the company that pretends to protect kids by lobbying for age verification at OS level very hard also introduced these Meta glasses with AI that record everything and send back to its server.

[progenitus@det.social]

@nixCraft
There are other jurisdictions, e.g. Germany. There you have the right on pictures of yourself. They are legally bound to remove the images/videos of they are made without consent. But I guess they don't care and I am not sure if the platform needs to act or if the uploader is responsible to remove it.

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft anyone who hasn’t known that meta is garbage is blind. they’ve been garbage since the moment they put their algorithm into action. it feels strange bashing social media on a form of social media but this is different. facebook isn’t “social media”. it’s click-bait and marketing, a forum is “social media” people interacting about common problems or interests. this crap we’re pushed today is distraction and misdirection and im going to shut up because it starts sounding nuts

[jordgubben@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nixCraft To know what one is doing has many layers. They’re doing whatever they think improves their profit margin.

They also know they have an unquestioned semi-monopoly on a lot or people’s social lives, and they know they can afford an army of loyers, so they think they can do whatever.

What’s important for ther rest of us to remember (and to remind each other off) is that, among tech giants, Meta is the easiest one to dump.

They are providing nothing useful to humanity.

[sibylle@troet.cafe]

@nixCraft I heard their boss called his first victims/customers dumbfucks, because they trusted him with their personal data...
That makes me assume the people in charge are aware.

[labbatt50@mastodon.world]

@nixCraft

Agreed. We had the same backlash in our community when goofle glass was introduced.
There were signs in many places, especially clinics, hospitals and places were police were active.

[keldrim@meow.social]

@nixCraft Ohh it's a simple case of it applies for you but not for me, he knows very well what they are doing.

[ivaliotes@hachyderm.io]

@nixCraft They understand. They want it both ways, and both of those ways point toward a panopticon for them to use for monetization and control.

[bongolian@mstdn.social]

@nixCraft The return of the glassholes… it was just a matter of time.

glasshole - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org)

[notme@ohai.social]

@vonKordke @nixCraft I’d argue that if a knife maker makes a knife that looks like a combat knife, has features of a combat knife, denies it’s a combat knife even though internal documents show that they know people use it as such, including childrens, and that they are encouraged to do so, but that they ignore it because it’s how they make money, they are in part responsible.

[mlanger@mastodon.world]

@neighborhoodnerd21 @nixCraft I don't think it sounds nuts.

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@mlanger @nixCraft yeah… i said that then this morning watched the news and i swear sometimes i can’t tell if im watching a sci-fi movie, an episode of the boys or if its real. every time i see our president speak i expect to see homelander standing behind him. ive got 7 kids the oldest is 19 the youngest is 4 weeks old and im terrified by what i can see coming.

[mlanger@mastodon.world]

@neighborhoodnerd21 @nixCraft I feel for you. I'm selfishly hoping the world can keep it together at least another 20 years, but I have no kids/grandkids. I can't imagine how horrifying things must be to someone with a family to worry about.

All I can say is VOTE and call your representatives regularly. And fight back against perceived injustices.

I, for one, will not talk to ANYONE wearing meta glasses.

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@mlanger @nixCraft depressingly lol I cant get myself to hold any illusions that there’s anything that can actually be done. voting is a farce. our world leaders handle things on Twitter/X these days lol its all really bad reality TV we happen to be a part of. Enjoy what you can in the moment and don’t waste valuable time and effort on pointless pursuits we’re on the precipice of a dramatic shift

[mlanger@mastodon.world]

@neighborhoodnerd21 @nixCraft I recently read a report of an election being won by ONE VOTE. Do not neglect this civic responsibility. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain.

Otherwise, I'm with you 100%.

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@mlanger @nixCraft lol honestly i haven’t voted for a long time because I thought felons couldn’t. I will definitely be registering in the next election im just saying i honestly don’t believe they make a difference. but i also have refused my whole life to pay attention to politics and dont side with any party. but its difficult for me to believe that any information i get at my level can be trusted nor do i trust anything we’re told you vote for any idea but you get a person

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@mlanger @nixCraft they were talking about letting AI decide who lives and who dies in a war this morning and the people in my town are are about to take up arms and start a revolution over whether or not they can have chickens running around on their property lol Im pretty sure we’re doomed

[v_d_richards@literatur.social]

@nixCraft

Info for Germans: this is in fact illegal here and they have to remove it and the people who filmed and uploaded can be persecuted.