data point on a broker's map. It’s time to shred the paper trail. ✂️
Listen here: impracticalprivacy.com
#Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Metadata #Sudo #OptOut #SelfHosting #PhysicalSecurity #USPS -
UK Creatives Score Victory Against AI Companies in Training Dispute https://petapixel.com/2026/03/19/uk-creatives-score-victory-against-ai-companies-in-training-dispute/ #trainingdata #ukparliament #aicopyright #Technology #aitraining #optout #genai #News #uk
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I don't know who needs to know, but:
#Ingram lets #Authors opt out of selling their #books to AI companies:
Opt-out form: https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out
This is only for #print books since AI companies are now buying print books to scan to legally use the content for #LLM training under "fair use."
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MakeUseOf: I stopped my data from being used to train AI (you might want to too). “Copyright laws are tipped in favor of AI companies because, so far, the onus is on users to ‘opt out’ of their personal data, chats, and creative work being used to train AI models. Opting out won’t remove work from a dataset that’s already been used to train AI models, but it could prevent it in the future. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/makeuseof-i-stopped-my-data-from-being-used-to-train-ai-you-might-want-to-too/ -
#Video #Doorbell Advice and Settings for Opting Out of the #Surveillance State
Video #doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to #privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.
#optouthttps://www.wired.com/story/how-to-secure-your-video-doorbell/
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#DataBroker #Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional #Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
#security #privacy #optout #identity #identitythefthttps://www.wired.com/story/data-broker-breaches-fueled-dollar209-billion-in-identity-theft-losses/
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#DataBroker #Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional #Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
#security #privacy #optout #identity #identitythefthttps://www.wired.com/story/data-broker-breaches-fueled-dollar209-billion-in-identity-theft-losses/
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#DataBroker #Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional #Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
#security #privacy #optout #identity #identitythefthttps://www.wired.com/story/data-broker-breaches-fueled-dollar209-billion-in-identity-theft-losses/
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#DataBroker #Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional #Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
#security #privacy #optout #identity #identitythefthttps://www.wired.com/story/data-broker-breaches-fueled-dollar209-billion-in-identity-theft-losses/
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#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changesI mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
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#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changesI mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
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#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changesI mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
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#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changesI mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
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#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changesI mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)
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🔔 Erinnerung: Utiq – das gemeinsame Tracking-Projekt von Telekom, Vodafone & O2 – speichert dein Surfverhalten und hebt die Sperre nach 12 Monaten wieder auf, so dass man schnell auf Seiten Dritter wieder unbemerkt zustimmen kann. Erneuere dein Opt-Out jährlich!
Anleitung & Hintergründe 👇
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/datenschutz-utiq-tracking-in-drei-schritten-deaktivieren-verhindern/
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🔔 Erinnerung: Utiq – das gemeinsame Tracking-Projekt von Telekom, Vodafone & O2 – speichert dein Surfverhalten und hebt die Sperre nach 12 Monaten wieder auf, so dass man schnell auf Seiten Dritter wieder unbemerkt zustimmen kann. Erneuere dein Opt-Out jährlich!
Anleitung & Hintergründe 👇
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/datenschutz-utiq-tracking-in-drei-schritten-deaktivieren-verhindern/
