Mastodawn

Mastodon Migration Oct 2, 2023

So, this surveillance capitalism thing is totally out of hand. Today @protonmail had a great explainer (https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111165171600485248) on the mind bending evil Google is up to with it's new "privacy features". But pretty much every tech company is now in the business of profiling you and monetizing your tidbits.

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Art Hunter Oct 3, 2023

@mastodonmigration @protonmail
And they really, really want you to turn on your viewing history. This is the screen you get if you go to YouTube and your watch history is off ...

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Art Hunter

@mastodonmigration @protonmail
There are a lot of alternatives to Google products, and I use several. But what can we do when the worst surveillance cap company there is joins the fediverse? The fediverse was the alternative to companies like this. Is there currently an alternative to the fediverse?