HeadphonesandLSD
Bluelighter
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Haha exactly my thoughts on Big Brother. These days you'd be the batshit insane one to laugh at the idea someone isn't at the very least wanting to get their hands on this information. Given the game has plenty of stuff to do without spending any money, it's clear the player is the product....though I've hit the point I just don't care to be that anal any more. If things like this are already worth being wary of, it's safe to assume (imo) we've already passed the point of being able to hide from big brother, and might as well just keep ourselves out of sight if we can't truly avoid the radar.
I've been involved with computers/the internet since the early 90s man. I'm here to tell you we're fucked.
I feel really bad about the fact that things we programmed/pioneered back then are used so widely now. Shadow banning? That was us. Tracking cookies? That was us. All the bullshit that's used for bad now were things we made for good purposes back in the day. You ever hear about the guy that came up with pop-up ads? He felt so bad about them after they started getting used everywhere...I feel the same way. Sorry y'all.
But hey, at least some of that code is still used for good. This very forum is running a lot code I wrote a decade ago.


Take my advice and don't overshare. Not begin a part of the social networks is as bad as oversharing, the trick is to just share enough that you look normal enough to get a job without feeding it too much data about yourself. Everything you do is tracked, cataloged, and data mined. Every device you own is constantly leaking information back to somewhere. Don't trust any of it and don't take your smart phone anywhere you don't want the world knowing about.
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