"Embrace AI or get out"
Welcome to the out club.
Delta airlines has announced a new surveillance pricing plan: they're going to feed an AI the nonconsensually harvested personal data that data-brokers and credit bureaux hold on you to predict the maximum you're willing to pay, and then price their tickets accordingly:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/#medallion-clubbed
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๐จ Microsoftโs Recall is capturing your screen ๐จ
Don't let this AI-powered tool fool you as "convenient" ๐ It's invading your PRIVACY.
Turn it off now: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-microsoft-recall
@cwtch I really would like to have a better understanding of the differences (not so technical, but also pros and cons) of decentralised messaging services, in comparison:
@cwtch
@element
@delta
Do you know if that exists?
I'm on @signalapp , love it, but I realise that another centralised solution might not be the ultimate solution...
And I need to think wisely before bringing all my people to a new platform ๐
Thank you!
Oh wow, #hamradio to the rescue
Remember that hurricane data that is being cut off by the US government? Guess who figured out how to get the data anyway?
The Register: Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off
Hams for the win: Amateur-built decoder taps SSMIS satellite data amid NOAA cutoff
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder