Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
https://www.privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5175/stop-gilab
No, not Stop Gitlab, Stop Gilab. GILAB. It's an overly broad South African "national security" bill.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/no-nudity-allowed-censoring-naked-yoga This one is from 2022. British activist tears into the censorship of naked yoga (strangely specific cause to pick up, but yeah, censorship is bad).
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Since I also saw someone coming up with a spooky story (of how censorship can be a terrible thing), I thought I'd add one of my mine.
I encountered a pretty spooky and creepy coincidence once. So, there were discussions of censorship (and something about legality in some very random backwater country) involving "fictional minors", then, shortly afterwards (I'd say within a few weeks or so), someone (who was there and wasn't keen on censorship) turned up dead. Suicide. In that very country. Very eerie.
Anyway, I don't think we particularly need stories of self-harm or suicide to get to the, rather evident, point that Censorship Of Artistic Expression Is A Bad Thing.
In any case, with things like suicide, it can feel very surreal. Someone is talking normally one day (well, actually week in this case, but you get the saying), like any ordinary person. Then, they are no longer there. So, I guess be good to one another, yes, yes.
Some points about censoring fictional content there (censorship is a bad idea): 1) It might fuel someone's persecution complex. The idea of a dange...
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I suppose with the LLM, someone can finally get their cute loli wife, huh? Lol.
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Another highlight from 2023, lol.
#freud #psicanalise QT: https://kolektiva.social/@MnemosyneSinger/110572193444106993
Ah, yes, wrong term. Not accuracy. Quality is the word. I talk a lot about classifiers, so I got those two muddled up.
"Depending on which late-model vehicle you own, your car might be watching you – literally and figuratively – as you drive down the road. It’s watching you with cameras that monitor the cabin and track where you’re looking, and with sensors that track your speed, lane position and rate of acceleration."
"Your car may also transmit some of this data to the manufacturer’s data centers"
"The information can reveal your identity, your habits when you’re in your car, how safely you drive, where you’ve been and where you regularly go."
Highlight from 2023. Suicide hotlines were sending user data (including names and email addresses) to Facebook. #privacy
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/24/more-suicide-resource-orgs-found-to-be-monetizing-sensitive-user-data/ Ugh, the *suicide resource sites* really...
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"After publication, Maca Ferguson, a spokesperson for Volunteers of America Western Washington, said the pixel was used for fundraising efforts"
Some of these deliberately added the pixel (although, it's unclear whether they knew how much data it would collect) for unrelated purposes.
"Pellerin said they had removed the code, which they attributed to a plug-in on their website."
Others appear to have been hit by supply chain issues like this where a vendor casually threw the pixel in without their knowledge (although, likely not knowing this would happen).
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https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/24/more-suicide-resource-orgs-found-to-be-monetizing-sensitive-user-data/ Ugh, the *suicide resource sites* really shouldn't be sharing sensitive data like this with Facebook.
"In some cases, filling out contact forms on the sites transmitted hashed but easily unscrambled names and email addresses to Facebook."
Very intrusive.
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What inspired you to join today? "I wanted to become a 'friend' of the FSF." - Anonymous
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/hub/en/event/who-killed-the-internet-and-a-promising-alternative-for-public-communication-and-social-media-the-fediverse/ Apparently, they're going to be talking about the fediverse at a conference. Dunno if it's good.
I think you can get some mileage out of it, but it's annoying when someone tries to dismiss valid concerns there by going, "Oh you can just run your own site."
It's a very obvious consequence of "censor more! censor more! censor more! why is this here?!".
Funny how barely anyone points a finger at Thierry for being responsible for censoring Palestinian content.
Funny how barely anyone points a finger at Thierry for being responsible for censoring Palestinian content.
As fun as it might be for someone to run their own site, "Run your own site" is hardly an answer to the middle finger of censorship that is Big Tech.
Ylva has all but admitted that chat control barely leads to the rescues of victims which raises further questions over whether it's a proportionate (or effective, as that is what was pitched) intrusion on privacy.
It would be cool if someone made transcription for that video commentary about chat control.
I'm thinking of what sort of dive to do next (at my leisure...).
I don't have a whole lot in mind, however, I'd like to see if I couldn't do something designed more to be informative, than to actively try to push back against a bunch of bad faith arguments / actors.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
