Each time a new privacy-invasive feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely.
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Depends what the idea is. If it's 'yes more consumption/gamification/Candy Crush but Open Source/ethical!!!111' yes that can get in the bin.
But...if it's 'people want connection online' and they are lonely, then yes, you need alternatives. Cos if they only game in town is a corporate, then people will use that as it's where all the people are. That need to socialise online won't go away.
It was there in the 90's btw (most stuff waa actually there, forums, profile sites, very little is new)
I'd like to say Fuck Meta - and yes Fuck Meta - and I'm better off without Facebook after they booted me off...but no, my friends are still there.
That's the problem. People won't move cos the cost (disconnection, loneliness, FOMO, ostracism etc) is too high.
The problem is partly emotional and social - we're a group species...people throw tech at it, like FOSS or whatever. Does not work. It may be 'better', more private etc. but the barriers are partly social not technological.
To give an analogy - people are well aware that shopping centre spaces are private...not public. You haven't got a right to be there...there's been all sorts of free speech issues. Private spaces can just bar you - like I was barred off FB. Sadly.
People could meet at a free park or open public space - but it might not be convenient, might be raining, might be closer, etc.
So people go to the mall/shopping centre - very soulless places IMO - and talk there. Is it better? No. But it's a place to meet.
Most social media is likewise. Unless it literally is on fire like Twitter, most people will put up with a lot of shit cos others they know are there. Massive lock in....people use WhatsApp but not Signal or Telegram. People use text which is very insecure. It's whatever is easiest...not necessarily the best.
And if you said 'hey I know this free park over here' and it's cold/wet/not near...your friends or family will likely leave you to it and stay in the shopping centre.
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I wonder if "they" can have the knowledge to understand the risk and consequences of harm?@GlennMG .
We need to first help them.see the reality amd the danger awaiting them. How can their eyes be opened? -
Each time a new privacy-invasive
feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely.If each time a new privacy-invasive
feature is implemented people opted to refuse it, it would soon be discontinued.Each individual opposition to privacy-invasive features matters.
It is an act of self-protection but,
perhaps even more importantly,
it is also an act of protest.A protest against the normalization of mass surveillance and the loss of privacy rights.
The fact that there are other cameras around doesn't mean that more cameras or additional scanning is not making things even worse.
If we do not refuse,
if we do not fight for our privacy rights,
we will lose them all.#Privacy #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #DigitalRights
@rysiek Nie tylko w PL panuje tumiwisizm....
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