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Imagine you're having a remote appointment with your doctor for a very personal health issue. Your doctor is a tech enthusiast, and is proudly wearing the new Apple Watch with all the recording features enabled. You don't see the "Audible and visible signals for Live Rewind", because you don't see your doctor's wrist on videochat or on speakerphone. The "Omitted content" safeguard fails to detect the sensitive conversation, because none of the pre-selected keywords are detected. "What about all the privacy laws protecting me?", you claim in distress. Sadly, your doctor is unaware and thinks "surely Apple respects all the laws by default?" The medical clinic isn't informed about privacy risks related to new technologies, and hasn't implemented any training or policies about it yet. Your sensitive health data is collected by Apple's new features, stored on their servers, blissfully unaware of the infringements to your consent, your privacy, and all the laws supposed to protect you. This is only one scenario of the many surveillance nightmares we might hear about in the coming months and years. Brace yourself. #Privacy #Security #Consent #Apple

The problem with the new Apple Watch features isn't just about the technology, it's about the erosion of trust in our society. Even if you don't activate those features on your Apple Watch, even if you wear an older model, and even if you wear a completely different brand of smart watches, people might think you are recording them now. For the same reason I had to carefully choose my new glasses model to make sure they cannot be confused with Meta's Ray-Ban spy glasses, people will now look at your wrists suspiciously. These technologies that record everything around without consent dissolve the base of trust we had for each other. All of our words scrutinize, at all time, in every context. This silences us over time. This makes us feel unsafe. The problem goes well beyond technology itself, and well beyond a technical fix, it has become a cultural problem. One that we need to fix urgently. #Privacy #Consent #MassSurveillance #Trust

If you live outside of the United States, do you know if your country has a plan if the US government decided to cut access to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon products overnight? What would happen to your work? What would happen to your hospitals? What would happen to your emergency services? What would happen to your banks? Imagine overnight, for all those public services and private businesses, no more Windows, no more AWS, no more Google and Microsoft office software, no more remote files storage, no more emails, no more online maps, no more videochats. What would happen? Is your country prepared? #DataSovereignty

AI isn't going to kill us all. But the people in power who trust its content as facts might. #NoAI

Boost boost boost, Fedizens! We need more boosts! #Fediverse #Mastodon

I cannot tell you enough how insulting it is for artists to see any use of AI-generated images. This technology was made from our work, our labour, stolen from us, violating our consent and copyrights. Somehow without any legal consequences, and without any financial compensation made to us, but making billions in profits exploiting us. I feel rage each time I see an AI-generated image. Each time it's a reminder of how much people devalue the hard labour of artists and feel entitled to their work for free. It's disgusting. #NoAI #HumanArt

The minimum wage should be tied in percentage to the maximum rent allowed for a one-bedroom apartment. Someone working full-time should be able to cover all their minimal living expenses with their wage. It's a catastrophic society failure that this isn't the case anymore in many places around the world.

People think a lot about the output they get from AI tools and chatbots. But they don't think enough about the input they give to the AI tools and chatbots. Your input is very likely collected, tagged, evaluated, shared, and reused. Every word, every image, every line of code, every data points you share with them, knowingly or unknowingly. You're not using them. They're using you. #NoAI #Privacy #DigitalRights #MassSurveillance

If you don't trust AI and AI's accuracy, then why would you trust an AI "AI-detector" 🤨 Turns out, AI is horrible also at detecting AI. And this is once again an AI "solution" that creates much more damage than benefits. Please stop this nonsense. #NoAI #AIDetector

For anyone tempted to use the newly announced Apple Watch features, despite all the ethical, legal, privacy, and security concerns, Please remember that Apple specifies (in very small print): "Siri Recap summaries and Live Rewind text snippets are generated using Apple Intelligence and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Important details may be omitted, misunderstood, or summarized incorrectly. When accuracy matters, confirm important information with the people involved or another reliable source. Siri Recap is designed to limit certain potentially sensitive content, such as financial information, government-assigned identifiers, and more, but automated filtering may not remove all sensitive information." Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/148354 #Apple #Privacy #Security

I'm very tired of capitalism. Very.

Quick reminder to boost the posts you like and add alt-text to your images! This is important on the Fediverse! 🤘🚀 #Fediverse #Mastodon

Dystopian tech is not inevitable. We can push back against dystopia. And we can win. Do not capitulate. #BeTheResistance #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI

The most fundamental concept to comprehend to understand privacy is consent. The most important concept to comprehend to understand why most AI training data is unethical is consent. Consent is one the least understood concept in our society, yet the most likely to save it. If you have difficulty understanding why privacy is important and why nonconsensual data sets are problematic, start learning more about consent. It will benefit all aspects of your life, and society as a whole as well. #Consent #Privacy #HumanRights #NoAI

This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration: “When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio #USpol #Fascism #Authoritarianism

If your website only has an AI Chatbot to resolve customers' problems, then it's clear you are not interested in solving those problems or being made aware of these problems to improve your organization. Basically, this AI Chatbot is just decor to give the customers the impression there is still some customer service, but in fact there isn't. Why not just remove the chat function entirely at this point? Same outcome for you, less insulting for your customers. #NoAI

I was not really interested in watching The Odyssey, but now that I know Elon Musk hated it, I really want to watch it. Thank you for the anti-recommendation Elon, sounds like a great movie!

Mass surveillance is a violation of consent and a violation of democracy. Stop normalizing surveillance. #Privacy #Democracy #StopSurveillance

I see the Rage Against the AI Hype is slowly increasing. And I'm here for it #NoAI

The idea of trying to replace human labour without first having put in place some system of universal living income is truly foolish. Only a billionaire could come up with such a stupid idea. #NoAI #LabourRights

Does anyone know an e-reader with all these features? Small like a phone that can be hand held BacklitSD card for storageDark mode (light text over dark background)Reads epub formatReasonably affordable #Epub #Reading

I know a service is located in the United-States when there aren't any specifications of currency in pricing, and almost nothing mentions where they are located on the website 🫣 People speak English and use dollars outside the US my American friends. Please try to keep us in mind. #Localization #US

I really miss the time when everyone didn't have a camera in their pocket... or on their glasses... or on their fraking flying drone. #Privacy #NormalizedSurveillance

I truly dislike being witnessing this rise of fascism in real time. I really wish humans were better at learning from history.

I will obstinately keep talking to my computer and search engines using only keywords. I love my puter, and yes I gave it a name, but it's still just a machine. Anthropomorphizing machines and programs was kind of a cute game... until people started to believe it in recent years. Now, it's dangerous. #NoAI

I wish everyone still there would leave Twitter/X like tomorrow, all at once. Imagine Elon Musk's reaction if that ever happened. Isn't this in itself worth a try? #DeleteTwitter #DeleteX

No, AI. Just no. #NoAI

Do you know a good hosting service that hasn't gone all AI-bananas, offers hosting packages for multiple static websites, and has server locations based in Europe? #AskFedi #NoAI #Hosting

I want the privacy we had in the 90s, With the wokeness we might have in 200 years if things continue in a good direction, With the "AI" we had 50 years ago. Is that too much to ask?

When do you think the AI Bubble will burst? #AI #NoAI

They give you a tool for free. They push you to use it as much as possible. They tell you to abandon the rest. They want you to use the tool for everything. They make you completely dependent. They add a small fee to the tool. They check if you stay... They charge you more for the tool. They check if you stay, fully dependent... They charge you an astronomical fee for the tool. They win. You lose.

I am very tired of all the tech companies embracing dystopian surveillance, overhyped AI, authoritarianism and fascism. Which tech company do you know that hasn't? #Tech #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI #Privacy #Surveillance #Fascism

Would you prefer a job where: a) Work meetings are never recorded and AI notetakers are never used, but you have to take notes manually occasionally. b) Or a job where meetings are regularly recorded and are using AI notetakers, but you never have to take notes.

Today is #Caturday! Do not forget to pay the Fediverse Cat Tax!

Does anyone know a good and simple visual (using UI) static site generator that's easy to use and doesn't use any AI? Key features: ✅ Using interface, not code ✅ Doesn't add any tracking ❌ Doesn't use any AI #AskFedi #WebDevelopment #HTML #NoAI

By the way, if you email me or send me a direct message with a question, I always try to reply to everyone, but it will take time (days-weeks). Please be patient 💚 It might take more time if there is a linked video or an article I need to read before I can reply. And sometimes, I simply don't have the time to look at liked material, unfortunately. If you ask me a question by tagging me in a non-private mention post, there is less chance I will reply and more chance it will get lost in my many notifications. Sometimes, I just can't catch up with my notifications sadly. But I want you to know that I care deeply about all of you, and I always try to reply as fast as I possibly can. Thanks for your understanding FediFriends

Have you ever experienced being recorded against your consent during a job interview or during a work meeting, either by direct recording of a remote meeting or through the use of an AI notetaker? #Privacy #NormalizedSurveillance #Consent

What is your favourite channel on PeerTube? #PeerTube #Video #Podcast #Fediverse

Do you know a company/organization that has a policy to never record meetings and forbid the use of AI notetakers during meetings? #Privacy #NoAI

I feel like I'm missing so many mentions these days I don't have enough time to look at them regularly, and when I finally take the time to sit down to reply properly (not just quickly on my phone randomly) there are too many! 🫣 All my apologies if I missed one of your message mentioning me. I truly didn't mean to, but alas my resources to reply in a timely manner are limited at this time 💚

Is the only way to have work meetings that aren't constantly recorded or using an AI notetaker (which is recording) to start one's own organization with a no-recording policy? #Privacy #HumanRights #NoAI #NoSurveillance

If you could be somewhere else today, where would you be? 🤔

What is your favourite piece of software that you use daily on your desktop or mobile device?

@eff@mastodon.social Oh EFF, what are you saying. One always needs more dice! Especially when they are supporting such a good cause! ❤️

If we want to keep a civilized society with democracy and human rights, we must all work much harder denormalized the surveillance that has been banalized and implemented everywhere around us. #Privacy #Democracy #NormalizedSurveillance

I'm so tired of the AI hype, and I'm so tired of capitalism. Oh wait... 🤔 it's the same thing. #NoAI

What's the best tv show you have watched this year? #AskFedi

If you could go back in time in your previous body, while keeping your current memories and knowledge, what year would you go back to?

I had a dream last night that there was a social media app called "Rage" where people go to just aggressively yell at each other. Maybe it's a prescient dream that X is about to get renamed again. #DeleteTwitter #DeleteX #DeleteRage

Sometimes, I see articles or comments that are critical about AI technologies, yet still use an AI-generated image for cover. Why do this? Don't you see this removes all the credibility you might have had? Why? #NoAI