If you want to understand how startups and venture capital work, go to 26:24 on the recording of my talk “Excuse Me, Your Unicorn Keeps Shitting In My Back Yard, Can He Please Not?” from 2016:
Fmr US AMB to IS, Jeff Gunter, will spend $1M of his own money on initiatives: 'Build the Wall', 'DEPORT THEM ALL', develop a website & reporting mechanism for everyday citizens to report suspicious activity... to compete in NV's R Sen primary. His goal: win the primary & unseat the Dem Senator.
It's pretty creepy (but not at all surprising) that the distinguishing feature between ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Team seems to be that Enterprise lets you surveil your users and Team does not. Enterprise has no price tag, and just says just to contact sales.
Note: I'm not seriously considering either product.
Please remember to check and change the privacy settings whenever you download a new app!
Some (cough most) apps collect and share a lot of your data by default. And not only yours but the data of your contacts as well. That’s why you should opt out and restrict access wherever you can. For your own sake and for the sake of your contacts!
— #privacy#DataProtecion#PrivacyMatters#SurveillanceCapitalism
If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?
No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.
@molly0xfff my first job out of college was in IT before the internet. We setup some Token Ring and Arcnet netwoks, then Novell. As gopher dimmed and www rose I was excited to get onto the Internet which required understanding how to install and configure the stack. Now I can't wait to get off the internet because it has become so hostile and aggressive in data gathering and behavioral control. The peak for me was closer to gopher than to #surveillancecapitalism certainly. I miss nerd civiliity.
"Big Brother is using your cell phone, smartwatch, wireless earbuds, car ENTMT systems & license plates to track your location in real time.
Contracting records & notes from local govt meetings show that fed & state DHS grants allow local LE agencies to surveil US citizens with tech more commonly found in war zones & foreign espionage ops.
"The truth is that the ability to build Facebook-like services is relatively common. What was rare was the moral recklessness necessary to go through with it..." 👉 https://mastodon.social/@gyokusai/112301065732034869
I'd only add that in addition to showing certain people certain things to get them to act a certain way, these systems also afford the ability to manage what not to show those people - basically, keeping their bubble tidy.
@kaydenpat Biden doubling down on oil production isn't the sell you think it is, but yet another way both establishment US parties screw everyone under 50 (in the US and around the world) for the sake of propping up record-breaking billionaire profits just a little longer.
The horrific irony is that a less right-wing Democratic Party would have a better chance electorally too.
If the #DNC actually wanted to defeat #fascism in the USA, rather than walk the slightly slower path towards it, they wouldn't be supporting an ongoing #genocide of brown people by arming #Israel, they wouldn't be expanding the powers of the #police and #surveillance state (and #SurveillanceCapitalism), and they wouldn't be pursuing their #AllOfTheAbove energy policy, locking in #ClimateCrisis for every generation we can imagine into the future.
#AI#AIEthics#ResponsibleAI#SurveillanceCapitalism: "AI experts Camille Francois and Meredith Whittaker discuss how to break up Big Tech and build a safe and ethical AI.
In the final episode of the AI series with Maria Ressa, we meet two women on the front lines of the battle to make artificial intelligence accountable.
From 7 March, the designated gatekeepers – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft – must comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act.
These changes give you control of your:
📱 data: decide freely how your data is used
📱 phone: choose your default apps, browsers and search engines
📱 apps: install the apps you want and remove pre-installed apps
"#HP CEO Says They Brick #Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers
The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical."
"Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store.
Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts.
The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped......"