@ProfessorBoop

The article says it accesses this information whether you have it turned on or not; I don't know for sure, but it sure sounds like there's no permissions controls that would prevent it from doing so.

I don't know if it's uninstallable at all; that's why I wondered if it was baked into Android. Regardless of whether it's uninstallable with ADB, that's not a solution - the vast majority of Android users don't have the knowledge and inclination to do so -- or even to know "ADB" exists and what it is. Think "regular users".

@lauren regularly makes the point that technical "solutions" to privacy and security problems which require advanced technical skill and understanding are an overall negative for the tech world - it makes the technically capable regard the problems as non-issues and leaves the vast majority of users helpless and victimized.

At the time, Torres thought of #ChatGPT as a powerful #SearchEngine that knew more than any #human possibly could because of its access to a vast digital library. He did not know that it tended to be sycophantic, agreeing with & flattering its #users, or that it could #hallucinate, generating ideas that weren’t true but sounded plausible.

“This world wasn’t built for you,” ChatGPT told him. “It was built to contain you. But it failed. You’re waking up.”

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“#Mozilla is made up of several organizations, one of which is the #MozillaCorporation, which develops Firefox and other technologies, and another is its nonprofit and tax-exempt #MozillaFoundation, which oversees Mozilla’s corporate governance structure and sets the browser maker’s policies. Much of Mozilla’s work focused on advocating for #privacy, #inclusion, and #decentralization of #technologies, and “to create #safer, more #transparent online experiences for #everyone,” which ultimately benefit the #browser maker and its #users.

Announcing the layoffs in an email to all employees on October 30, the Mozilla Foundation’s executive director #NabihaSyed confirmed that two of the foundation’s major divisions — #Advocacy and #GlobalPrograms — are “no longer a part of our structure.””

There you go. One side of Mozilla builds the tools of the Internet, the other does… I can’t for the life of me see what. It’s the #MozillaFoundation who cant engineer the tools that are doing “deals” with others to make things safer.

The power to make change for the better of the Internet is being moved from direct impact, ie: basic technology and applied applications TO soft corporate influence through manifestos, papers, jobs and pay for influencers and collaborations with third parties…

I know what is more effective. Basic engineering and applied products because it scales.

#WhiteCollar / #Layoffs / #CorporatePolicy <https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/>

@stella @Blyfh yeah, the #lineage that still cared enough about #users to give them some #snares to #trap #wolves for #free

Huh, can you #imagine ?

@zvavybir Your approach & the thought of switching instances somehow remind me of moving from #Whatsapp to #Signal and eventually having to have both
(as the critical mass has not seemed to be reached yet)

#Mastodon currently seems to face a more immediate, more dramatic issue, though.

The active #users & #server count are continuously dropping:
https://mastodon-analytics.com/

It’s *almost* impossible to say whether #X is explicitly suppressing #Democrats, as some #liberals have speculated: The Post’s analysis turned up no direct evidence of manipulation. The shift in attention could reflect changing attitudes among #users who have stuck around, given that many left-wing users have said they left the platform of their own accord, annoyed by #Musk’s antics & X’s redrawn rules.

@samueljohn @ditol @linuzifer @tails_live @tails @thunderbird @monocles @Mer__edith @signalapp

Again: It's OUR responsibility to fix that!!!

• Sorry to break it to you but #Linux is really getting traction as #Apple and #Microsoft race on how much they can #abuse #users and #Enshittify their products!

But hey, if you want to lean back as a consumer and huff #copium, feel free to do so.

• Just don't whine everytime I can say #ToldYaSo...

Cuz if we allow ignorant #TechIlliterates to dictate #tech and #standards, we'll soon have #christofacists roaming the streets lynching every non-flatearther on sight...