Comment Confused (Score 1, Interesting) 33
Does "Signal" not exist?
Comment Captain Obvious (Score 1) 109
Why aren't lamps fitted in to directional bowls so they only illuminate the surrounding area below them?
Comment Read all about it: (Score 1) 161
Lindsay Owens is the executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, who have done some of the most important work on surveillance pricing (using computers to spy on you to rip you off) and algorithmic wage discrimination (using computers to spy on you and steal your wages). Today, she publishes *Gouged*, a comprehensive, accessible guide to this modern scourge:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpluralistic.net%2F2026%2F0...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpluralistic.net%2F2026%2F0...
Comment They only have to reach 25% (Score 1) 164
The problem being that after 25% of people believe the garbage being spewed out, the rest of us are screwed: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...
Comment Massive fines (Score 1) 72
Dole them out. Multi-billion dollar fines with potential jail time.
Submission + - Complain about a watchlist? Go on a watchlist! (metro.co.uk)
Shakes Fist writes: "Social media posts criticising government policy are being monitored and investigated by officials, Metro can reveal.
Negative X and Reddit posts from unsuspecting Brits attacking the UKâ(TM)s anti-terror programme Prevent were added to a database of critical online comments.
Metro has obtained a list of nearly 80 critical posts found and logged by the Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU), which oversees Prevent, between March 2024 and February 2025.
One campaign group whose tweet was recorded in the database said the revelations raised âserious questions about freedom of expression and the right to dissent and protestâ(TM) in the UK."
âoeIt is deeply concerning to see the Prevent duty being used to enable the monitoring of people and organisations simply because they are critical of the programme. That raises serious questions about freedom of expression and the right to dissent and protest.â
We denounce the âoetroubling lack of transparency about what happens to the information gathered through this social media monitoring [by the Standards and Compliance Unit]: how long it is retained, who it is shared with, and ultimately what the government is using it for.â
Weâ(TM)re clear that âoePrevent has expanded far beyond its stated aim of identifying people considered âoevulnerable to radicalisationâ, and has increasingly been used to justify extensive surveillance.â
Criticising the programme for its many faults shouldnâ(TM)t lead to getting put on a database.
ðY' Sarah Lasoye for ORG.
Negative X and Reddit posts from unsuspecting Brits attacking the UKâ(TM)s anti-terror programme Prevent were added to a database of critical online comments.
Metro has obtained a list of nearly 80 critical posts found and logged by the Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU), which oversees Prevent, between March 2024 and February 2025.
One campaign group whose tweet was recorded in the database said the revelations raised âserious questions about freedom of expression and the right to dissent and protestâ(TM) in the UK."
âoeIt is deeply concerning to see the Prevent duty being used to enable the monitoring of people and organisations simply because they are critical of the programme. That raises serious questions about freedom of expression and the right to dissent and protest.â
We denounce the âoetroubling lack of transparency about what happens to the information gathered through this social media monitoring [by the Standards and Compliance Unit]: how long it is retained, who it is shared with, and ultimately what the government is using it for.â
Weâ(TM)re clear that âoePrevent has expanded far beyond its stated aim of identifying people considered âoevulnerable to radicalisationâ, and has increasingly been used to justify extensive surveillance.â
Criticising the programme for its many faults shouldnâ(TM)t lead to getting put on a database.
ðY' Sarah Lasoye for ORG.
Comment Where are the fines? (Score 1) 130
Seriously: why aren't these companies being fined to royal fuck and back??
Comment Decadesof mocking USSR and CCP (Score 5, Insightful) 100
Here is the true USA, "Land of the Free" - spying on everyone outside their homes and, with smart TV's, inside their homes too.
Wake the fuck up.
Wake the fuck up.
Comment Re:Should have been $500k (Score 1) 98
This is exactly what I was going to post: Add more zeros to the fine. These lazy fuckwits need to be taught a lesson and $5000 is only a few hours for them.
Comment Re:Minority Report (Score 1) 148
Yep, hardly "Land of the Free"
Comment Not just LG (Score 1) 53
Just watched that. All governments and businesses (especially lawyers) should be pulling the plugs on smart TV's ASAP - LG have been highlighted but how many manufacturers have built in the same functionality?
Comment AI generated (Score 3, Funny) 70
If it's a young Kylie Minogue wielding a sword, attacking a giant snake in the forest with most of her clothing removed then "Yay! AI!". Otherwise? Nah.
Comment Simply: no. (Score 1) 118
As I've never used ChatGPT, nor intend to, it's unlikely to change my writing style.
Comment Nope (Score 1) 54
I went to see the Libre and as soon as they said it would be hanging out of my skin I walked out - piercings revolt me and the idea that a (not insubstantial) device would be waiting to get knocked around while half inside my arm? Nopenopenopenope!
Comment $2000? (Score 1) 245
$2000 would get a turbo kit for my car or some seriously sticky tires. RAM? Huh?
