TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it.
TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.
#dataHarvesting
“Americans are baffled to discover TikTok is more censored under US ownership than it ever was under China”
by Deaglan O’Mulrooney in the spectacle on Substack
“turns out all that sinophobic scaremongering was just projection”
https://open.substack.com/pub/thespectaclemag/p/americans-are-baffled-to-discover
#Press #US #TikTok #Censorship #China #Ellison #Oracle #DataHarvesting #Zionism #Genocide #ProtectedStatus
Klaxons 🚨🚨🚨 and red flags 🚩🚩🚩
Kiddo’s school sent him home with this, for “a fundraiser.” They are to list out names, relationships and contact information and turn it in.
No context, no info on what third party wil get this, no privacy policy no consent. Just “here’s a sheet, fill it out, turn it in.”
Am I being overly sensitive? I can’t imagine I am. The opportunities for abuse seem endless.
#privacy #opsec #survailance #security #dataharvesting #dataharvesting #databrokers
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Sly attempts at data harvesting in shops this Christmas?
Asked for my email address 'to send receipt' - I refused (they printed the receipt). But a lot of people will just accept the 'default'.
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"Looking back, what was DOGE really all about? Not saving money! Spending and the deficit are both up, and much of DOGE’s claimed savings turned out to be made up entirely. Not efficiency! More than 26,000 of the experts DOGE fired had to be hired right back, sometimes within 24 hours, like when it fired the engineers of America’s nuclear arsenal."
~ Marcie Jones
#DOGE #Trump #ElonMusk #USAID #privacy #DataBreach #DataHarvesting
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These 2 things are contradictions. Can you just not collect anything, ever? Thanks!
#cookies #datacollection #dataharvesting #gdpr #privacy #surveillancecaptialism
Microsoft 365 is free for college students for a year, and that's very interesting, because it was also just announced that Microsoft is scanning any and all Word documents for data now (which was/is of course the point of having every piece of Office software dependent on being online). What crap
#security #Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftOffice #DataHarvesting #security #privacy #infosec #MicrosoftWord
🥳 Oh joy, another "revolutionary" tech marvel from #Tencent that promises to hypnotize us into thinking we're all living in a 3D Pixar movie as they harvest our data. 🚀 Because, who wouldn't want to dive into the magical world of #RGBD video generation, right? 😂
https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-Voyager #technews #dataharvesting #innovation #3Dexperience #HackerNews #ngated
Zenni claims that their pink ID Guard glasses prevent AI from harvesting your biometric data by reflecting infrared light.
My immediate instinct is that these are purely a gimmick. Want to know what you all think. Is there validity to any of these claims?
https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard#Zenni_ID_Guard_Innovation
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ
I'm not changing my profile pic though, I like my Menhera avatar.
@rob
OK then...
From #Tuta:
https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-google-know-about-me
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail
https://tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy-washing
https://tuta.com/blog/google-facebook-free
https://tuta.com/blog/google-gemini-ai-email
From #ProtonAG:
https://proton.me/blog/how-to-de-google
From #DIgitalTrends:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-chrome-incognito-mode-tracking/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-tracks-your-location-even-with-location-history-turned-off/
From #Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/03/20/stop-using-google-chrome-on-apple-iphone-12-pro-max-ipad-and-macbook-pro/?sh=aff525e4d084
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2023/09/07/new-google-chrome-targeted-ad-tracking-heres-how-to-stop-it/?sh=6ec18f2429fa
From #npr:
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242019127/google-incognito-mode-settlement-search-history
From #PCGamer:
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/a-2023-study-concluded-captchas-are-a-tracking-cookie-farm-for-profit-masquerading-as-a-security-service-that-made-us-spend-819-billion-hours-clicking-on-traffic-lights-to-generate-nearly-usd1-trillion-for-google/
From #APNews:
https://apnews.com/article/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb
From #BraveBrowser:
https://brave.com/compare/google-vs-brave-search/#:~:text=Google%20is%20built%20for%20tracking.
From #VivaldiBrowser:
https://vivaldi.com/blog/meeting-gabriel-weinberg/
https://vivaldi.com/blog/google-return-to-not-being-evil/
From #MacRumors:
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/05/google-pays-apple-stay-out-of-search/
And this image from #Tuta too.
P.S. IMO, #Tuta's are the best!
#privacy #privacyMatters #DataPrivacy #Google #GoogleMaps #GoogleSearch #GoogleAI #Gmail #GoogleCrap #tracking #DataBreach #DataCollection #dataHarvesting #VivaldiBrowser
@alternativeto
Mainly, this would be translated as:
“Samsung adds even more possibilities to harvest your personal data.”
Why didn't you write this instead? It would have been much easier ;)
#Samsung #SamsungSmartThings #SmartThings #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #artificial_intelligence #routine #schedule #scheduling #SamsungWatch #app #control #SmartTag #share #update #updates #user #dataHarvesting #privacy #privacyMatters #DataPrivacy #private #security #confidential #confidentiality
#DemocracyNow 🚨 🚨 #Alert 🚨 🚨
'These Companies Are Not Your Friend': #Journalist #CaroleCadwalladr on #Facebook, #OpenAI, #PALANTIR, & More
#Tech #TechBroligarchy #GovernementSurveillance #DigitalJustice #Privacy #DataHarvesting #FacialRecognition #ClearviewAI #AIn #CambridgeAnalytica #GenerativeAI #Broligarchy #DigitalTheft #DataRapists #SiliconValleyFascists #ChatGPT
It starts with immigrants, and you are next.
“Palantir formed a partnership with the Israeli military in January 2024, and Google is part of a $1.2 billion cloud contract with the Israeli government.) Poulson tells WIRED that on Wednesday, the conference began mandatory bag-checks at at least one talk.”
#Palantir #Israel #DataHarvesting #Privacy #SocialControl #Spies #USPol
🚨 BREAKING: #Meta, the digital overlords, have been "covertly tracking" #Android #users through Instagram and Facebook. 🙄 Because who wouldn't want their personal data harvested by a company that's mastered the art of #privacy invasion? 🌐🔍 Next up: Meta invents new and innovative ways to spy on your goldfish. 🐠✨
https://news.sky.com/story/meta-found-covertly-tracking-android-users-through-instagram-and-facebook-13379083 #Invasion #DigitalTracking #DataHarvesting #SocialMedia #HackerNews #ngated
Fun fact: That free online quiz asking “Which 90s icon are you?” might be selling your data.
These “just for fun” games often harvest emails, phone numbers, and even location data.
📌 Avoid quizzes that ask for personal info.
📌 Use alias emails if you must.
📌 Read the fine print—if there is any.
#Privacy #CyberSecurity #DataHarvesting #OnlineQuizzes #DigitalSafety
El Hackathon de Elon Musk y su conexión con Palantir
Musk anuncia un hackathon para construir una mega API que estará en Palantir, quien es una empresa dedicada a la inteligencia militar y cosechará datos de diferentes instituciones del gobierno de EEUU.
#dataharvesting
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