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Microsoft just force-updated my operating system (despite declining every option and prompt) and the first thing I noticed working differently was it offering,
by mapt 6mo ago
Microsoft just force-updated my operating system (despite declining every option and prompt) and the first thing I noticed working differently was it offering, in an OS popup, to "connect" the computer to "Facebook".
These people have root access to all our webcams.
I don't think we can tolerate these entities to continue to exist.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 6mo agoWhat can we do about it? The major tech firms have nearly all the power here, including quite obviously full capture of government (not just here but other countries as well).
- MSFT_Edging 6mo agoInternet wide coordinated DDOS? Basically a mass-protest via network packets. Could we argue sending packets to a server is essentially a form of protest protected by speech similar to a public gathering?
- mapt 6mo agoOn your tongue: "what exactly can we do?" On theirs: "Just for the sake of making the numbers work, have you tried putting in 'kill all the poor'?". https://youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE https://youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE I am increasingly coming to recognize proceduralist liberalism as a suicide pact.
- account42 6mo agoIn this particular case, you could replace your OS with one where you are actually the owner.