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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:16 JST AI6YR Ben

   Reuters: DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08/

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     Anne Ominous (rustoleumlove@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:13 JST Anne Ominous

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     • Douglas

     @douglasvb

     right?!?!

     i have been trying to get a company to delete my purchase history from their data for the past few weeks and they won't respond to me.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:13 JST Douglas

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     • Anne Ominous

     @rustoleumlove if you're in California or can pretend to be, this is useful: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:14 JST Douglas

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     • Anne Ominous

     @rustoleumlove @ai6yr I'm interested in how much other tracking and whatnot beyond the workplace is now being used in workplace monitoring. Like can a corporation buy location data for individual employees from Flock (vehicle tracking) or any of the many data brokers that get data from cell phones? Do they track family members and acquaintances? And what decisions are made with this information?

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     Anne Ominous (rustoleumlove@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:14 JST Anne Ominous

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     • Douglas

     @douglasvb @ai6yr

     yikes. interesting for sure but also scary.
     i'm old enough to remember privacy.
     it's getting wild out here.

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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:14 JST Douglas

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     • Anne Ominous

     @rustoleumlove @ai6yr it's pretty quaint thinking about how before about 2000 an average person could actually be anonymous. Now that's impossible. The best chance someone has is to be incredibly boring today. Those who stand out for some reason will come to the attention of the algorithms first.

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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:14 JST Douglas

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     • Anne Ominous

     @rustoleumlove @ai6yr whoever can build a service that restores privacy could make a killing on the monthly subscription fee.

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     Douglas (douglasvb@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:16 JST Douglas

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     @ai6yr I just assume all digital comms (and these days any audio or video via a computer or telephone) is constantly being monitored in any corporate or government space. I remember reading white papers and slick sheets from various companies selling monitoring tech to do this 15+ years ago. I guess the difference now is someone put the AI buzzword into the mix.

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     Anne Ominous (rustoleumlove@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 06:49:16 JST Anne Ominous

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     • Douglas

     @douglasvb @ai6yr

     💯