I could have raised money. I said no.
Not because I'm a martyr. Because I understand the mechanics: an investor in a privacy business creates structural pressure toward monetizing data. Not out of malice. By design of the model.
So we stay bootstrapped. Our users are our clients, not our product.
Episode 23 tackles a complex issue: the mapping capabilities of smart vacuums.
These devices aren’t just cleaning; they’re creating detailed spatial data about your home.
We’re examining the potential for misuse, the data being collected, and the lack of transparency. It raises serious questions about surveillance and control within the home. Dive in: impracticalprivacy.com
What regulations (if any) do you think are needed for this technology?
#privacy #smarthome #dataethics #technology
the tech world is noisy right now. the real story is in the intersection.
data, customer experience, AI, and impact on the next generation aren't separate conversations. they're one.
→ AI scales whatever it learns. including the flaws.
→ ethics and cultural context aren't add-ons.
→ thoughtful beats fast. fast usually means redoing it.
what questions are you asking at the crossroads?
Surveillance Pricing: Exploiting Information Asymmetries
https://lpeproject.org/blog/surveillance-pricing-exploiting-information-asymmetries/
#HackerNews #surveillancepricing #informationasymmetry #dataethics #privacytech #marketdynamics
the noise in these tech streets is LOUD right now.
but here's the thing, data, CX, AI, and the next generation? that's all one conversation.
data without ethics is surveillance.
CX without caution is manipulation.
AI without cultural and historical context is dangerous.
none of that matters if we're not holding space for both the promise AND the risk.
not trying to chase every hot take. trying to ask better questions.
thoughtful beats fast.
y'all got thoughts? 🫖
#DataEthics #ResponsibleAI
The Harbinger, automated care by Wesley Goatley
https://neural.it/2026/04/the-harbinger-automated-care/
#surveillance #surveillanceart #privacy #datacapture #biometricdata #emotionrecognition
#posttruth #fakenews #deepfake
#factchecking #mediamanipulation #misinformation #disinformation
#dataethics #informationoverload
#mediaconsumption #medialiteracy #propagandaonline #techmyths #techethics #digitalrights
#datasovereignty #dataownership #dataprivacy
#internetgovernance #digitalcitizenship
There’s a difference between being known… and being reduced to what can be known.
Profiles don’t just describe us. They stabilise us. They turn movement into pattern, possibility into probability.
And once that version exists, systems begin to trust it more than the person.
It is consistent. Predictable. Actionable.
You are not.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/human-first-digital-world-article-8-eu-charter?r=6l8ed8
#DigitalRights #DataProtection #HumanDignity #DataEthics #TechAndSociety #AIethics #PrivacyMatters #SystemsThinking #Democracy