2026-04-14T10:36:02Z https://yabu.me Raphael Albert https://yabu.me/npub1gvmwzu2fqkmyd35su9s07h70tu36ndrg9mdrwrxq3tp2dgjgdvxqfrq0p2 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/254/133/513/442/738/original/75c4daa7488e1ab5.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/112/254/133/513/442/738/original/75c4daa7488e1ab5.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0y9eszp4geghe0u9f3a4krg8yqs9qk4czh29glrq0vztsmwf4asgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sca0wxck In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2j6xyg8z7xnnw2athgtc2r2ud4lrm4ll90p9uugt6styn8yr4d2qkhjvxm'>nevent1q…jvxm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Data protection rights are protecting consumers too. You might want to remember that while you&#39;re pushing for your Digital Omnibus to be enacted. 2026-03-15T10:35:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgp2u5xgjk57mp4w5fuqvyjn68yhyw83wtmut2ud64cs5ju3l540qzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc8czhe0 Move fast and break your inbox, right? 2026-02-24T20:42:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhw5mazzhg78fwy0j3w6ls5g7ea8d4a4gt26zzn0arlfapfqxuqgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scw0nlqf So Sam Altman&#39;s response to concerns about the wastefulness of his company&#39;s technology is basically &#34;Well, raising humans consumes a lot of energy too!&#34;<br/><br/>Either he has finally fried his own brain with his slop machine or he doesn&#39;t even bother any more to hide the degrading, dehumanizing, and despicable mindset that fuels the industry he&#39;s in.<br/><br/>Either way, those people shouldn&#39;t wield any power in the real world, where the rest of us &#39;dispensable humans&#39; dwell.<br/>--<br/>#StopTheSlop #LLMs #OpenAI 2026-02-22T19:14:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygme3frlkavepg3fn80v3feh6fjc44c9ua2x62469w4a392pkseczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scjcwtmh I wish people would stop using the &#34;but there are legitimate use cases&#34; argument to recommend some slop machine to me. <br/><br/>I won&#39;t use it! I will stop listening to them! I won&#39;t even listen to anything else they might have to say unless they are able to make a convincing case how Slop-enAI (and its ilk) will ever stop roasting the planet, rotting our brains, and burning money in any other way than by going bankrupt.<br/><br/>I&#39;m so exhausted by the Slop Mania!<br/>--<br/>#LLMs #StopTheSlop 2026-02-21T13:58:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrv65z7tlmkzmklq0xucca0py8l73xs5n6m6nd9r5vtq68jm60v9czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc746e5n I&#39;m sure many of you have had some variation of the &#34;I don&#39;t care about my privacy because I have nothing to hide!&#34; conversation with other people.<br/><br/>I&#39;m curious, how do you respond to that? Let&#39;s collect some talking points and inspire each other!<br/><br/>My typical response is a variation of &#34;Privacy isn&#39;t just about hiding something. It&#39;s about being able to decide for yourself what others know about you and what they do with that knowledge.&#34;<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection 2026-02-06T10:54:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxfmkyu983rhe92ddmgprhsdz770zyqjsrn06ndcmh0n96g64l72szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scg6zzd4 Far too many companies: &#34;Data protection laws are a failure because they&#39;re making our business harder! We need deregulation!!&#34;<br/><br/>Dear companies, <br/>data protection laws are meant to protect people&#39;s human rights, not to facilitate your business!<br/>Their sucess isn&#39;t measured in how much you like them, but in how well they&#39;re protecting people from you. And honestly, judging by how careless some of you treat other people&#39;s personal data, this protection is necessary!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2026-02-06T09:41:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z0rshhcfqgu7ed9as7f0tpfsrcrfw6ntjcvjgqym2krcp6m0mtczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sck4dgf7 In a sad way, slop is emblematic of our time. Without humanity and beauty. Actively undermining societal values. Worthless. Made to be consumed within seconds and last only an instant. Created at the cost of our wellbeing and the environment. Forced upon every aspect of our lives by capitalists solely for their profit.<br/><br/>We really need different times! 2026-01-23T21:56:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0w5wmwut8et4w86sqn765xsxtj2hz67wahkjy4r9weuwuhvjlsczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scysnzkq European politicians were absolutely willing to monitor our private messages to fight CSAM, but closing their accounts on a platform that offers CSAM as a service is too much to ask?<br/><br/>What am I missing here? 2026-01-06T18:32:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgv7al0gy2rvtw0dsfw8ylkerq965s0jhyfkvykuhs7wk4zvxh5yczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc9aezgr Whenever someone asks me for my LinkedIn details, I give them the same reply:<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;m a privacy professional. If I were a pulmonologist, I wouldn&#39;t advertise on cigarette packs either.&#34;<br/><br/>Always get&#39;s them startled. 2026-01-02T21:54:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3swmzmaqr4xmvgawu4uqtef6n9ssp877hdg8d5npzd7mk2wn40czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc0hzqkx European tech companies should demand stronger regulation, especially on privacy!<br/><br/>Why? Because it would give them an advantage over their US-based competitors, who are neither willing nor able to operate under strict rules.<br/><br/>That&#39;s why the European Commission&#39;s Digital Omnibus package is such a bad idea. Weak regulation doesn&#39;t create a level playing field for all. It benefits the big and powerful players more than anyone else!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #DigitalOmnibus 2025-12-31T17:57:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0w0es4pg5d6ukj76jrj0sxgdfzvxu6pqv62erjcgdl3cn4fjjjqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc0vggtg One of the &#34;innovations&#34; I hate most are cameras on phones. Don&#39;t debate me, I am prepared to die on this hill!<br/><br/>Please don&#39;t take pictures of people without their consent!<br/><br/>Please don&#39;t point your phone&#39;s camera at other people&#39;s faces, even when you&#39;re not taking pictures! <br/><br/>And please remind those who are not using their phone&#39;s camera responsibly why they should!<br/><br/>Thank you for caring about everyone&#39;s privacy!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection 2025-12-26T11:14:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9agutpte2g76p7m4d4eq5qt33v2jfgeu495umxptpk5u0vgkd22gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc02x4a9 &#34;[...] the business model behind AI relies on brute force: capture massive reserves of data by any means possible, throw tons of resource-intensive processing power at that data, and gin up public support with wondrous tales (your AI) and scary stories (their AI). This is a far cry from the idea that innovation works in mysterious ways.&#34;<br/><br/>From Jathan Sadowski&#39;s &#34;The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism&#34; (2025), p. 93<br/>--<br/>#LLMs #IrresponsibleTech 2025-12-24T10:43:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0sg4spznc8tnxmut0zz8ajdap8ef7zzs3mj2tqmf27ay9vpaemagzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc2fyc90 In Austria (maybe among other places), something - let&#39;s say a field of study - that is deemed to have litle to no economic value is often labelled &#34;orchid&#34;. <br/><br/>Of course, capitalism cannot appreciate something for just being beautiful (or interesting). If it cannot be commodified, it must be worthless.<br/><br/>Although the label is meant derogatory, I like the symbolism. Because appreciating something like beauty for its own sake, without needing it to have value, is a pretty anti-capitalistic message. 2025-12-22T17:58:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gj2n2t2ameps6dx9k5syx0z5shrushcavj0ssg2c8yec8wggr5gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scucjjlz &#34;LLMs won&#39;t go away, so we better start using them to make them less harmful&#34; is as about as smart as &#34;my house is burning down, so I better pour some gasoline into the flames so that it will be over quicker.&#34; 2025-12-19T22:01:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxfess28js0xmejayd42sglypulwtkt9vxj5qavg4skz46zqr8atqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc592f68 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs054vkgdfkwsl6umpgnzf8l08m3vdprhzyjar6gxqk750jx7qpugslcgzak'>nevent1q…gzak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>John Mastodon knows the last digit of pi. 2025-12-18T14:27:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ze5fkcvcztsqjgfka6vgf3wxny477sk9lynxr0uvwlap6mgw6kqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc49r5ju Today I had the opportunity to talk to a group of digital literacy teachers about the privacy issues related to Microsoft, Google, and other big tech companies in education.<br/><br/>I couldn&#39;t have wished for a better audience! Still lots to do, but today was a start!<br/><br/>Want to protect children? Protect their privacy from techno-capitalism!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #education 2025-12-15T11:17:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspldett9zd2nnq50ax9jlz6h3mc6p5fnyugtswej0zyarp267ed7qzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc5crzsf Whenever I&#39;m about to post something, I&#39;ll ask myself if it would get me denied entry at the US-border.<br/><br/>If the answer is yes, I&#39;ll hit the post-button at least twice. 2025-12-11T07:39:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrgh9t0djmz5xqqmvpdqe7naj7zn2wnj5y8yzdnnusr9r5c3jgfggzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scg2yqgk <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m96e7ycmmaz4ah7s8exw7x6vmumuccr0p9dxea64e5je89ty2yjsweag4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>European Commission</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m96…ag4y</span>)</a></span> <br/>Are you still on X after what the company&#39;s self-proclaimed god-king recently tweeted? 2025-12-07T13:31:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc7k29m4zegg0z88pqn99ynnzegpmq80xpgsxdet3mlpvkgwsu0qzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sce55xlf Every time I ditch another piece of irresponsible and exploitative tech I get this wonderful feeling of being liberated from something that shouldn&#39;t have entered my life in the first place.<br/><br/>We all should feel that way more often! 2025-12-05T06:57:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06p2z3glv502prs87tdqxyck35wf49rmyfdam05kfr5yqy5dgwkgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scm2hxav Them: &#34;I don&#39;t want regulation to mess up my business!&#34;<br/><br/>Me: &#34;Well, I don&#39;t want your business to mess up my life!&#34; 2025-11-29T17:01:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvswdxnsly6wegv36svgchqgmxgxtdzncqzge9ymdn7gmvlavskwczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sccnv7e4 Them: &#34;Consider what having to comply with the GDPR means for small and mid-sized businesses!&#34;<br/><br/>Me: &#34;Consider what having small and mid-sized businnesses not complying with the GDPR means for all of us!&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;m so tired of discussing digital privacy primarily from the point of view of companies, as businesses have always done and many politicians are increasingly doing.<br/><br/>We&#39;re talking about a human right! Our right! Don&#39;t let them frame it any other way!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2025-11-22T19:50:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7hqaxm79g97hu5ltytdhcy9vrzupz9yrnd96xgnj42tzkx3qmpgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sczehcsc The European Commission wants more techno-capitalist &#34;innovation&#34;, and we all have to pay for it with our privacy.<br/><br/>We must stop the Digital Omnibus!<br/>--<br/>#DigitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #DataProtection 2025-11-21T05:29:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsts4amgztlmt69rmr49vq48y63x8l7ll3rzxupt8uv04w2hjcwh8gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc0j96cv Dear companies,<br/>your right to do business isn&#39;t more important than anyone else&#39;s right not to be bothered by you doing business!<br/><br/>And by the way, we must stop the Digital Omnibus!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2025-11-20T15:36:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrvy7yucepuvhetuff9ayugg6az8tegum28hj8k05c4zc8f6dfr8szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scuk0qdz I don&#39;t know what worries me more: that more and more politicians are falling for hollow LLM marketing promises or that they apparently want to have the world we would live in if those promises were true.<br/>--<br/>#LLMs #IrresponsibleTech 2025-11-19T06:03:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswn2mzww0ruyum7z0knwqza3fq0egnaxrqu0cgedtyxm8eqxj4xvgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc7m58tg Tomorrow, the European Commission will show whom they are representing. Us? Or big tech and slop machine makers?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m96e7ycmmaz4ah7s8exw7x6vmumuccr0p9dxea64e5je89ty2yjsweag4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>European Commission</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m96…ag4y</span>)</a></span> , who is it going to be? The people with votes are waiting for your decision.<br/><br/>Either way, the leaked Digital Omnibus proposal should cause serious alarm. It is a sad reminder that we cannot rely on politicians to always make the the right choices when it comes to protecting our privacy. <br/>--<br/>#DigitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #DataProtection 2025-11-18T09:54:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgmd4nfy9rhxjq2p0l0mzl77wrfruu6mvl0xg2gaqwnf8n4v5teqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scrv94gl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5gvpgw4kvepj202c8zj6fd3jlmwjehvlkjlgmgf339nuq0uwhyqfhudjp'>nevent1q…udjp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree so much with what you wrote! We have to keep the LLMs out of education!<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gmnuxx4vhn5hs7zfcqst9ev2ra7s9hflz4yvnaasqpf8338mek8sgszh7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Em :official_verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gmn…zh7q</span>)</a></span> 2025-11-15T08:46:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsxh0l23stnfrk35nnmrsare4pqnhu0cy0dq975wp8q0kg5cegsczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sczltvll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3r5hkfm5qqmf3zykuskp5vh55qx0kwym5n0x2j34u0zzf0ez5vc7ug3te'>nevent1q…g3te</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Them: &#34;But you won&#39;t be able to compete once AI is widely adopted!&#34;<br/><br/>Me: &#34;I have this great thing that will help me. It&#39;s called a brain. You know, it even works offline and I don&#39;t have to make myself dependent on some corporation to use it.&#34; 2025-11-15T08:23:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdkfkz9klvs6l5a2f8l5hdudgpq5lnlmg3k2axe4hn884nv2gsajszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scf7u0a5 The European Commission is currently acting in the proud tradition of people like those who once decided that it would be such a great and innovative idea to put asbestos into buildings.<br/><br/>History won&#39;t judge them kindly! Unless, of course, the slop-induced brain rot will make people unlearn who we have to thank for the mess we will be in.<br/>--<br/>#digitalOmnibus #privacy #dataProtection #GDPR 2025-11-13T12:58:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstt8mm805zu64s2tgxnlzqgqnccy57y0yq5r8sxt8dm7rvr8hl8tgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scukjvp6 Imagine what a wonderful world we could build if we weren&#39;t so occupied with having to keep others from destroying it. 2025-11-11T15:59:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05dq92pcltpykeaatrqwp43alwx5fvstuk9444frc6vl0ec79c7szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scglcuh3 We need to oppose the European Commission&#39;s digital omnibus disaster! We need to oppose it loudly and immediately!<br/><br/>Not only is the leaked proposal an outright attack on our digital privacy rights. The Commission would also set whatever will be left of the GDPR up to fail eventually.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ezrdqe6qprwqqcwrka25elfhkmrnvj37nnzlualacek7ftqpcl3sm22hxu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>noyb.eu</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ezr…2hxu</span>)</a></span> has summarized why an how the digital omnibus will harm people, you can read their article here: <a href="https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr">https://noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about-wreck-core-principles-gdpr</a><br/>--<br/>#digitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #dataProtection 2025-11-10T16:38:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp28qxkd72y2q3dc48l5fugqjd6xm6w0u26qv7ej0fvcdqgp839qzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scr3anrr The European Commission&#39;s solution to companies&#39; malicious compliance when asking for consent before they track people online?<br/><br/>Stop requiring them to ask.<br/>--<br/>#digitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #dataProtection 2025-11-10T09:57:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq7cz9fxwf925vkjkc9jp98f3dxtushyarqyacxztnrtse92w5xpqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scvav5xk The <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m96e7ycmmaz4ah7s8exw7x6vmumuccr0p9dxea64e5je89ty2yjsweag4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>European Commission</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m96…ag4y</span>)</a></span> wants to offer our digital privacy to slop-machine-makers on a silver platter!<br/><br/>Why are they forcing us to enable those who are harming so many of us? Do we really need more irresponsible and dangerous tech in our lives? And for what? So that the European Union can have their share of economic turmoil once this awful bubble bursts?<br/><br/>This is wrong, plain and simple!<br/>--<br/>#omnibus #GDPR #privacy #LLMs #irresponsibleTech #humanRights 2025-11-09T10:40:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wlyq27hkpw333pqlng9jd8mmwy2xrtsn2adx3ex0duggq6fnhgszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scx2ql9s There are so many people out there working countless hours to protect everyone&#39;s privacy. And believe me when I say that big tech and other irresponsible businesses are making the effort hard enough already.<br/>The last thing we need right now are politicians who, apparently caving in to business interests, want to erode our privacy rights. <br/><br/>No politician in support of this can claim to represent the interests of the people! We must hold each and every one of them and their parties accountable! 2025-11-07T15:24:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf4afa824s6stugm2tylwd6l6q9e2psat9netdf9wug3ueysqqtfqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc5f7kg9 Dear <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m96e7ycmmaz4ah7s8exw7x6vmumuccr0p9dxea64e5je89ty2yjsweag4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>European Commission</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m96…ag4y</span>)</a></span>, maybe try to put people&#39;s fundamental rights before business interests and leave our digital privacy alone! <br/><br/>Thank you!<br/><br/><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler-omnibus-eu-kommission-strebt-offenbar-kahlschlag-beim-datenschutz-an-update/">https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitaler-omnibus-eu-kommission-strebt-offenbar-kahlschlag-beim-datenschutz-an-update/</a> 2025-11-07T15:08:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs95hwfd5drulxxt2f9uf5lt7ycftv3pyg30sh9t0y0dsssh2tq0wgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scm577sg The tragedy of tech regulation:<br/>Politicians, who usually know little about tech, make their decisions based on the advice of lobbyists and marketers, who are selling tech, while ignoring experts, who are devoting their lives to knowing as much as possible about tech.<br/><br/>What could possibly go wrong? Well, everything!<br/><br/>Dear politicians, it&#39;s okay that you don&#39;t know everything. But please start listening to those who know better instead of those who are just selling!<br/>--<br/>#tech #politics #regulation 2025-11-01T13:30:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlq2tqapputw00dqdcg9jtvret6sy3c8tpvwl4wleeulmsajanxszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc74y5gu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7l88dawtjk92gemasrr4073sn7dwmyhsemsma99a7lkrt5shjngx7fydh'>nevent1q…fydh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It feels so great that I hadn&#39;t even noticed until I read your post. 🙃 2025-10-29T17:57:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddl94q4udhtnh3lqwxk8z7xwkjwwj3k6qa3d0kqgh85q63uxp8qqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc3cc8ar Since the techno-capitalists are so eager to know everything about us, let&#39;s make sure they learn what we&#39;re capable of.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s be the biggest nuisances we can possibly be! Let&#39;s exercise our privacy rights persistently and frequently! Let&#39;s educate others why and how to avoid them! Let&#39;s call them out for what they are at every occasion!<br/><br/>Even the little things we can do count at scale!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #IrresponsibleTech 2025-10-13T19:40:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhwuff9du7rv23e3lxjy8czn0s94a0scfvnee230k7ua58hd5amszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scly7khe Friends don&#39;t let friends use probabilistic tech for deterministic tasks! 2025-10-08T09:49:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs26uk0wwmkws3f4rgk9dec33gdmrgzr4drumf29ruzd3g2hkhk5kszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scxkhp7u I can see two successful business models built on LLMs: scams and workshops in which someone who usually knows next to nothing about the tech and its capabilities tells other people to use LLMs for basically everything.<br/><br/>Well, I guess it&#39;s actually only one successful business model.<br/>--<br/>#LLMs #IrresponsibleTech #business 2025-09-07T15:16:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrgk3hr2vl8xk6j9z0tju3np637c3m6zpfxw8uqv2yu5nale86rgczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scjxyhwp I&#39;m back at my office, but I&#39;ll have this view on my mind for another while.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/158/639/626/215/082/original/7a2c2d5bf5fc46c9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-06T18:07:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrx2lhsd3nvru5kcyrsls22klczgsd8zy995ua678ax9rhym2qlxczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc0c8en3 The other day at the office:<br/><br/>&#34;Hey Mr. privacy consultant, what&#39;s the big deal about drafting a privacy notice for our website? Can&#39;t you just let ChatGPT do it?!&#34;<br/><br/>No, I can&#39;t. No, I won&#39;t. And no, we won&#39;t be working together. 2025-08-22T10:17:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyyqr4n9dgrmh6pheks06ysp2fst5gehwg54sx37qzep3sc99m75czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc2y3vmh LLMs are harmful. Not just because of their output, but also because of the output their owners explicitly design them not to produce.<br/><br/>For example, try asking Meta&#39;s LLM what the company does to prevent their tech from having inappropriate conversations with minors and see corporate censorship in action.<br/>--<br/>#IrresponsibleTech #LLMs #Meta 2025-08-19T21:04:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0heygp7suptducfetr2kpza9tv27te3yrr2vm07s75sasszzl9qzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sclm0gmh Actually, I have an awful lot to hide.<br/><br/>Not because I am a criminal or a tax-evading billionaire, but because I&#39;m a human being.<br/><br/>I am more than just a data mine. I refuse to be reduced to a source of digital commodities. I refuse to be valued at anyone&#39;s ad-revenue.<br/><br/>I have a right to decide what others should know about me. And I have a right to know what they will do with what they know. <br/><br/>That&#39;s why I have a lot to hide. Not because I must, but because I want to.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection 2025-08-17T22:37:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqa6qhdlka3lwnre5u5rn30fzhpnyul6fpkrjaxne5yw5dyq29xqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scq7wlgv Adding another layer to your personal privacy protection is truly satisfying. Believe me!<br/><br/>Want to know how? Get some great advice from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gmnuxx4vhn5hs7zfcqst9ev2ra7s9hflz4yvnaasqpf8338mek8sgszh7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Em :official_verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gmn…zh7q</span>)</a></span>&#39;s article on <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dm24sez2xmp8twavvlzslsk2ct2rzg7ppl228pq4y2tae9m4qj2sqn7754" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Privacy Guides</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dm2…7754</span>)</a></span>:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/24/privacy-is-like-broccoli/#tools-and-services-you-can-start-using">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/24/privacy-is-like-broccoli/#tools-and-services-you-can-start-using</a><br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection 2025-08-16T17:59:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwnmwytadrhurnl5t4t23narhcg66pr8swshjlhu8hdq3e0dx9ggzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scugsvpa Today is a very good day to go out and remind someone that LLMs aren&#39;t &#39;thinking&#39; but merely calculating.<br/><br/>As is tomorrow.<br/><br/>And the day after.<br/>--<br/>#LLMs #SimulatedIntelligence #IrresponsibleTech #technology #tech 2025-08-13T21:12:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpt073j5ql5jvundm6n2cjn4qtvgreec97y3qf8schn9jsy30wqgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc9vgaml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdflm8zy3n8vkxrrvx3p97c570vdnys2twcyyqg40vtrg46skya9sfz5qfz'>nevent1q…5qfz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel you! :) You&#39;re absolutely right, of course.<br/><br/>Part of why I chose to use their assumption for my post was to argue that even if they were right on the capabilities of their tech, the consequences would be far from what they&#39;re trying to sell. 2025-08-09T13:31:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0w7dzkys8m2yrd7j56svpv8ew9agdj2rnffue6sl6nwan5l5dnczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc3g53yc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vhvgutyj7p9am66h3766sgpnxe56uywhzl759yj2x4r0llpaktgxkcsqj'>nevent1q…csqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>True, but I think the thought experiment is still relevant, given that techno-capitalism keeps pushing in that direction.<br/>I think it&#39;s important to ask ourselves what the brave new world their marketing departments are trying to sell would actually be like. 2025-08-09T13:10:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzg9t0pd7d2ll5ky2enfvy4ayuaetqtsce9gp7klz4uup5myk9rgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scvqu0hp Assuming that there will be an AI one day that is able to solve most of our problems for us, what would that make of us? Would our lives be degraded to finding more and more problems, which we wouldn&#39;t be able to solve ourselves without the machine any more? Would our role be reduced to feeding tasks to the machine and consuming its output?<br/><br/>Who would we be, how would we feel, in a world of problems without being able to do anything about it?<br/><br/>I really don&#39;t like AI. 2025-08-09T12:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0ur7mk6cen8tr7ceh7xrer7l0xr5j5eumfpsepk5c8fzuz07uyczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scw9ftmc A friend asked me what my goal was, given that things like genAI, surveillance based advertising, and corporate social media wouldn&#39;t just go away.<br/>That got me thinking. They were probably right, we might not be able to rid ourselves of all the abominations techno-capitalism keeps throwing at us.<br/>But I had an answer anyway. <br/>My goal is to preserve an alternative way of life for as many people as possible, for as long as possible. 2025-08-08T08:40:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hh56lw6xt6etyc7u3k2mctxndnsjwzwxt2tj45y0l7gq2la0pmgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scn7quxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wnnpmkj9eu7nhcwtvnv7v20rctuapg64hy7mha7nk47gqlz6l0qp9jvv5'>nevent1q…jvv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is Austria still opposing or at least neutral though? The Austrian government appears to be very open to surveillance these days. 2025-07-31T07:51:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4zxr7s9se9djhvqcs3zq2v89y2ke23xde30hekmx58t5chqdy5szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc98nwj2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv94ua4f98qy4s9le5yd8zpc4x3alwk6e35lleyeyt9lj8aj5aamgn60lyw'>nevent1q…0lyw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know. Eventually, I&#39;ll be branded Luddite and cast out with all the ancient feature phones that would still work if someone switched them on. 2025-07-23T13:50:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswp8m68dw4vesyrqu4sg783h3g7ydt55ye98dlrhjvj2g4v2ust0gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sch90qzn A bold new marketing advice, free of charge for the companies out there: Offer products and services that actually solve people&#39;s problems instead of paying those who invade their privacy online!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #marketing #business 2025-07-23T13:26:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9w5zdr77mv0qgkflrtzxccgmxkx5yry9p6m5527fzgvjkxg7wtcgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scx5c6yw When I chose to study law at the innocent age of 19, I still had the naïve notion that legal practice would be a logical, almost mechanical exercise. I thought that courts and authorities were always neutral, objective actors staffed with people who would apply the law dispassionately and base their decissions on their profound knowledge about the subject matters in question.<br/>Those among you who have legal experience are probably shaking their heads violently by now. So am I. 2025-07-22T15:59:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstr0ht69lhky6m0h78sqvs0hav5jv7exyn8khd6jhptvg3rea4a5gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scsukt7f I&#39;ll get myself a t-shirt for startup-events that says &#34;Responsibility should be your baseline, not your marketing strategy!&#34; 🙄 2025-07-22T09:08:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye7sjkf5z4ne42ag3449gg2zl5p8872kjh7gjsx0cpm88kr6reeqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc479v4a As a child I was taught that it&#39;s rude to point my finger at someone. I wish people nowadays were taught that it&#39;s also rude to point their phone&#39;s camera at somebody&#39;s face, even if they&#39;re not taking a photo or filming (taking someone&#39;s picture or filming them without consent would be more than just rude).<br/><br/>I wish more people would be considerate enough to just tilt their phones a bit when using them in public.<br/>--<br/>#privacy 2025-07-18T11:46:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswc3g78cfs7gmkkapwzup4m8hhe9q0ua30xsyr50yqvd46ff8jhpgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scssj7gw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn6u3k0ztprp38j6dm60yr5l0m4uka4hnxeynqnc6supqduz34mc5jpnm2'>nevent1q…pnm2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree!<br/>What concerns me is how people&#39;s reactions have changed. Google&#39;s spyglasses provoked serious pushback, including a very fitting name for those who were wearing them. I miss this kind of resistance now when it comes to Meta&#39;s spyglasses. 2025-07-11T15:57:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdp3k9x7hkf8y30exzyd2p559sjgfhdkjw5lzryxyedw9m2anzggqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scj9y9zh No my dear US-company, your tech is not GDPR-compliant just because you&#39;re having a few servers in Ireland. Putting it on your website doesn&#39;t make it true.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #USTech 2025-07-11T13:16:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cxqgz046kc8glwrs8yv0jhc4spvadf07jzfpewh6mhrkdhanl9czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sctyzzpg If a company uses &#39;123456&#39; as a password, they shouldn&#39;t be allowed to use computers. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not even in some distant future.<br/><br/>Give them typewriters instead. 2025-07-10T17:13:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstp6chmrsar54vdtn6q3n906uwxl6espaqgu3uwyq3242jv6df6jczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scp2nfxk Digital transformation means that people, who know little about technology, use technology to spy on other people, who know little about technology.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #BigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism 2025-07-08T08:12:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9033xvcqu56jr6cu3pda04fvm3dawfa0q0cr0lrke0wludw24sgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc67x8z9 If you know anyone in the European Union who is seriously considering buying Meta&#39;s spyglasses, please remind them that using those privacy nightmares would make them a controller according to the GDPR. They&#39;d be responsible for ensuring full compliance with our privacy laws, which - surprise, surprise - will be impossible.<br/><br/>Please tell them to save themselves and everyone around them the trouble and give the money to any NGO instead.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #Meta #BanRayBan 2025-07-04T20:11:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ylsqwhyfzlt4tucq530emaaxccexax7wgt54m40elnknw7kztrqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sccl86w5 The EU-US Data Privacy Framework stipulates purpose limitation as a principle for the use of personal data that is transferred to US entities (article 5 letter a). Which means that data that is collected for some purpose, let&#39;s say having a social media profile, cannot be used for another (incompatible) purpose, such as LLM training. <br/>It also states that an entity that keeps violating those principles should loose its certification.<br/><br/>So why is Meta still certified?!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #GDPR #Meta 2025-07-04T17:38:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspc2klz2qj6kkpgkkatudkwylc75uaxe0mh29p3acj0skxt08vegszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scdva0f5 Whenever you&#39;re building new tech, please seek privacy advice right from the start. Not as a last step before deployment. <br/><br/>Privacy people want to make your tech better! For you, your customers, and everybody else. But they can only do so if you make them part of your project, not just some final to-do on your checklist.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #tech 2025-07-02T20:18:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ylzgtd03gvn0sfcklkuftsq7r85qvqzyys0qkfm0qs0fs9w8xtszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scyv7u5r A reminder that Meta - the company that comes up with new and &#34;innovative&#34; privacy violations on a weekly basis - is still certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. <br/><br/>The current system doesn&#39;t work!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #BigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism #Meta 2025-06-30T18:34:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l4xkseffltpg9cn3c7fkmagf5r3v5vesc43tguv3eqssafw2x5gzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scy4yz7y Ich suche Lehrpersonen, die an österreichischen Schulen digitale Grundbildung unterrichten, und sich mit mir darüber austauschen möchten.<br/><br/>Bitte teilen. Danke! :)<br/>--<br/>#Schule #Unterricht #DigitaleGrundbildung #Österreich 2025-06-23T12:12:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmhq767tldgq2pu4jj96qsp98a5y6evqdqp0h5y882sccxcnuhzczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scc97yq0 I wonder why those who claim that they don&#39;t care about their privacy because they have &#34;nothing to hide&#34; never let me go through their browser history when I ask them. 🤔 2025-06-20T00:36:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstc9cr8nzm8gh4tljjlaqdesla0gsp38xefvh9t6dvxw0j2ederaqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc32w8xk (1/2) Austria&#39;s supplementary data protection laws are seriously flawed in many ways. <br/>For example, section 24(6) of the Austrian data protection act (&#34;Datenschutzgesetz&#34;) apparently allows controllers to grant access or delete personal data during ongoing complaint proceedings against them. Instead of still being sanctioned for taking their sweet time doing what the GDPR requires them to do, they can even end those proceedings with their belated action.<br/>-&gt;<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2025-06-19T16:15:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8n0ntesmn9su86mh3z377cp7jvla4yuk7f3l3e6vm97gdyt9x07szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scuf3r0m Next time someone criticizes you for being privacy-minded, please remember what <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gmnuxx4vhn5hs7zfcqst9ev2ra7s9hflz4yvnaasqpf8338mek8sgszh7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Em :official_verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gmn…zh7q</span>)</a></span> wrote in her latest article for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dm24sez2xmp8twavvlzslsk2ct2rzg7ppl228pq4y2tae9m4qj2sqn7754" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Privacy Guides</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dm2…7754</span>)</a></span>:<br/><br/>&#34;When we know a service, platform, or product doesn&#39;t respect our privacy rights, we should feel proud to take a stand and refuse to use it ourselves, even if everyone else uses it (for now).&#34;<br/><br/>Read the full article here: <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/</a><br/><br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #SurveillanceCapitalism 2025-06-19T11:48:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cp4tlcnmgvwzvea88l365dr80z2cwzwu0aa7pydxmwkltddlsgczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scx7g30l It should be possible to claim compensation for intellectual pain caused by being forced to read the legal submissions of opponents who are obviously clueless and unable to produce any argument other than &#34;We have done nothing wrong! Believe us, pretty please?&#34; 2025-06-12T10:25:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnqdwxv8zs7wupfecyz6du7c4dpa6lfspc9fkalw2u9t4l92xk3szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scm97q05 Meta is still &#34;certified&#34; under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework although they <br/>- violated the GDPR by circumventing browser sandboxing to link browsing histories to individuals, <br/>- falsely claim to have a legitimate interest in training their simulated intelligence on user data, which renders all data subject rights ineffective, and<br/>- are facing numerous lawsuits because of other alleged GDPR-violations.<br/><br/>Self-certification works great, right?<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #Meta 2025-06-10T20:24:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmta7ejehj2y2tqzuemzndstmumj46fywa748spp6qndfl7mhtkszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scm5fqhx We&#39;ve had the GDPR for seven years now and I still could file at least two complaints per week if I had the time. And I&#39;m not even counting the likes of Meta and its oligopolist big tech ilk, who are hellbent on violating my privacy even though I&#39;m not using their services. <br/><br/>This is so wrong. 2025-06-05T21:55:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv03w2y29k3e3h0g60ne5cfjy8x5pgxtsv2w9rlx6d745ktw7rwtszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sczn0reg Today I was approached by a teenager who had a glimpse into the book I was reading on public transport - &#34;Empire of AI&#34; by Karen Hao - and was interested in what it&#39;s about.<br/>After I gave them a short summary of what I&#39;ve read so far, they asked about my job and I tried to summarize what I do in a few sentences. <br/><br/>Then they asked me, what it would take them to do the same work as I do. This made my day so much! 🤩 2025-06-01T17:41:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd069hnyj9vhe47w8jcfntsrn5n0yef2ftg2rcsalnv9q89rzk60czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scc052rp One of big tech&#39;s marketing ploys is to keep telling us that progress - at least what they see and sell as progress - is inevitable. <br/><br/>Surprise, it&#39;s not! If it were, they wouldn&#39;t have to pour billions into marketing and lobbying just to make sure everyone buys into their version of our future. A future, in which all of us are dependent on what they&#39;re selling. Cui bono, one might ask.<br/><br/>Just don&#39;t buy it! Neither their ploy, nor their tech.<br/>--<br/>#technology #tech #BigTech #IrresponsibleTech 2025-06-01T16:39:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ddju8sgp8fr3gqnsxrx34t67fu5w0fem3yyasx5hfnkds9samvgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scsp3q6r Meta&#39;s claim that they have a legitimate interest in using user data to train their simulated intelligence is ridiculous!<br/><br/>Once the data is fed into their LLM, exercising data subject rights such as access or deletion becomes impossible. Depriving millions of people of their rights cannot be legitimate. Period.<br/><br/>Makes me wonder whether Meta&#39;s data protection officers are actually part of the marketing department.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #GDPR #Meta #Facebook #Instagram 2025-05-29T07:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstl2fpcv4mdxfey5hwmjrjwnj3vfjdglu9nc5emfp85rx9pymeufszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scq5t8h8 Better don&#39;t believe that Meta will always respect objections to their use of personal data for the training of their LLMs. Imho, even now, they&#39;re providing the opt-out mainly to check the temperature. <br/><br/>If the backlash isn&#39;t strong enough now, expect them to change their terms of service sooner or later, claiming all personal data on their platforms for their LLMs. They won&#39;t back down. And they certainly won&#39;t respect anyone&#39;s privacy!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #GDPR 2025-05-26T18:23:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghv7ty4vzzu39gslzl2afagc7gpzjx3deq70cfqgq3sn436ytv3czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scgumetn Again and again, we have to suffer violations of our privacy for the sake of profit. What can we do? Make it less profitable! <br/><br/>Please use every opportunity to exercise your rights! Make them run in circles and jump through every conceivable hoop.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s make not respecting everyone&#39;s right to privacy as expensive as we can! <br/><br/>And if anyone tries to gaslight you into believing that you&#39;re a nuisance because you insist on your privacy, show them what a great nuisance you can be!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #GDPR 2025-05-12T22:42:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspr669n5x2t7w8c8h09w9n0tdgng4klhha520l28u0ytlz43y6weczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scr49snp There&#39;s obviously no rest for the privacy-minded. 🙄<br/><br/>Today, a parcel delivery company sent me a delivery notice per e-mail - with someone else&#39;s name and full adress written in plain text in it. I brought this to their attention, but based on my experience, I don&#39;t expect them to handle it professionally.<br/><br/>So I&#39;ll have to write another e-mail now. To the supervisory authority this time. <br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #IrresponsibleBusiness 2025-05-12T11:25:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs059uhalav7j7p0894dex4nzdml4489usxcqh4c56l4wegzcpp8aqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scsvn0jk &#34;But we need to do advertising! How else should people learn we exist when we can&#39;t use their data?&#34;<br/><br/>What you&#39;re really saying is that you want your advertising to be as cheap as possible and care little about whether people actually want to know about you.<br/><br/>Let me give you some free consulting: companies did advertising before the world wide web existed. Maybe try one of the classics?<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #advertising 2025-05-07T20:31:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvma0ycfmha0y8gzsx0dmk0fjn72qys6q8r74k7r6ugz5w3ns0wsszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sczuxhxx There are many ways to protest, and each of them is important!<br/><br/>For example, every time you request that a company tells you why and how they use your data, or demand that they delete what they know about you, you&#39;re protesting against a system that wants to turn something that belongs to you into their profits.<br/><br/>And as with every other protest, there&#39;s strength in numbers. So please go out and be a nuisance to those who aren&#39;t respecting your human right to privacy!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection 2025-05-06T08:16:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvp45xvfq9ya7g4mnlat5jrp93l937psm7wwrj78ul6ju8z6dqnkgzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc9qfxtw Dear companies, please remember: privacy people want to make your tech better! For you, your customers, and everybody else. <br/><br/>We don&#39;t just like complaining. Trust me!<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #tech #business 2025-04-30T20:23:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxv5yxfnn4emlyla0crnaldrkh7g6dnf0zpa8uvza85fgmqpd9kyszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scw77r6h Do any of you have experience with pay what you want pricing in adult education? If so, I&#39;d be very grateful if you&#39;d share some of your insights! <br/>--<br/>#education #business #PayWhatYouWant #PWYW 2025-04-18T17:45:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyk3vjl6amf6gfvvfzphwlxld6k2wvlxllxpj8l5dcz6854k6jugzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sctyc0ct Those who use &#34;Luddite&#34; as a slur obviously know nothing about history.<br/><br/>The Luddites were professionals who knew perfectly well that the combination of capitalism and technology would wreak havoc on soviety. As it did back then and still does today.<br/><br/>Some tech bros should better read books instead of just feeding them into their latest large language model. <br/><br/>--<br/>#technology #tech #society #economics 2025-04-17T09:36:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjkut0958yvjs99a2m36s5vrjjt9hgds9ddx2y4v3waek23zsfuszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scwc2ssc I&#39;ve tried something new today.<br/><br/>Instead of filing my next privacy complaint straight away, I sent it to the heads of the offending organization first. I also demanded a formal apology for not respecting my privacy rights, full transparency, and a description of what they will do to comply with privacy law in the future. Or else.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s see if they are willing to learn something. I gave them two weeks to decide.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2025-04-15T21:43:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5zy82w6vr0wpnuyerhslhw3f29yl43zj0ewmfcd9x6lnaa3fc6czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scpm5vyc Today is a good day to replace some U.S. big tech oligopolist&#39;s service with a European alternative. As is tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow too.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying that it will be easy all the time. But it&#39;s necessary.<br/><br/>Want to get started? There are few helpful websites out there (<a href="https://european-alternatives.eu/">https://european-alternatives.eu/</a> for example).<br/>--<br/>#BuyEuropean #tech #technology #BigTech 2025-04-11T10:33:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr03fa49d5vgkeseja3l3pk2sqz92wxys2nkrrdct59prtv5x55qqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scdqvdxm We‘re not even one week into the new Trump administration and the Data Privacy Framework between the European Union and the United States is already crumbling. <br/><br/>via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ezrdqe6qprwqqcwrka25elfhkmrnvj37nnzlualacek7ftqpcl3sm22hxu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>noyb.eu</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ezr…2hxu</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal">https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal</a><br/>—<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR 2025-01-23T16:58:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jsshlgckpcet3aa4wvezgtpmr7tjulz338jv2syxtsq2algct7szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4schw5e33 I&#39;m thinking about a GDPR-themed card game. Could be fun. And educational. 🤔 2025-01-18T10:50:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswc8nay5pazkuvgjqznhdduds6a93dg6rfc9vgk5vle9psu73kl5czyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scnsdf6f Can we please establish the social norm not to point our phone&#39;s cameras at each other&#39;s faces in public, on trains, busses, and so on? Just tilting the phone a few degrees would be enough to stop creeping others out.<br/><br/>P.S.: Yes, I know. Meta&#39;s spyglasses unfortunately exist.<br/>--<br/>#privacy #PrivacyMatters #PrivacyHabits #DataProtection 2025-01-10T11:08:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjyp97nwv9rm4f4rssjc4vu8787r5ly29c58mlmt0gep9x9ngqcqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scgkwg8y Austria in political turmoil an likely on its way to a far-right prime minister. Apparently the old economy got the upper hand within the conservative party. <br/>Expect deregulation of the economy. Expect euroscepticism. Expect important issues like privacy to be labeled as impediment to conservative and false notions of &#34;progress&#34; and &#34;innovation&#34;. In short: expect huge steps backwards.<br/>--<br/>#Austria #Österreich #politics 2025-01-04T20:37:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw8lhq9gyd4z54xpwvpy47wh3vdu6c6mrlssw0dn2w9zgquxdt24szyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sck8fwtk More than six years into the General Data Protection Regulation, I think it’s safe to assume that opt-out shenanigans are intentional infringements.<br/><br/>Yes, I’m looking at you Apple. Their privacy policy on Enhanced Visual Search may not look all too bad at a first glance (I need to dig deeper though). But why not do it right and make it opt-in? They should know better given that they build a whole lot of their marketing around privacy.<br/>-<br/>#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #Apple #EnhancedVisualSearch 2025-01-02T00:35:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxq0crggjrs096f456vg70v3marw5t77jacm9dfskxdkw8v6ljgxqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc6h9vuf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2sle4xgg5c7cjymjt2ra27ljl3ranagx2cprp0ae52v8t8p4yycgqknx0'>nevent1q…knx0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Obviously there are still good news these days… 🥳<br/><br/>Every second that the LLM is down and not wasting obscene amounts of ressources is a positive. 2024-12-26T21:47:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmngv9lcz00llyg766v2hrxwqxd6ngy7hv87505lz5zujcf8d0xczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc54kzd3 Please do not track your children with their phones! <br/><br/>If you get them used to surveillance at an early age, they won’t protest it when they’re older. Although your intentions may be good, the consequences won’t be! <br/><br/>—<br/>#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection 2024-12-26T13:13:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdrm2hk5e7lt66mty5std6x5qz9apj7zfvkezkkua8caj4lez2aszyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scs4es7d On the first day of Christmas<br/>My true love sent to me<br/>A sledgehammer and an AI-data-center key! 2024-12-23T22:09:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjcqtulgx4tfwmjjzppvg4vcrlm26nj4uph0d69gdgnfp4cxjeyczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4sc3qm2zq Those who claim not to care about their privacy because they “have nothing to hide” might want to consider that confidentiality isn’t the whole picture. Privacy also protects our dignity.<br/>Just as we don’t want others to do with us as they please, we shouldn’t accept that they use information about us as they want. <br/>We must not become subjects in thrall to other people’s tech! After all, we are individuals and deserve to be treated as such.<br/>—<br/>#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #technology 2024-10-05T19:32:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqwez6q3h7culn7zkynjvq4rg6tr78sns8h2elsqwkj2kmpt3wmjqzyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scmmmpmu Let‘s free ourselves of the notion that privacy is a resource that exists to be traded according to market principles. <br/>Privacy is our fundamental right. A cornerstone of our society and a prerequisite for mental and social wellbeing. You wouldn’t want to trade that, would you?<br/>—<br/>#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection 2024-09-10T14:15:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwq8aj7p9880nhgmklv7up579tpejkzuzhjxumjyfmmsnc629fsczyppndct3fyzmv3kxjrskpl6lea0j82d5dqhd5dcvcz9v9f4zfp4scnhx0rq Privacy is not just a curious hobby or some infatuation of the paranoid. Losing it has real consequences on a societal and psychological level. <br/>European politicians would do very well to remember that when they‘ll discuss mass surveillance once again this week. They can‘t claim to do government for the people while also pushing for the erosion of our privacy!<br/>—<br/>#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #MassSurveillance #surveillance #ChatControl #EuropeanUnion #politics 2024-09-02T09:25:39Z