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   Queer Like The Slur (coolandnormal@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 21:52:27 JST Queer Like The Slur

   We don't talk anywhere near enough about how the tech industry is fucking with the general public's understanding of consent.

   Fairly often I will opt out of something that would have been obviously reasonable a few years ago, and people will look at me like I drove a truck through the room.

   Things like:
   - I won't be appearing on camera today
   - I don't wish to speak on a recording to be published on the University website
   - I won't be giving my personal details to an overseas third party just to use a notepad tool in one meeting

   I see this seeping through into attitudes about consent in other everyday life contexts. People are so used to being walked all over by their tech that they're increasingly shocked by boundaries.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 14-Apr-2025 23:03:17 JST SuperDicq

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     @coolandnormal@aus.social I completely refuse to any sort of software that takes my freedom away and people used to this see me like some kind of fringe extremist.

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     frog (frog@frogdrool.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Apr-2025 05:34:54 JST frog

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     @coolandnormal My standard for consent is to pretend the thing I'm consenting to is being physically done by a person.

     It'd be super weird if I bought a used car from some one and they asked me if they could follow me around.

     It'd also be super weird for a stranger to ask to follow me around writing down the things I put into my cart at the grocery store.

     If I called a taxi, it'd be super weird if the driver asked me if he could look through my phone contacts and copy them down.