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1. i don't use health apps

2. "startup" rings alarmbells regardless of whatever tech thingamabob it is

3. i don't even track my periods digitally

4. i rarely if ever give my true date of birth

5. i don't integrate All The Things

over the years i've quietly gotten some workmates to switch certain conversations from slack to signal. each has briefly rolled their eyes but accepted my eccentricity.

all have within a year discovered with genuine shock that private chats in slack are not private.

of. course. they're.not

someone is paying, therefore someone owns it.

@benteh

Words of the wise!

@raccoon i confess i DO have three smartbulbs. though restricted to my own network. still. i feel some shame.

all the smarts – if any – in my house is in my brain.

@benteh "Be careful about using health apps. You may die of a typo." Mark Twain