We all know how this ends. We've all seen the movie... 🤖 ☠️
#ai #electricsheep #morehumanthanhuman #nofate #techbros #broligarchy #youaretheproduct
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/09/ai-giants-probe-tens-of-thousands-of-security-incidents-some-involving-government-sites/
#youaretheproduct — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #youaretheproduct, aggregated by home.social.
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“It's interesting that Visio claims to have made about 15 Million selling the TVs in the SFC-Visio case, and 300 Million in advertising through them. This confirms my surmise about TV prices being artificially low because YOU are the product, not the TV.” ~Bruce Perens, internet pioneer and open source advocate
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Amazon Vega OS: More ads, less freedom, even more of your actions being tracked, less features and functionality.
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The Register: Big Tech extracts retirement-scale wealth from UK internet users, research shows. “A new white paper [PDF] from the Web3 Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit pushing blockchain-based alternatives to today’s platform-dominated internet, claims that the average person in the UK and across Europe generates $1,604 a year in commercial value for the data-hungry machinery of the modern […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/the-register-big-tech-extracts-retirement-scale-wealth-from-uk-internet-users-research-shows/ -
EDIT: @rysiek has an explanation about the shady things LinkedIn is doing. He explains it far better than I did:
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116337205401370428
LinkedIn/Microsoft are definitely NOT to be trusted. But I realize phrasing is important. So I’m moderating my own post. I apologize if this was misconstrued.
But I subjectively believe there is a high likelihood that LinkedIn is doing nefarious things with this data.
#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
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A short and interesting take on Google's data harvesting through captchas https://x.com/sharbel/status/2033921312716882384
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CW: Who is behind the Age Verification Bills?
A long read, but essential to understanding why these bills are being pushed. As usual it's about following the money. TLDR: Meta is behind it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/
#AgeVerification #Law #Legislation #Capitalism #YourData #YouAreTheProduct #TBOTEProject #Politics
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News in Instagram robo-hacking: I just got this. I deactivated my IG about 5 yrs ago. I used to love IG when it wasnt owned by FB but now its just a dump for marketing and grifting, just what we all feared after FB bought it. I haven't attempted to log in for years. Be warned. #instagram #hacking #meta #facebook #Datasociety #youaretheproduct
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I’m so glad that dealers make money selling customers’ information. But this results in scams like this one. And how ironic they’d bill themselves as the Public Safety Crime Center. 🤣
So, no, it’s isn’t harmless when companies sell our data for profit.
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@bert_hubert @sindarina beter mag wat kosten, en dus is Bunny een levensvatbaar #CDN alternatief maar bijv. 990$/maand voor CDN77 is een wel heel erg hoge basisprijs.
Bij alternatieven zou ik zeker wel de prijs betrekken om de drempel voor adoptie te verlagen.
P.S. @sindarina Achter de kudde aan is juist hét probleem in #Nederland, daar moeten we echt vanaf. En #Cloudflare is sowiesoniet gratis in het kader van #youaretheproduct
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That ‘free’ app on your phone? It’s reading your messages, tracking your location, collecting your contacts, and learning your behavior. You’re not the user—you’re the product.
#FreeAppTruth #DigitalPrivacy #SurveillanceEconomy #OnlineSafety #YouAreTheProduct
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My employer uses Google, so I have to use it for my job. I saw this gem when logging in.
They’re now straight up asking for your home address under a nefarious guise that it somehow improves your internet life.
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TECHNOLOGYVisualizing the Length of the Fine Print, for 14 Popular Apps
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/terms-of-service-visualizing-the-length-of-internet-agreements/
Für die meisten Terms Of Service der Dienste die wir nutzen, solltest du auf College - Niveau lesen können, um sie zu verstehen. Das ist ziemlich hoch. Die Grafik verdeutlicht enorm wieviel Zeit es braucht. Krass. #TOS #YouAreTheProduct #WeAreTheProduct
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Meta's volgende stap, een 'Must Read'. Lees het zorgvuldig en laat even doordringen wat dit betekent. Van #Chatbot naar AI Personal Assistent #Llama4, geïntegreerd in het totale app landschap van #Meta. Zo ziet het ultieme #SurveillanceSysteem eruit, de lezers zijn gewaarschuwd. #YouAreTheProduct #MoveFastAndBreakThings
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If you don't pay for your social media account you can't complain about how it gets funding. Web servers are not free! #youAreTheProduct
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I've never heard of surveillance pricing, but it tracks.
“Surveillance pricing analyzes massive troves of your personal information to predict the price you would be willing to pay for an item—and charge you accordingly. Retailers can charge a higher price when it thinks you can afford to spend more—on payday, for example. Or when you need something the most, such as in an emergency.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/fight-surveillance-pricing-we-need-privacy-first
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@GottaLaff
Wondering what your privacy is worth? Honda thinks its $0.26. Hyundai thinks it's $0.61. I didn't see a value for GM but it''s most likely in that range.That's right, they'll sell you out for less than a single dollar.
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#Amazon bricks long-standing #FireTV apps with latest update
It’s not hard to see why people might want to avoid #FireOS #homescreen nor why Amazon would want to force users to see it. Like many #TV vendors, Amazon is trying to drive long-term #revenue from #TV sales by including #ads is TVs' OS, allowing Amazon to sell #ad space and insight around ad engagement. Update has made apps unable to use #Android Debug Bridge (#ADB) connections or commands.
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Social media be like “you paused on that video so we’re gonna show you 15 more just like it.”
You be like “bro, I was sneezing.”
Mastodon be like “were you even here today?”
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The Quiet Death of Ello’s Big Dreams
https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/Remember Ello?
Ello died quietly a few months ago.
The social media site promised to put its users first.
Ello promised not be funded by selling third-party ads, not sell user data, and to bind any future company owner to the same terms. In the end, Ello broke all of its core rules. Then Ello shut-down so quickly that it didn't give its members any warning or time to get out with their user-generated content.This article is a cautionary tale of how high ideals mean nothing when you accept VC money. At some point, the VC money dries-up and they want to collect on their debts.
Also, I think it's notable that one of the founders went on to startup a company selling NFTs / crypto, and when that collapsed, he pivoted to a new startup churning out AI garbage.
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Intuit bought Mailchimp in 2021? yuck!
And now this creditkarma merge too.
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I couldn't agree with EFF more here, this has nothing to do with #privacy - it's outright monetizing your browsing habits and selling this as "improved privacy". https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/30/eff_chrome_google_sandbox/ #youaretheproduct
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How long does it take to say no to sharing any unnecessary data when browsing a web page? 3 minutess and 45 seconds it turns out. A little longer on a phone.
Or, seen from the ones creating this mess: "Consent to tracking and sharing data by not enough time to disagree"
#consent #GDPR #cookies #Privacy #youaretheproduct #usability #darkPattern #darkUxPattern #darkux #UX
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@SomeGadgetGuy /s appreciated
no, this is an inconsequential fine to them, and they will just change enough to not be fined again, rather than fixing the underlying problem which is also core to their business
Don't forget, at #Google #YouAreTheProduct
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“While we worried that our doorbells and watches that connect to the internet might be spying on us, car brands quietly entered the data business by turning their vehicles into powerful data-gobbling machines.”
84% sell your data.
56% give data to law enforcement “on request.” (No court order required.)
92% give you little/no control over what they do with it.
#Privacy #PersonalData #AutoIndustry #BigBrother #YouAreTheProduct #Mozilla #PrivacyNotIncluded
