sirocyl

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sirocyl @sirocyl10/19/2023, 1:30 PM

Rena @RenaKunisaki

vyvansula?@funcitonretrun10/19/2023, 12:00 AM

i think there is an option missing from this unsolicited popup, google!

the missing option, in case you were wondering, is

an acceptable alternative would be

No. Never ask me to provide irrevocable biometric identifying information to an organisation that is legally able - and fiduciarily obliged - to retain it indefinitely and extract maximum value from it using any and all techniques available in any current or future technical, regulatory and/or sociocultural environment, as well as any other organisations or individuals obtaining this information by means of trade, regulatory requirement, legal proceedings, theft, espionage or negligence.

but i guess that's a little wordy for a CTA

#Fuck computers #fuck google #consensual software #data is a toxic asset #biometrics #The Cohost Global Feed

Rena @RenaKunisaki10/19/2023, 1:16 PM

The Four Horsemen of the Privacypocalypse

Dialogs with only "yes" and "ask again later"
"Learn more..."
"We've updated our privacy policy"
"Verify your phone number to continue"

#capitalism #Privacy #computers were a mistake

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in reply to @funcitonretrun's post:

@ROU10/19/2023, 2:33 AM

i don't think i can remember the last time i was allowed to tell a computer an unambiguous No which carried even any illusion of permanence

vyvansula?@funcitonretrun10/19/2023, 5:35 AM

it's a war on two fronts.

hot war on the technical battlefields: youtube vs. ublock origin/yt-dlp/et al., android vs. jailbreakers & technical phone users, microsoft vs. technical windows users, the list goes on

cold war at the surface layer: slowly eroding the public concepts of data ownership, device ownership, privacy, general purpose computing itself. opt-in becomes opt-out becomes kill-it-with-group-policy. new applications purchased on physical media - requiring an actual value proposition - become automatically-updated apps/ad-supported 'free' online services become subscriptions. it's important for their purposes that the language around computing evolve away from the unambiguous No. everything moves towards a subscription model where their revenue stream is predictable and their control is absolute. there is no concept of No as a meaningful option within their ideal, so it is being deprecated.

sirocyl @sirocyl10/19/2023, 9:07 AM

I am making an active effort to allow you, the user and the installer, to tell @styx-os "No." as much as you need to, and on our part, to never get in the way of that. I hope we at least make an impact.