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Michael Downey :notAI:
@Michael Downey :notAI:

Software freedom and digital rights activist in all aspects of work and life. Currently trying to help the world become good Free & Open Source Software citizens.

Previously, started FLOSS.social years back, and have been on multiple project boards.

Quality toots since 2017.

#BlueHats #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #HumanRights #DigitalAutonomy #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #fedi22

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Recent Notes

Jeff Atwood · 4w
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@nprofile1q... Literally all of us working to steer governments to smart investments in sustainably leveraging tech to build knowledge through global cooperation, lost our work when 110% of funding shifted to Sammy & Wario after an epic lobbying investment....
Jeff Atwood · 4w
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Jeff Atwood · 5w
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:space_exp_artemis: ๐Ÿš€ We just sent a team of humans to the moon and safely home.

Not one bit of generative AI was used or needed.

You don't need it in your office or organization, either.

We can do great things without pillaging public resources and funds for a scam.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NASA #Artemis #moon #genAI #generativeAI #slop
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๐Ÿšจ LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.

The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.

The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:

https://browsergate.eu

#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy