Wandering Adventure Party

@ppb1701 looks like it's just the Lite version, although I haven't actually looked into the details of how the versions' performance differs.

@thestrangelet Thank you!

@k3ym0 Wait, people pay for this crap?

This is great! A Norwegian report, aimed at EU policy makers, explaining why everything on the internet is so shit now. Inspired by the great @pluralistic theory of #enshittification https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-free-pathways-to-a-fair-technological-future.pdfIn the meantime all the good alternatives are here:https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech-walkout-2026/#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #ads #surveillance

@DaveMasonDotMe Anti-X is from Italy...

@scottwilson We've been shown countless times that capitalistic oriented %anything does not care about users.I'm sorry to say that, but anyone who believes a word they are saying is a fool, they can't care less what their user-base wants, and the data is already in the databases of persona and palantir.All they care is to keep the (future) shareholders happy - they plan to IPO.https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/discords-ipo-could-happen-in-march/

YES! This is AMAZING! Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights! IT WORKS! https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/discord-just-canceled-its-planned-age-verification-rollout-for-now/#Privacy #AgeVerification #Discord #PrivacyWin

ONE BILLION personally-identifiable records was leaked by IDMerit an “AI-powered digital identity verification solutions provider”. The leaked data included:Full namesAddressesPost codesDates of birthNational IDsPhone numbersGendersEmail addressesTelco metadataGood thing we’re not uploading personally-identifiable documents for age or identity verification or anything whatsoever OH WAITFUCK all this surveillance tech. FUCK this identity verification bullshit. No one can be trusted with this information.#dataBreach #surveillance #privacyhttps://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/

@paulbrzeski @Em0nM4stodon @sunflowerinrain I’ve been pushing back on even handing over a phone number and that its becoming nigh on impossible. But for now I am holding out handing anything else over.

“…civilians from Oregon to Virginia to California and beyond are pushing their governments to abandon Flock contracts. In some cases, they’re succeeding. Cities like Santa Cruz, CA, and Eugene, OR, have cancelled their contracts with Flock.”https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling #AI #Flock #Surveillance #Privacy

@Em0nM4stodonBut I might have to move to a marginally less convenient set of products!!!1!

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.html #Meta #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg #Surveillance #Privacy #AI #FacialRecognition

This curated blocklist (1000+ domains) helps reduce AI-generated and low-quality content in your search results.Works with uBlock Origin, uBlacklist, Pi-hole, and AdGuard — giving you more control over what appears in Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing.Cleaner results. Less noise. More signal. https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist More tools like this: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/#Privacy #OpenSource #uBlockOrigin #PiHole #AdGuard #DigitalMinimalism

Pretty sure I don't have to say this but let's just be clear..On #Mastodon we DO NOT WANT your ID or any other PERSONAL verification!You can even use a disposable email if you like!️#PRIVACY MATTERS!#Discord

@brian_greenberg (1)> Una de las muchas bendiciones que el Sr. Trump ha apoertado a la humanidad es liberarnos de la idea de que Estados Unidos era la cuspide.Las empresas estadounidenses solo sirven a Estados Unidos y a sus ciudadanos, no al resto del planeta.No somos el patio trasero de nadie, y mucho menos de Estados Unidos.

@r_alb I'll add the following:1) It's none of their business. There is no reason why they should be entitled to know these things about me, especially when I don't know anything about them.2) Good for you. But that doesn't mean that there aren't other people who have things to hide for very good reasons. And none of these reasons have something to do with breaking the law. And conversely, by protecting your personal data you are preventing others from abusing your data for committing crimes.

@privacyguides If you can afford one, buy a burner phone with cash and never have both it and your regular phone near each other while powered on. Here's a blog post that covers this.https://www.mysite-myopinions.com/2026/01/29/avoid-cellphone-tracking-by-iceholes/

@pheonix sometimes, when I'm driving, my kiddo logs into my work phone to see what an alert was about. They always complain that my password is misspelled. I just smile and shrug. Long and simple, but just a little weird.

@glennmagusharvey IronFox is basically the most hardened Firefox fork for Android. Check it out sometime if you're a Firefox fan

@pheonix the experience of getting a "recommendation" from a system that is wildly off the mark is so common that everyone, not just people like us who are deliberately living so as to be illegible to capital, understands this mismatch intimately. it's an illusion. the world of for profit digital advertising and surveillance is built on a colossal lie about how humanity works.