Notices tagged with bigtech, page 5

That’s so weird… I know so many people who know so many good people who work there.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112525685484114107

#PeopleFarmers #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism

All this to say, don’t be a usefool.

#usefool #usefools #bootlickers #SiliconValley #tech #technology #web #BigTech (3/3)

TL;DR: Copyright, privacy and security will take a further backseat amidst the deluge of AI leveraged productivity tools that are deeply integrated with existing workflows and with great usability for normies. To protect privacy, copyright and security users have to be much more conscious and use additional tools and settings. This will add to increased effort, cost and cognitive load. Most of us will succumb.

Privacy conscious users have read and understood that Microsoft's new Windows 11 Recall is a privacy nightmare. Accordingly, they will advocate no usage or very restricted usage and I would agree with them. I also agree with them when they raise similar serious privacy concerns about Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.

But none of these concerns have slowed the usage of WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube etc. Big Tech continue to actively develop and upgrade these flagship products since they significantly impact both the top line and bottom line. Big Tech will also continue to claim and promote data and user security while actually leveraging the metadata to offer personalized services and targeted advertising, leading to increased recurring revenue. Another interesting approach is to integrate with existing services and apps to garner critical mass as rapidly as possible.

Recall on Copilot+ PCs cannot be an exception to this approach. It is just a matter of time before more such similar AI assisted tools will be available. Even though Microsoft Recall does not perform content moderation and will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers, it will not deter most users if the usability is good enough for the user. Microsoft has full access to its own Windows 11 ecosystem and also has deep pockets to incrementally and frequently improve usability to enhance the feel of seamless integration with Windows ecosystem and increased productivity. As per this blog, the investment is already remarkable.We are excited to extend the Microsoft Copilot stack to Windows with Windows Copilot Runtime. We have infused AI into every layer of Windows, including a fundamental transformation of the OS itself to enable developers to accelerate AI development on Windows. I sometimes request not to take screenshots when I remotely share my desktop screen though collaboration tools. Now I also have to remember to also pause snapshots and strongly suggest to do the same from the Recall icon in the system tray. I am also aware that many privacy focussed cross platform tools will be threatened. I don't think Big Tech considers the users of these tools as mainstream users (read normies) yet. To minimize this threat, developers and users have to increase their effort and cost.Filtering apps and websites from your snapshots
You can filter out apps and websites from being saved as snapshots. You can add apps and websites at any time by going to Settings > Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots on your PC.
Filtering out specific websites will only work in supported browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome. You always have the option to filter out all browsing activity by adding an app filter for a browser. To add support for website filtering, developers need to implement Recall activity APIs.
Recall won’t save any content from your private browsing activity when you’re using Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, or other Chromium-based browsers.It is a wishful thinking that Microsoft AI “Recall” feature does not gain enough traction and is eventually withdrawn. Big Tech seems to be committed to leverage AI to help consumers traverse their digital workspaces more effectively.

#BigTech #Microsoft #AI #Privacy #Security #Recall #IrresponsibleTech #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection

Google: you should trust us because we’re the most intelligent people on earth.

Also Google: Eat rocks! Put glue on your pizza! Fight a snake for your PhD!

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#SiliconValley #BigTech #AI #billionaires #trillionDollarCompanies #WeSoSmart #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming

Big companies can't go down.
Big company services will never stop.
Big companies have THE CLOUD!

#Cloud #Bing #BingIsDown #Microsoft #Down #BigTech #IT #SysAdmin #CloudComputing

Looks like Big Tech invented RSS again! https://archive.is/2024.05.16-111253/https://www.wired.com/story/maven-social-network-that-eliminates-followers-and-stress/ https://archive.is/vlcmB #Tech #BigTech #Technology #TechBros

@gimulnautti

Hm, US #BigTech not breaking data privacy,...IDK.

#Zuckerberg is known for (too) "freely" colaborating with state agencies, for one thing, for another, there was the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal which led to the (IMO) insane #ProjectAnalyticaSummit. Even after passing the dark-red light of the scandal, not much had changed:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110536828149575634

It is widely known, IMO, that #Meta is even selling customer data as part of its business model.

@thehill

@gimulnautti

Thank you.

How about #US #BigTech in Finland? They just don't set up shop there?

@thehill

@StillIRise1963
Yes, because the business model underpinning mainstream media was eaten by #BigTech over the last decade.

And now, the techbros are pot-committed to “AI”, which is optimal for disinformation, hallucinating plausible, but inaccurate narratives.

The Fourth Estate has been so corroded and enamored with access that it believes it will survive the proscriptions.

The Face-Eating Leopard purrs so softly and they have become enamored with kitty.

If you want to understand how startups and venture capital work, go to 26:24 on the recording of my talk “Excuse Me, Your Unicorn Keeps Shitting In My Back Yard, Can He Please Not?” from 2016:

https://ar.al/talks/#excuse-me-your-unicorn-keeps-shitting-in-my-back-yard-can-he-please-not

#startups #ventureCapital #VC #SiliconValley #BigTech #enshittification #PeopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism #video

A startup cannot enshittify if you don’t allow it to start up.

Once it starts up, gains traction, and the network effects kick in, you lose the power to do anything about it.

The only time you can kill a venture-capital funded startup is at the very beginning.

The way you kill a startup is by not using its free services at the start.

The correct answer to a venture-capital funded startup is always “no, thank you!”

#startups #ventureCapital #VC #SiliconValley #BigTech

@the_etrain @davidpmaurer That’s why we call it people farming. You are the livestock being farmed.

https://ar.al/notes/we-didnt-lose-control-it-was-stolen/

#SiliconValley #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #PeopleFarming

Looks like Mastodon gGmbH’s latest moves are adored by folks who work at surveillance capitalists like Medium and Google.

Good job, Mastodon gGmbH… you’re doing amazing, sweetie!

#mastodon #bizStone #twitter #mastodonGGMBH #BigTech #SiliconValley https://mastodon.social/@dimillian/112381366452162899

And if you realize the dependency of #PublicServices on #BigTech's opaque #ProprietarySoftware with unfixed #SecurityIssues it's no news that the 🇬🇧 #UKGoverment falls victim to #Ransomware by https://www.ransomlook.io/group/Snatch

However, this incident clearly shows that ⌛ #TimeIsUp and putting people's data at risk can no longer be accepted. If I was a #UK citizen, I would advice the #CISO and #DataProtectionOfficer to start taking #CyberSecurity seriously.

I appreciate the current discussion in the 🇩🇪 German #DatenschutzKonferenz about fines against the public sector. If this is the only way to make #ITSecurity a matter for the bosses, then this is a logical consequence to cope with neglected measures in the #Digitization.

From https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft-security-debt-crashing-down/714685/

> Microsoft has the government locked in as a customer, so the government’s options for forcing change at Microsoft are limited, at least in the short term.

This applies to the states of the 🇪🇺 #EU and many other countries as well. But the bigger problem is: Nobody seems to care. Many times people just shrug and say that we can't change that anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

To me it's the same situation as with the 🌡️ #ClimateCrisis. You can make the change. Switch to #FreeSoftware such as a :linux: #GNU / #Linux system, support #OpenSource projects through contribution and donation, and never trust the cloud (other people's computers).

No #AI or "genius" at #Microsoft or other #BigTech company will save the world or protect you from #Cybercrime. It's up to you and it's your responsibility to make the change. 🛡️ #ITSec is a process that begins with your #Commitment to it, and the #Internet is no sandpit (anymore).

#RTO #work #jobs #remote #hybrid #wayofwork #hiring #recruitment #tech #bigtech #startups #itjobs

So, who's been, or is going to be affected by Return To Office (mandate)?

ICYM
https://www.peoplehum.com/glossary/return-to-office

@CarlG @philip_cardella

#US #History

...root of all evil.

On the other hand, it is clearly the greed of plutocrats, be it in the form of feudal lords, multinationals (#BigOil, #BigTech, ...-》 #Technofeudalism) that has brought human society to the brink of extinction and caused mass-extinction for thousands of species that were intrusted to us, at least if you belong to any religion having originated in the Middle East.

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Co-founder of Twitter joins new Mastodon board of directors. Right, so federating with Threads wasn’t a mistake. This is just the direction Mastodon is going. Oh, well. Another Mozilla emerges.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

#Mastodon #BizStone #SiliconValley #BigTech #Threads

#hashicorp joins #IBM

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-joins-ibm

#tech #terraform #bigtech

When Spotify entered the podcast world, audio producer Alex Sujong Laughlin was wary — and with good reason, since back when she was a social media editor working at The Washington Post, she saw the devastating effect some private tech companies have had on media and journalism. She's sad to be proved right. "Spotify — along with many other companies — wants to create a closed ecosystem for the creation, distribution, and consumption of podcasts, bypassing RSS technology altogether because that would allow them to harvest more listener data to leverage with advertisers," she writes in this story for Defector. Luckily, she says it's not too late to take back our feeds. "You don’t have to understand the technology of RSS to choose to listen to your podcasts on an open app. You can just choose to do it." [Story may be paywalled]

https://flip.it/Z7Mrh9

#Podcasts #Podcasting #Spotify #Tech #Technology #RSS #Journalism #Media #BigTech