themagzuz

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  the problem is that you don’t need 20 people for this kind of thing. you can just kinda passively slurp the data up from every router and throw it into a machine learning model to be used by cops or sold to advertisers. you don’t need a human in the loop anywhere and it’s essentially impossible to opt out of

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  on that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i think in netflix’s case, they might actually be paying as much attention to the ads as they do the shows, which is to say none at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i’m curious, what exactly is the advantage of getting a dumbphone vs just uninstalling social media apps from your existing phone, or just disabling internet access all together? doesn’t that achieve pretty much the same thing while still being able to keep things like navigation and being able to see when public transport is delayed