nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqkq4pumarz48z0003qdcswf6wnjdkeju3304qlgrfrucr94wjfaaqavkhd5 Indeed. Exercising our data privacy rights is very important. I have contacted countless organizations with data deletion requests myself. Implementing deletion, access, and data modification mechanisms at the account level is so much easier for organizations. Thankfully, this is slowly becoming the norm.
So, I'm at the stage of my career where I've started to *collect* Privacy Policies that I read and actually liked (no, there aren't that many).
How nerdy is that?
If you wrote (and implemented) a *good* Privacy Policy on the internet, you might have a secret fan :blobcatnerd:
#Privacy #PrivacyPolicy
What is your favorite game to play during the holidays? Either with your family, friends, or solo 🎮🕹️♟️:pacmanblinky:📙👀
#Holidays #Gamers #VideoGame #Boardgame #TTRPG
Westerners Outside of Europe:
If you've seen a few posts about
the debate around Chat Control going on in Europe and dismissed it thinking this was not happening to you too,
I urge you to reconsider.
Whenever a new authoritarian regulation to spy on populations and undermine privacy rights is implemented in a part of the Western world, it impacts all the other parts.
Our politics are intertwined and influence each others.
Do not minimize this.
Americans, Canadians, Australians should be greatly concerned about Chat Control in Europe: https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-proposal-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats-is-back-on-the-agenda
Europeans, Canadians, and Americans should be greatly concerned about Age Verification in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/australian-government-to-legislate-social-media-age-limit-of-16-but-cant-say-how-platforms-will-enforce-it
Canadians, Europeans, and Australians should be greatly concerned about KOSA in the United States: https://www.stopkosa.com/
We are all citizens of the world now,
and we must fight together and for each others to push back against mass surveillance and any undermining of our privacy rights, collectively.
Privacy is a human right, worldwide.
#Privacy #ChatControl #AgeVerification #KOSA #MassSurveillance
To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with:
"I don't care, I use Linux"
Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too?
This is a systemic problem.
You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well.
#Privacy #Microsoft
People rejoicing that Bluesky is feeling like early Twitter seem to be forgetting that Twitter's also used to feel like early Twitter...
#Bluesky
From Global News:
"Mom says ‘Game of Thrones’ AI chatbot caused her son’s suicide, files lawsuit"
https://globalnews.ca/news/10828543/character-ai-chatbot-teen-suicide-lawsuit-google/
#AI #LLM #ChatBot #NoAI
Be prepared, be careful, be wary 🤖👇:
In the next months,
you are likely to see Generative AI Terms of Service popping up everywhere.
If you use Generative AI tools
of any kind, either in a personal or professional context, make sure to read each of these Terms very carefully.
Here's an example
from Square's Generative AI Terms:
Firstly 👩🏾⚖️:
YOU are legally responsible for the content you generate, not the AI Products. No matter what content is generated.
"You are responsible for all content associated with your use of AI Products."
This section details how you, the user, are fully responsible and liable for any misleading, deceptive, or incorrect information generated by the AI Products. You could not get away blaming the company for it. You must verify all information generated.
Secondly 🔒:
YOU are responsible for ensuring that everything you input into the AI Products does not contain any sensitive personal data:
"including data that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, health data or data concerning your sex life or sexual orientation"
Thirdly ⚠️:
YOU are responsible for informing viewers the material was AI-generated, to verify its accuracy, and you grant an irrevocable license to the company for any content you generate:
"You grant us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, and successors a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, prepare derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display your AI Content throughout the world in any media, whether presently known or unknown, for any reason, including to provide, promote, and/or incorporate into the AI Products."
Finally ©:
YOU are responsible for ensuring no copyright are violated. Make doubly sure you do not input any material (including text and image) you do not own the copyright of.
YOU are also responsible for complying with every applicable privacy laws.
Copyright lawsuits and privacy violation fines are very costly:
"You may not use AI Products to create content that violates third-party copyright, trademark, privacy or other rights. This may include, but is not limited to, entering text prompts to generate a third-party brand logo, uploading an Input image that includes a third party’s copyrighted content, or using a third party’s personal information in violation of their privacy or data protection rights."
And remember, publicly available is not the same as public domain. It is entirely different in regard to copyright laws.
Be careful, be wary when using generative AI features 🚨🤖
https://squareup.com/ca/en/legal/general/sq-generativeai-terms
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #Privacy
People who DM table-top RPG games :d20:
What do you like the most about your players?
#TTRPG #RPG #DnD
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Yes, the use of AI notetaking apps and services is extremely problematic in regard to data privacy and protection of proprietary data.
In many circumstances, it is even used in a way that is straight up illegal. And the responsibility very often falls on the data processor (the organization using this app).
Organizations need to have strong policies and much better practices regarding the use of AI notetaking services (and recording in general).
Lawsuits related to problematic uses and data breaches from these third-party apps are very likely to start popping all around in the years to come...
#Privacy #AI #DataProtection
Because everyone has always
dreamed of having a bunch of strangers peeking over their shoulder and taking notes while they browse the internet:
Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse:
"privacy-sensitive users may not appreciate having an AI assistant monitor their activities—especially if those features send user data to the cloud for processing"
The only reassuring fact we have about this, is that it only runs on Microsoft Edge (for now) 🙃
#Privacy #NoAI #AI #Microsoft #Copilot
"Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007" from The Verge:
"Meta has just decided that [they] will scrape all of the photos and all of the texts from every public post on Instagram or Facebook since 2007 unless there was a conscious decision to set them on private"
#Privacy #AI #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
Talking about AI:
By the way, if you use AI in your software/service/product, and this AI system *might* collect/process/reuse some personal data, you *have to* describe this in your privacy policy.
Yes, it is obligatory by law.
#Privacy #AI
What is your favorite reference to privacy,
and/or example of good privacy,
from a fictional tv show or movie? 👀🔒✨
#Privacy #TvShow #Movies
Be careful:
Data without context can give the illusion of knowing.
And the illusion of knowing is becoming increasingly dangerous these days.
Important Personal Announcement 👇✨
I am now officially actively:
Looking For Work!
Let’s see if I can find this with help from the Fantastic Fediverse! Please let me know if you hear of any open positions for a:
👉 Public-Interest Technologist
👉 Privacy Advocate
👉 Privacy Engineer
👉 Anything Privacy that isn’t lawyering
👉 Python Programmer
👉 Tech Writer
Remote from Canada (flexible) 🇨🇦
At a great organization 💚
For samples of my work
you can check:
📝 My Blog: https://controlaltdelete.technology
:python: My Code: https://gitlab.com/sN4Ke_c4Se
:mastodon: Social Media: #TinyPrivacyTip #TinyMastodonTip
► More code will be added to my GitLab in the weeks to come (I just need to clean it up a little).
► A personal landing page is in the making.
Thanks for your help FediFriends! ✨
#GetFediHired #FediHired #JobSearch #TechJobs
#Privacy #Python #Writing #Fediverse
#WhoNeedsLinkedInWhenYouHaveFediFriends!
Who called them ButterFlies
and not FlyingFlowers? 🦋
Tiny Privacy Tip 🔒:
Do not give your name to your devices.
Give them their own unique unrelated name. Like Steve or Martha or CyberApple or MyMagicTinyPocketComputer ✨
Giving it your own name isn’t really helpful in any way to you, and through Bluetooth or WiFi scanning can make your name known to strangers in the vicinity you might not want to share your name with.
Giving weird unrelated names to your phones, computers, WiFi network, etc, is not only safer, it is also much cuter :awesome:
#TinyPrivacyTip