Akinetopsia
@akinetopsia.bsky.social
🇨🇦⚜️ Software & Mechanical Engineer Ex-Musician / Music production Pro-Privacy Tech Enthusiast turned neo-Luddite
I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!
We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’
Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough.
theverge.com
It’s not that data brokers and social media companies haven’t been building profiles on people for ages, but it’s worth noting how they are now trying to normalize this by touting it as a benefit rather than the creepy and invasive function that it is.
Meta's Muse Is Collecting Information on Everyone in Your Life
Meta’s AI agent creates profiles of people in users’ lives even if they don’t use Muse.
gizmodo.com
Whistleblowers be like
Christopher Walken Dances to Fatboy Slim
ALT: Christopher Walken Dances to Fatboy Slim
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Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d ago“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
new wolfenstein looks like shit
Funny how billionaires and mega corps really really really want datacenters to happen despite everyone saying "No" Because billionaires and corps are widely known to want what's good for us and not, you know, their own bottom line and nothing else Good, keep up the fight. Screw them fuck their AI.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d ago“In a more than 3,000 word blog posted today, Amazon web services CEO Matt Garman pushed back on public concerns around the impact that data centers may have on jobs, power demands, and the environment, saying ‘our nation can’t afford to lose’ the race for AI dominance.”
“But the smart glasses reflect a larger philosophical position, one ubiquitous in Big Tech and fueled by the artificial intelligence gold rush: that the human is not enough, and that we need to be aided — and disciplined — by AI.”
Amazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its Workforce
Amazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock ...
jacobin.com
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
Shocking absolutely no one, an industry based on theft is suspected of stealing again
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · last wk.Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
Sandwich has always on listening. Sandwich shares your data with its 1800 partners.
Jamie Smart@jamiesmart.bsky.social · 2w agoCan’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
me demanding to speak to the weather manager
CallMeRay@hisgooberness.bsky.social · 2w agoMe waving goodbye to summer 👋🏼
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
No expectation of privacy in public* *unless you are a panopticon installation guy
Reporter Gets Visit From Cops For Filming Flock Camera Installer At Work - Jalopnik
The irony of being opposed to being filmed while maintaining and upgrading a system of mass surveillance was apparently lost on the Flock worker.
jalopnik.com
your modern car does the exact same thing. 1: www.consumerreports.org/electronics/... 2: www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/priv...
Your Car May Be Spying On You. Here’s How to Get It to Stop. - Consumer Reports
Automakers are collecting and sharing data about your driving. Here's how to stop your car from spying on you.
consumerreports.org
James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · last mo.Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
-not on the freshly cleaned bed sheets / sofa covers -not on the most inaccessible nook and cranny you can find, like the window tracks" I'll admit that as someone who can easily sleep through 5 alarms and takes 2hs to wake up, the sound of a cat horking immediately puts me aware with 1000% acuity
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.If I could say one sentence to cats and make them understand it, it would probably be "If you are going to puke, please do it on a hard surface."
Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google.
Someone needs to do a full audit of the cars' telemetry contents and where it gets sent to. I'm all for manufacturers that aren't American but modern internal combustion and especially EVs are some of the worst privacy and digital surveillance offenders.
Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦@ogcanada.bsky.social · last mo.China's BYD will be setting up dealerships all over Canada in late 2026. This Canadian will take extreme pleasure in knowing American cars will get passed over for Chinese electric. m.youtube.com/watch?v=BBL-... #cdnpoli
The problem with all that smart tech is not that the tech is smart, it's that the people are dumb 🙃
L. J.@leojos.bsky.social · last mo.Good!👍✅️ "Norway is planning to clamp down on the use of smart glasses and similar devices in response to concerns over privacy issues, Oslo announced on Tuesday." www.euronews.com/next/2026/08...
I started following Benn some years ago for his music production stuff. I'll say that I'm all for his white hat hacking and privacy activism arc. Heck yeah man!
Benn Jordan@bennjordan.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlock takes their privacy very seriously. But the ethical gray area in surveillance technology works both ways. Under no circumstances should elected officials or public servants enjoy an expectation of privacy when spending tax dollars to attend a surveillance lobbying event.
Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling "Unsafe". Salem rich trials. 🔥🔥🔥
I've got it on good authority that after eliminating physical discs and buttons for the PS6, the PS7 will just be you buying a license to imagine playing the game
Oh! kitteh has a cute blep while watching tv let me snap a p- Oh lord
![4-panel comic. (1) [Person swings from tree over water.] (2) [In the middle of the swing, the tree’s leaves have turned brown.] (3) [When the person lets go, the tree is bare of leaves and everywhere is covered in ice or snow.] (4) [The person landed on the ice looks behind at Person 2 with shoulder-length hair standing on the snow.] PERSON 2: Summer over already, huh? PERSON 1: It seemed extra quick this year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic4gbwxsjt6aw43ogiw36dnyicy7swyquypp6sqtr3ail3iqgwetq)
