Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there’s a good argument the author’s concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

    • Maki
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      171 month ago

      It’s called the Cassandra Complex, named after Cassandra/Kassandra of Troy.

        • @untakenusername@sh.itjust.works
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          nah you can totally stop the surveillance. Just use tailsOS, live in the basement of a building under an aluminum ceiling (to hide from synthetic-aperture radar spy sats), near a busy highway (so the LIGO gravity-wave observatory cant record the sound of your footsteps), get food deliveries so you don’t have to leave, and connect to the internet using a neighbors wifi.

    • @index@sh.itjust.works
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      41 month ago

      dismissed as a conspiracy nut.

      The government and bad actors use this as a strategy to attack their opponents and control public opinion.