#privacynightmare

2025-11-18

When I see `agent` word, e. g. in the news like " #Windows getting new agentic capabilities and a related switch in the settings", I don't think about " #AI agents" garbage first.
First thing I see instead is a bunch of the FSB or GRU agents (covert Kremlin operatives) sneaking across files and using the apps on my computer.

#NoAgents #NoAI #NoAIAgents #PrivacyNightmare

@thibaultamartin@mamot.fr

Sadly, the
#PrivacyNightmare thing isn't just an #EV problem.

2025-07-12

@Wen

You can't even trust them with the content of your messages anymore, because their "AI" will now read them ("privately", of course)

#whatsapp #privacynightmare

2025-04-30

What is the difference between Microsoft Copilot and a Microsoft Copilot+ laptop??

This article is useful in light of yesterday's news about them bringing back Recall on Copilot+ hardware:

wired.com/story/what-is-copilo

There are very few users at the moment that will have to deal with Recall, but it only takes on Copilot+ laptop to start taking automatic and regular screenshots of messages in a private Signal group!

#privacy #privacynightmare #windows #microsoft #signal #ai #screenshot

2025-04-30

Forbes article yesterday:

"Microsoft’s AI Starts Reading All Your WhatsApp, Signal Messages"

forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/20

"Microsoft has decided to release its controversial Recall to Copilot PCs, which then continually screenshots and optically reads everything on screen to be saved behind a simple PIN."

#privacy #privacynightmare #windows #microsoft #signal #ai #screenshot

2025-02-28

@arstechnica Exchanging one #PrivacyNightmare for another one. 🙄 👍

2024-08-28

👉(...)Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners, according to a CMG presentation obtained by 404 Media.(...)🤯

404media.co/heres-the-pitch-de

#adtargeting #listening #smartphone #privacynightmare #gafam

James House-Lantto (He/Him)Theeo123
2024-06-07

wired.com/story/microsoft-wind

The Windows Recall feature that can be hacked with two lines of code.

see: mastodon.social/@Theeo123/1125

Apparently you don't even need admin access either.....

2024-06-03
It looks like Microsoft's planned total keylogger might be forced on users of Windows 11 this summer regardless of whether or not they buy a "Copilot+ PC":

https://www.pcgamesn.com/windows-11/ai-app-watermark
The features of AI Explorer sound impressively powerful. Specifically, it’s expected to largely run as a background app, capturing data on everything you do with your PC. It will then allow you to recall and interact with all this data in a natural language manner.

For instance, it might read your emails, your browsing history and your WhatsApp messages then you can use the app to ask for a summation of the emails you received today or what the name of the website you were browsing earlier was.
This is starting to look like a nightmare on a number of levels. Imagine someone who is not you being able to "interact with all this data in a natural language manner".

Opt out, if it is available, is not a comfort. If history is any guide it won't be long before this "AI Explorer" is woven into every part of Windows and the operating system feels crippled without it. You will almost surely be harassed regularly to turn it on. Local processing is not a comfort either. Even if you choose to believe Microsoft on this, which is a risky choice, cyberattackers and ransomware attackers have no limits on what they'll take, not to mention members of your household who do not respect your boundaries or employers with boundary and trust issues.

To me this feels like an unethical and dangerous choice on Microsoft's part.

#AI #GenerativeAI #AntiFeatures #PrivacyNightmare #Microsoft #Recall
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2024-05-25
James House-Lantto (He/Him)Theeo123
2024-05-21

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0

Windows "recall" records everything you do on your PC, every app, every keystroke, it takes snapshots of your screen every few seconds.

And I'm sure they will handle this Data just as well as they have handled security & privacy practices thus far.......

DARLENE RYAN 🇨🇦DarleneRyan
2023-09-09
James House-Lantto (He/Him)Theeo123
2023-07-14

proton.me/blog/meta-threads-pr

Proton has a detailed breakdown of threads Privacy (or lack thereof)

there's more than I can sumarize here, suffice to say it's similar n scope to Instagram, and has already been disallowed in the EU via the GDPR.

2023-07-14

@jakubkotzot ano, jsem tu, Threads ani náhodou #PrivacyNightmare

2023-07-09

@dotekomanie to udělá snad jen blázen… #PrivacyNightmare

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