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Gerry McGovernData strike
We need a data strike
AI and Big Tech feed on our data. If we take our data away then we can seriously slow Big Tech's capacity to devour our environment.
We need a data strike.
@gerrymcgovern Tell everyone you know to seriously look into NextCloud
Link --> https://nextcloud.com/
Coach Pāṇini ®That’s what we won’t do.
The campaign should probably be around what we will do, instead.
Maximilian Overdraft, Esq. ESWe need to feed them junk data and only junk data for a month.
@aka_quant_noir that’s a great idea. Poison the greedy AI
504 Battery DrWhat would a data strike look like?
AI6YR Ben@504DR @gerrymcgovern Deleting Facebook is a good start, and quitting Microsoft Windows.
I quit using FB years ago, but my nephew told me my page is still there. I only used FB for animal rights issues (full of gory pictures of animal abuse. Family/friends would ask for my FB info, and I would tell them - you don't want to know it. 😅)
Nephew also told me he was trying to delete his FB page and it won't let him. 🤬
I have no computer, only my phone; and I use DDG on that.
I block Meta on social media apps use ( mastodon and TT).
@504DR @gerrymcgovern Yeah, you're good.
Thanks, good to know that.
I also set my toots to auto delete.
Can't see any reason for that stuff to hang around the cloud forever.
I do need to clean out my photo file, tho.
PedestrianError 
@ai6yr @504DR @gerrymcgovern Also always opting out of as many cookies as possible/setting your devices to not even allow websites to ask, not using location services or enabling digital personal assistants on your phone, keeping your phone turned off some of the time, paying for things with cash & not unnecessarily providing your phone number, joining loyalty programs or signing up for mailing lists...
@PedestrianError
These are great ideas! To save our environment, live physical and local, not digital and global.
@ai6yr @504DR
These are great ideas! To save our environment, live physical and local, not digital and global.
@ai6yr @504DR
@gerrymcgovern @ai6yr @504DR Yes, in addition to the privacy aspect and not knowing what things that you routinely and publicly do now may be outlawed in the future, every bit of data collected and shared about you takes up space in those awful data centers and is used to justify building more of them and more power capacity (not just fossil fuels but also transmission infrastructure) to serve them.
@PedestrianError
90% of the data in data centers is not accessed again by humans three months after it is first stored.
aswack@gerrymcgovern @PedestrianError @ai6yr @504DR
I have seen privacy folks (who I think in general would be very on board with the data strike idea) refer to data as a toxic substance. Of course we need some datasets, like bank records, medical research, weather data, but the default should be withhold sharing, don’t collect unless needed, and delete quickly when collected. I think a data strike is good framing.
I have seen privacy folks (who I think in general would be very on board with the data strike idea) refer to data as a toxic substance. Of course we need some datasets, like bank records, medical research, weather data, but the default should be withhold sharing, don’t collect unless needed, and delete quickly when collected. I think a data strike is good framing.
@504DR
Deleting as much of our data in the Cloud as possible
Not creating any data that can be used by Big Tech
That means avoiding using any Big Tech tools or networks
Murray GM - Paperposts@504DR @gerrymcgovern i’d imagine it would mean going dark, no use, no inputs. pretty tough for most people, but simplest would be to just take the day off - go offline for 24hours.
turn off your devices (or at least disconnect). no pulling data, no behavioral data, no sharing of data. analog entertainment and no credit cards.
turn off your devices (or at least disconnect). no pulling data, no behavioral data, no sharing of data. analog entertainment and no credit cards.
I could easily do that right now - plenty of springtime chores to keep me busy.
Maybe make it a monthly or even weekly thing for everyone who can do it to do.
@504DR @gerrymcgovern that’s a great idea - one day a month ‘no data day’ be good if we all picked the same day, like the last Friday or something. thinking about it there might be a specific day that would mess with data reporting more than others.
@gerrymcgovern @504DR that would be amazing, a monthly #noDataDay
Have it last Friday of the month, share a bunch of images/assets on the Thursday night before - go dark for the day. Like a little 'lights off' gif to post on IG, FB, Bluesky and Masto (no data, even for the scrapers, browsers and ISPs)
I'm going to start that this month.
@504DR @gerrymcgovern ok so this felt like a good idea to me, so created an account and a supporting site.
@nodataday
suggesting Saturday 3rd of May for the first one.
i’ll add more on the site about it and tips. DM me if you want share any thought or add stuff to the site
@Paperposts @gerrymcgovern @nodataday
Excellent; way to take it to the next level. 💪
I'll be sure to pass along any posts about it. ( I've got your account set to notifications for me. )
Saturdays may be easier for ppl to do, too.
NO DATA DAY@504DR @Paperposts @gerrymcgovern yes, saturdays seem like a better starting point.
inaugural No Data Day Saturday 3rd May
will not see you there ;)
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I just cleared out all my Goog photos. I never wanted them in Goog's cloud anyhow. They just made them hard to delete.
Violet Bison 🦬@aka_quant_noir @gerrymcgovern where did you switch too? Photos is one of my last apps to switch from that I find hard to do.