ItsComplicated
@ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk 4 weeks ago:
If companies can’t protect the information they collect now, (a large portion of it gathered without consent), how are they going to protect even more information; and where can I opt out?..smh
- Comment on Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025 1 month ago:
It still boggles my mind how paying for ads became acceptable. Not only is the company making money from the advertisers for the ad space, they now get to make money off the population for viewing the ads. This is a crazy world we live in.
- Comment on there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites 1 month ago:
I’m pretty sure that Amazon, google, etc do far more nefarious shit behind the scenes in terms of tracking/fingerprinting you and collecting data to sell
You even get to pay more and more for this privilege…smh
- Comment on How the hell do I sign up for facebook? 1 month ago:
Run, run far away and forget you ever heard of fb!!
The more this invasive behavior becomes the norm, the worse off ALL of us will be.
- Comment on Mozilla is going to shut down their Mastodon instance 2 months ago:
I did not see a reason given. Anyone know why?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Then they suddenly started helping Microsoft exclusively, which has been criticized many times for being a monopoly,
Iirc, Microsoft has 49% of it. OpenAI is having another round where it is speculated Apple will contribute along with Microsoft again.
Wasn’t Altman in charge of World Coin where he wanted everyone to scan their eyes for money to encourage a universal ID/wage?
- Comment on How Telegram's Founder Pavel Durov Became a Culture War Martyr 2 months ago:
Why will they not use F-Droid?
- Comment on Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models 2 months ago:
Imo, a television should last more than 7 years. There are occasions when simple, or less complicated is better.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
I can not stress how strongly I am opposed to ads.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
Not much to be done with a work machine, but for personal use, I believe the more people moving away from Windows the better.
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
Microsoft believes if they worsen the enshitification of Windows 10, more people will just upgrade to 11 quicker.
I decided to move to Linux and my other family went with Macbooks.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
they don’t care and can’t be bothered to look for a better way.
This implies they are fine with it by tacit agreement.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
My jaw dropped when I saw that. Not sure how many people are aware if it.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
Samsung is also trying to make its ACR data more valuable for ad targeting, including through a deal signed in December with analytics firm Experian.
This should add to their profits.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
People deserve better and should expect/demand better.
- Comment on Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous? 2 months ago:
Overall my opinion is irrelevant, however, I think there is a huge difference in knowing a person votes vs how a person votes. The how should not be public, imo.
- Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. 2 months ago:
Average users will not have the knowledge or patience for work arounds.
Imo, the larger problem seems to be the majority of users appear to be fine with ads and data collection just to watch a movie or series.
- Comment on A bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses − 2 marketing professors explain why. 3 months ago:
We know of no rigorous study showing that toughened digital marketing privacy policies produced tangible economic benefits for anyone, let alone lower-income consumers.
You do not need a study to see the numerous headlines of companies having their data breached of your personal information they did not even have permission to collect.
I suppose the significant amount of money spent on fines, repairs, lawsuits, ransomware do not count.
- Comment on Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy Practices. 3 months ago:
People have become accustomed to the corporate and government invasion of their lives little by little. This will most likely continue until it is too late.
A sad world indeed.
- Comment on Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say | Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners. 3 months ago:
Automakers should not even have access to any of your information!
- Comment on UK school reprimanded for unlawful use of facial recognition technology 3 months ago:
The younger you are when surveillance starts the less you will notice or care as you grow up. Makes it easier for the corporations and governments.
- Comment on So is the global IT crash fixed yet? 3 months ago:
The sixteenth time’s the charm….
- Comment on Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism 4 months ago:
Given Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and strong marketing of its own Microsoft Copilot AI features, the company has a strong interest in maintaining the perception of continued progress, even if the tech stalls.
I believe this sums it up.
- Comment on "Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again 4 months ago:
Mozilla has added special software co-authored by Meta and built for the advertising industry
No thanks, I’ll pass
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
Yes! Thank you. I have it installed and everything seems to work now, if a bit slow.
I am working on what type of security/virus stuff to use other than basic common sense. Windows once installed a virus in an update. Lots to learn. Once I get passed the security hurdle I will use it for a while until I am confident enough with the system to replace Windows on my main laptop. I really look forward to that day!
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
I am still unable to verify the iso. I installed gnupg but it keeps saying file not found.
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
I wanted to add an additional reply thanking you again for the screenshots.
These visuals helped put the worded instructions in context for me so I was successful in creating and installing the bootable drive.
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
I wanted to add an additional reply thanking you again for the screenshots.
These visuals helped put the worded instructions in context for me so I was successful in creating and installing the bootable drive.
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
Thanks. These are the instructions having a time with. I am going to take a break. I think I have just stared at it too long overthinking it!
- Comment on Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them 4 months ago:
Is there a way to check it after install before it is connected to the internet?
I did use one of the mirrors on the Linux download page.