Freddy

In the 1960s, if you wanted to surveil one person, you had to hire someone else to bug them or follow them. Today, we surveil everyone by default; you just have to tap into the data collected by the spies in their pockets (smartphones), on their wrists and fingers (smart watches and rings), their work tools (laptops), and in the public sphere (CCTV cameras) – you’ll have more on any person than the Stasi could ever dream of.

https://aeon.co/essays/things-have-jobs-and-digital-devices-are-made-to-track-you

#privacy #surveillance #longread #spying

Five years ago, I joined what would become @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer. Since then, the project has grown massively - to the point where we have even been featured in the New York Times! This has only been possible thanks to the wonderful team of volunteers and contributors, which I am just a small part of. From our translators and GitHub contributors to our staff members, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped! I am proud to be a part of the best privacy website there is, and look forward for what is to come 💛

https://www.privacyguides.org/

#PrivacyGuides #privacy

RE: @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer

@carissaveliz@mstdn.social is one of the most important and interesting people in the privacy space. It's a privilege to have her on our channel - please give this a watch 💛

#privacy #PrivacyGuides #videos #ai

Who could have possibly seen this coming?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/leak-confirms-openai-is-preparing-ads-on-chatgpt-for-public-roll-out/

#ai #ads #privacy

Re-sharing this apropos of nothing

https://jottings.lol/2021/11/virtual-insanity

#facebook #meta #metaverse #privacy #socialmedia #zuckerberg

Re-sharing this brilliant article from @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange! Privacy is only dead if we let it die.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/17/privacy-is-not-dead/

#Privacy #PrivacyGuides #privacyMatters

RE: @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer

A great way to support the cause of privacy - and get some cool swag too!

I'm Freddy, a founding member of @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer and @Mastodon@mastodon.social user since 2019. Not a huge fan of the word 'I', either.

https://freddy.lol

#privacy #introductions

If someone has to tell you that they care about your privacy, they probably don’t. My lastest on the Meta Monster:

https://jottings.lol/2022/04/move-fast-and-break-things

By 2035, we’ll either be extinct, on the verge of unimaginable prosperity for all humanity or kind of the same, but more so. Pass the popcorn. Or wait until your robot butler can do it for you.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n23/john-lanchester/king-of-cannibal-island

#ai #longreads

@nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org what I'm hearing is that you need to move to the UK and go to the pub...