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@pgcd@mastodon.online
2025-11-22 13:32:32

zdnet.com/article/googles-ai-i
@…

Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages and attachments to train its AI models - likely without your knowledge. Opting out takes just moments.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-24 23:25:42

Federal Judge Cameron McGowan Currie on Monday tossed out separate criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and New York’s attorney general, Letitia James,
saying the loyalist prosecutor installed by Trump to bring the cases was put into her job unlawfully.
The twin rulings are the most significant setback yet to Trump's efforts to co-opt the criminal justice system to punish his perceived foes
The dismissals,
while embarrassing for the Wh…

Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
The decision is a setback for the president’s efforts to wield the criminal justice system against his perceived enemies.

@macandi@social.heise.de
2026-01-23 13:35:00

iPhone-Analytics: US-Datenschutzklage gegen Apple teilweise gescheitert
Seit 2022 läuft ein Verfahren von Nutzern gegen Apple, weil dort App-Store-Infos trotz Opt-Out erfasst worden sein sollen. Die Klage kommt nicht vom Fleck.

iPhone-Analytics: US-Datenschutzklage gegen Apple teilweise gescheitert
Seit 2022 läuft ein Verfahren von Nutzern gegen Apple, weil dort App-Store-Infos trotz Opt-Out erfasst worden sein sollen. Die Klage kommt nicht vom Fleck.

@axbom@axbom.me
2025-11-22 06:46:15
Anänder du Gmail? Den här inställningen kan vara aktuell för dig för att förhindra att dina mejl används för att "träna AI".

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-out-gmail-ai-training_l_69208af8e4b06c13afa4974c
@pre@boing.world
2025-11-23 11:20:59
Content warning: re: bitcoin conference report

Daniel prince from Once Bitten podcast on usury and banking.
Usury is lending money, charging interest.
Aristotle thought money was for use not for interest. He thought usury unnatural.
Many religious quotes saying not to extract interest.
"Money is power" but this is not gold or paper money. It's credit. Infinite money with interest. Which breaks everything.
Imagine a mortgage. Prices of homes inflated by available interest. You have to give a deposit but the bank creates ten times that in new money! Who gets rich here? Banks are printing money. That inflates prices and dilutes money purchase power.
Not just mortgages. Business loans, repair loans, global scale of all of this.
Not only did they create that money, the charge interest on the money they created! And if you don't pay, they take the house.
One judge found this all illegal, but was soon overruled and found mysteriously dead.
What can you do eh? Only opt out. Don't take loans. Use a money that stores value instead of losing it.
#bitfest #bitcoin #banking

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-14 16:01:39

In UK parliamentary testimony, a Google executive says the company should not be required to license "freely available" open web content for AI training (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/g

Google IP boss: We shouldn't pay for AI training on 'freely available' content
Google's global IP boss has said the tech giant does not believe it should have to pay to use "freely available content" for AI training.

@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de
2025-11-20 19:09:51

If you “honour” my #DoNotTrack* signal, why don't you just shut the fuck up, dear docs.spring.io? 🙄
* More accurately:

Popup on the Spring documentation website: “Your opt-out preference signal is honoured. Broadcom and third-party partners use technology, including cookies to, among other things, analyse site usage, improve your experience and help us advertise. By using our site, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie notice. Allow all, required only, cookies settings.”
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-14 06:21:03

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-01-11 15:47:23

Lol. The argument against this bill to charge nj data centers more for electricity is that they will just charge users more for their services.
But people can opt out of AI services and can't opt out of needing electricity.
phillyvoice.com/new-jersey-dat

Data centers are straining N.J.'s power grid. A bill would make them pay for it.
The measure passed a Senate committee along party lines. One Republican called it 'a shell game.

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-04 14:07:08

How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government 404media.co/how-to-opt-out-of-

How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out of that data selling.

@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
2026-01-09 23:51:54

Troubling signs that the Linux demographic at the Register is now made up of people yelling at the clouds.
linuxmom.net/@vkc/115867723149

Veronica Explains (@vkc@linuxmom.net)
Hot take: good riddance. I dislike the middle click thing. Trips me up all the time as someone who accidentally clicks it when scrolling. I think the right move is to make this (undoubtedly useful to some) behavior opt-in, not opt-out. A lot of the gripes I see are just people being mad because GNOME makes choices they don't like. I don't understand why people write like this about GNOME, if you don't like it don't use it, your emotions make you look petty, etc etc. https://www.theregister.c…

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-01-03 06:40:02

X now lets any user AI-edit other users’ images without consent, and there is no opt out
A few days ago X introduced a new AI Image Editing button that lets any user modify images posted by others, even without the original uploader’s consent. Image owners are not notified when edits are made, and the feature is enabled by default with no opt-out option (at least not so far) […]
🙄

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-12-27 03:56:45

Just don’t use the internet and DHS won’t stalk you.
“What opportunities are available for individuals to consent to uses, decline…or opt out?
Any individual may decline or opt out of having their information gathered…by not posting material online or limiting access to who can view their
posts.”
PDF: <…

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-14 04:02:02

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-11-08 05:13:45

Ofcourse Trump supports his fellow autocrat Orban... He couldn't care less about Ukraine, NATO or the EU.
#trump

Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions
The opt-out comes despite the US increasing pressure on allies to sever economic ties with Russia.

@mr_grey@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-12 17:16:16

I'm tired grandpa.
CashApp is going to start using your shopping, browsing, and card activity to show you personalized ads. The key wording is always, you can opt out of seeing personalized ads, but it does not say you can opt out of having that information collected.
I'm unbelievably tired of existing in any modern capacity also meaning you must gift the knowledge all of your actions.

A screenshot of an email from Cash App explaining an overview of changes to their privacy policy.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-01-05 22:22:42

Highly recommend Albertan Senator Paula Simons’ @… passionate response to Alberta Separatists and for all Canadians.
“…Alberta’s current crop of separatists don’t just want to leave Canada. They seem to want to opt out of the 21st century entirely.
But Albertans aren’t quitters. So let’s not quit Canada. Let’s fight to make it better, fairer and more prosperous for everyone, Albertans included.”
albertaviews.ca/the-case-for-s
P.S. I wonder if we are cousins 4 times removed or so. lol ... Both my maternal grandparents were born in the same general area of what is now Ukraine.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-29 13:51:01

YouTube is using AI to upscale videos uploaded at between 240p and 720p to HD on TV screens, but users can opt out, and plans 4K upscaling "in the near future" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
theverge.com/news/808717/youtu

YouTube will let you opt out of AI upscaling on low-res videos
YouTube is aiming to improve the viewing experience on TV screens with an instant shopping tool and visual upgrades for low-resolution videos.

@tanyakaroli@expressional.social
2025-11-01 05:50:12

Oh my fucking god, will you stop AI-shittifying my work?!
(At least there is an option to change settings an opt out of AI-enabled features. But stop this, just stop).

Message from Academia: “Our AI turned your paper "Neustik, tropik og..." into a shareable comic.”
@frankel@mastodon.top
2025-11-26 09:30:05

#Gmail can read your emails and attachments to #train its #AI, unless you opt out

[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.

@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-30 02:44:21

Why is it that companies make you opt out or turn off features that they enable by default? How about asking us first, get our permission. Also, STOP NAGGING WHEN WE TELL YOU NO!

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-04 23:22:07

California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year,
including a  controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle
and a new right to return a used vehicle within three days.

New California Laws Rewrite Car-Buying Rules with Return Policy and Pricing Reforms
California lawmakers let automakers opt out of recent changes to the state’s lemon law and approved a law giving used car buyers three days to return a used vehicle.

@buercher@tooting.ch
2025-11-19 17:41:41

Quellensteuer mit Opt-Out in Basel
(in der Waadt gibt es das Äquivalent der monatlichen Anzahlungen, auch freiwillig - man bekommt eine Rechnung, aber man muss nicht anzahlen)
apropos.simplecast.com/episode

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-10-29 13:30:48

YouTube is using AI to upscale videos uploaded at between 240p and 720p to HD on TV screens, but users can opt out, and plans 4K upscaling "in the near future" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
theverge.com/news/808717/youtu

YouTube will let you opt out of AI upscaling on low-res videos
YouTube is aiming to improve the viewing experience on TV screens with an instant shopping tool and visual upgrades for low-resolution videos.

@jkmartindale@mastodon.social
2025-10-27 05:13:19

I'm so glad Copilot-generated commit messages are an opt-out feature on GitHub. I've always wanted to start typing and then have my stuff completely obliterated by sluggish LLM slop I didn't ask for.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-06 23:21:16

Brands complain Amazon's "Buy for Me" AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
modernretail.co/technology/bra

Brands are upset that ‘Buy For Me’ is featuring their products on Amazon without permission
Online merchants say Amazon’s “Buy for Me” AI tool listed their products without permission, forcing them to opt out after the fact.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-02 23:20:35

California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers (Michael Kan/PCMag)
pcmag.com/news/weary-of-data-b

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-28 12:43:23

California law regulating web browsers could have national data privacy impact, experts say therecord.media/california-web

California law regulating web browsers could have national data privacy impact, experts say
Tech companies may universally offer an opt-out capability required by California law as a way to avoid having multiple versions of browsers and ask questions about residency.

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-10-31 15:13:46

Sling TV settles with California for allegedly violating state consumer privacy law therecord.media/sling-tv-calif

Sling TV settles with California for allegedly violating state consumer privacy law
Streaming service Sling TV will pay a $530,000 civil penalty to the state of California and make changes to how customers can opt-out of the sale of their data.