In addition to what @gravitas@lem.ugh.im said, as long as any third party is involved in the handling of PII, there should be no expectation of privacy whatsoever. For instance, I use Mullvad VPN, but that is as much a political/ideological statement to me as it is but one countermeasure against malicious actors in a very complex cyber environment. I could go on about how Mullvad has proven over and over - through third party audits and through actual incident response - that they have zero data to hand over to the authorities. But I won’t, because that’s not the point here. The point is: if I was involved in something that made me interesting to the authorities in any capacity, putting my trust, privacy, security and life in the hands of one company would not be the way to go about it. Not even in Mullvad, which I otherwise use.

Good OpSec is not about relying on technical solutions. It’s about real-world threat modeling, assessment, having three backup plans and careful execution.

Is it morally questionable for Proton to cooperate with the authorities going after activists? Yes. Should there be any expectation of privacy and/or security from the end user’s point of view? No.

Manage your expectations and scheme accordingly.

I can’t imagine a scenario in which your employer doesn’t lead with explaining why you are required to do anything, except for in the military or course. I mean, how does that affect the work environment, that the employees don’t know why they aren’t allowed to go home to their loved ones before doing anything else.

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I agree. I think this essay also touches upon what you are saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-edYoZZosg

It’s really dystopian to me, how the training and implementations of LLMs seem to be fueling otherization online.

Love the analogy! I wouldn’t even mind the technology itself. It’s a really smart way of indexing and then outputting that which has been indexed according to the algorithm of your choice. It could be such a powerful tool in the right circumstances - hospitals, schools, libraries, dyslexic or deaf people, whathaveyou. But I’m so incredibly disappointed at how the general population bought into the “AI” jargon and discourse. It’s detrimental to critical thinking and to human ingenuity.

Sweet. Thanks for your input! And if one listens to or streams music on a smartphone with headphones, the power draw is even smaller, I suppose? Would be interesting to measure with one of those USB power meters.

Fortunately for me, and I’m kinda sorry for saying this but, I don’t actually care. I was raised to be media literate, how to vet sources, how to meditate on any matter and transform thesis, arguments and analysis into written or spoken word and I am living up to these expectations on my own free will. What somebody else chooses to do on a personal level is up to them. I figure I have about 60 years left to live and by the time the above mentioned skills - or the lack thereof - start to affect society on a level that I as an individual cannot ignore of suffer involuntary consequences of, I will be dead. I think.

If you’re uncomfortable learning Hylian, I suggest you go back to your country. /s

No. I want to marry you. Can you be my waifu?

That bag of potatoe chips last night was unnecessary AF and I regret buying it with all my belly.

Use steel wires so thin that every time you pull on them they cut into the flesh of your hands and you realize just how deeply therapeutic self-inflicted pain can be. You develop a new behavior: you untie and tie your “laces” without them actually becoming untied. You just want to feel the searing pain of metal sinking deep into your flesh. The free of charge buildup of bloodstains on your shoes is a bonus.

This took me down a rabbit hole for real.

Feels like this would be a great Black Mirror episode.

First laugh of the day. Thanks! XD You a longtimer here?

Ah shit…

Lemmy be like

Bots be like

You are absolutely right! My post was more about self-gratification. I wanted to know if there is any truth to my intuition at all.

Leaving Reddit was like being able to breathe again.