Mastodawn

Microsoft 365 is free for college students for a year, and that's very interesting, because it was also just announced that Microsoft is scanning any and all Word documents for data now (which was/is of course the point of having every piece of Office software dependent on being online). What crap

#security #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftOffice #DataHarvesting #security #privacy #infosec #MicrosoftWord

N-gated Hacker News Sep 3

🥳 Oh joy, another "revolutionary" tech marvel from #Tencent that promises to hypnotize us into thinking we're all living in a 3D Pixar movie as they harvest our data. 🚀 Because, who wouldn't want to dive into the magical world of #RGBD video generation, right? 😂
https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-Voyager #technews #dataharvesting #innovation #3Dexperience #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-Voyager: Voyager is an interactive RGBD video generation model conditioned on camera trajectory, and supports real-time 3D reconstruction.

Voyager is an interactive RGBD video generation model conditioned on camera trajectory, and supports real-time 3D reconstruction. - Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-Voyager

GitHub

emmett Aug 13

Zenni claims that their pink ID Guard glasses prevent AI from harvesting your biometric data by reflecting infrared light.

My immediate instinct is that these are purely a gimmick. Want to know what you all think. Is there validity to any of these claims?

https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard#Zenni_ID_Guard_Innovation

#ai #privacy #infrared #biometrics #dataharvesting

Dave Mason Aug 10

When I notice movements on social media that echo the concerns I've had (and posted about) for many years, it's bittersweet.

I should be encouraged that folks are...
🔹 Thinking about (or actively attempting to) break up with Big Tech.
🔹 Fed up with Data Harvesting.
🔹 Fighting back against surveillance.
🔹 Etc.

But at the same time, it's upsetting in a "What took you so long!!??" kind of way.

#BigTech
#DataHarvesting
#Surveillance
#Privacy

Silver Arrows Aug 8

#Clippy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ

I'm not changing my profile pic though, I like my Menhera avatar.

#LouisRossmann #Dataharvesting

Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious

YouTube

Morpheus Being Jul 31

#auspol #Privacy #DataHarvesting

https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/07/31/anthony-albaneses-dirty-deal-with-rupert-murdoch-to-make-money-from-school-childrens-data/

Anthony Albanese’s dirty deal allowing Rupert Murdoch to make money from selling school children's data

Anthony Albanese’s social media ban for children under 16 will step up a gear if Google follows through with their threat to take legal action against the federal government for adding YouTube, […]

Kangaroo Court of Australia

Morpheus Being Jul 16

#Privacy #Court #Law #DataHarvesting

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/meta-shareholders-vs-mark-zuckerberg-in-8-billion-lawsuit/105532400

Meta shareholders vs Mark Zuckerberg in $8 billion lawsuit

Meta shareholders are suing CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with current and former executives, for more than $US8 billion ($12.2 billion) in fines and other costs following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

ABC News

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