Rob

@coperob
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Left the rat race at Microsoft for traveling, writing, photography, a little coding, and whatever else seems interesting.
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What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?

Platformer

I migrated from 1Password to Apple Passwords and Encrypted Notes about a year ago. It's been fine.

If you are fully in the Apple ecosystem, you too can ditch 1Password.

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116075899448316866

I've mostly started over in terms of my online accounts. Deleted almost everything.

- Services like reddit, I can usually get what I want just by browsing without an account.
- The only social site I have an account on is Mastodon.
- Chat/group chat is Signal

If you don't NEED an account delete it, don't create one. Weed out everything and minimize your exposure to invasive data collection and surveillance. And, when you do sign-up for a service, use an alias-email offered by services like Proton or MySudo. Generally, just be more proactive in what services you use and how you use them. And be willing to walk away from them if they start to get grabby.

And take a hard line with your family and friends. Compromise less or not at all. In 2026 privacy is the priority, not convenience.

I don't want or need most of the services I've come across.

#privacy #surveillance #fascism #data #tech

Another painful one to write, given my life-long love of Apple.

The world must extricate itself from US big tech: https://mattgemmell.scot/liberty-as-resistance/

Liberty as Resistance — Matt Gemmell

The world must extricate itself from US big tech.

Matt Gemmell
Resist and Unsubscribe

Resist and Unsubscribe
Can't recall if this has happened before — we've both been talking about Apple for a long time, and I _think_ this isn't the first — but yay, mentioned by the Macalope! https://www.macworld.com/article/3050158/winter-of-our-apple-discontent.html
If Apple is richer than ever, why does it feel so broke?

Tim Cook's choices may keep the company in the black, but Apple fans are starting to see red.

Macworld

Dissatisfaction with the familiar breeds contempt

Matt Gemmell on “The Fallen Apple”
#Apple #Tech #TimCook
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/02/02/matt-gemmell-on-the-fallen-apple/

This piece has been coming for a while, in one form or another. Makes me deeply unhappy to write it. https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/
The Fallen Apple — Matt Gemmell

I barely recognise the company I used to have such admiration for.

Matt Gemmell
A one-day slowdown is irritating. A one-month slump is terrifying.

With support for abolishing ICE growing and a bipartisan backlash prompting Trump to at least feign a more conciliatory approach in Minnesota, this is the moment to exert pressure. https://bit.ly/4aoo0an