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@xgranade @bob Yeah, this is the problem with using "privacy-conscious software". Privacy is not a very high priority for me. It's just the situation has got *so* bad that even I, a person who doesn't give a shit, is worrying about privacy

12 July at 22:51 | Open on mastodon.social
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Xandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ replied to mcc

@mcc @bob One of the most fundamental aspects of privacy is autonomy — being able to choose how much you share, with whom, and how. Contrary to how most privacy-conscious software projects tend to see it, that isn't always "no information shared ever." I wish it was easier to tune and express autonomy instead of either just locking everything to zero or letting ad-tech run my life.

12 July at 22:55 | Open on wandering.shop
mcc replied to Xandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️

@xgranade @bob Yeah. Actually, more than half of the time when I get angry about a privacy violation, the thing I am angry about is not actually the privacy violation but that the company doing the privacy violation *lied to me*. I want to be able to make decisions and have them be honored.

12 July at 22:56 | Open on mastodon.social
Jack Yan (甄爵恩) replied to mcc

@mcc Same here. For example, I donʼt mind ads, but I donʼt like tracking. I block trackers, but not ads themselves. However, that will often bring up a big warning message asking me not to use an ad blocker. Um, I donʼt use an ad blocker, the site does! Just show me non-tracking ads, contextual ones are fine, just like what we had in the 2000s (when advertisers and publishers actually did better from online advertising!).

@xgranade @bob

13 July at 8:19 | Open on mastodon.social
Bob K Mertz replied to mcc

@mcc
I can relate to this. I honestly don't mind sharing lots of types of data. I would be happy to let my phone help track traffic or various devices report software issues or even let certain survey data get shared. In fact, my reaction to most asks to share data requests is "sure" except that I know it doesn't stop there. Since I can't control my data or share input on how I want it shared it just all has to be stopped.

"What do you have to hide" is what is always presented to me (and the answer from me is generally nothing)...... I don't understand why this is never turned around..... Why do the trackers seem to have TONS to hide? If corp/orgs have to hide these "features" then clearly they have a lot more to hide than I do.
@xgranade @bob

@mcc
I can relate to this. I honestly don't mind sharing lots of types of data. I would be happy to let my phone help track traffic or various devices report software issues or even let certain survey data get shared. In fact, my reaction to most asks to share data requests is "sure" except that I know it doesn't stop there. Since I can't control my data or share input on how I want it shared it just all has to be stopped.

13 July at 16:43 | Open on techhub.social
HyperSoop :spinny_cat_aroace: :spinny_fox_agender: replied to mcc

@mcc @xgranade @bob go to the "librewolf" tab in the options and disable ResistFingerprinting. i'll admit it's not intuitive enough if you don't know exactly what rfp is.

13 July at 5:44 | Open on wetdry.world
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