#Protect your data

[jeremyfuscaldo]

Hey everyone,

Today is the last day to possibly opt out of Meta (Facebook/Instagram)'s AI program and there is a way to opt out if you are trying to protect your data privacy.

Please do what you can to save your art and data before it's too late. Edit/Update: It may not be applicable to the US because people living in Europe have the direct ability to opt out-- but US citizens can still submit the form for consideration.

[i4mth4ti4m]

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Glory be to the Father

and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning

is now, and ever shall be

world without end.

Amen.

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[secureinstyle]

Do this now, especially if you post content of your own creation. Let’s not allow the AI models to train on our creations.

PSA: Tumblr/Wordpress is preparing to start selling our user data to Midjourney and OpenAI.

you have to MANUALLY opt out of it as well.

to opt out on desktop, click your blog ➡️ blog settings ➡️ scroll til you see visibility options and it’ll be the last option to toggle.

to opt out on mobile, click your blog ➡️ scroll then click visibility ➡️ toggle opt out option.

if you’ve already opted out of showing up in google searches, it’s preselected for you. but you also have to opt out for each blog you own separately, so if you’d like to prevent AI scraping your blog i’d really recommend taking the time to opt out. (source)

[timechamp-io]

Data breaches are becoming a huge problem, and it’s scary to think about how easily they can bring down an entire organization’s security. If you’re feeling unsure about how to protect your company’s sensitive data, don’t worry—you’re in the right place. In this blog, we’ll dive into what data breaches really are, how they happen, and most importantly, what you can do to prevent them. Let’s have a look!

[heretic1103]

https://wapo.st/4hRZy1S

[sexualrevoluti0n]

Get in there and delete any info they might have on you

not to be all i told you so about ancestry tests but 23 and me went bankrupt and can now legally sell human genetic information to the highest bidder, as per their privacy policy which was signed by approx. 15 million test takers

[news4u36-in]

कैसे पता करें कि आपका WhatsApp हैक हो गया है?

WhatsApp हमारी निजी और व्यावसायिक बातचीत के लिए बहुत जरूरी है। लेकिन अगर यह हैक हो जाए, तो आपकी संवेदनशील जानकारी गलत हाथों में जा सकती है। यहां कुछ संकेत दिए गए हैं, जिनसे आप जान सकते हैं कि आपका WhatsApp सुरक्षित है या नहीं। 1. बिना इस्तेमाल के भी मैसेज भेजे जा र��े हों अगर आपके व्हाट्सऐप से अपने आप मैसेज भेजे जा रहे हैं, तो यह एक बड़ा संकेत है कि किसी ने आपके अकाउंट को एक्सेस कर लिया है। 2.…

[mobileshark]

Google Theft Protection For Android devices: How to Protect Your Data

Losing your smartphone is more than just a nuisance; it can expose your personal data, including sensitive information like banking details, photos, and contacts, to unauthorized access. To combat this growing concern, Google is making significant advancements in theft protection for Android devices. The newest security measures introduced by Google aim to safeguard user data more effectively in…

[rokkunzenith]

Guys do it, it's critical!

The option also appears on the app after the update.

And for my fellow artist, remember to nightshade and glaze your artwork! (This is the correct order)

remember to switch this on

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I didn't have the option through mobile but if you go through your desktop settings, under visibility there is a toggle to switch so your work is not used in training AI, it's off by default (go figure lol)

[familythings]

If Your PIN is on This List, Change It Immediately! - Tips how to Create a Strong PIN

Have you ever thought about how difficult it is for thieves to guess your card’s PIN? If you haven’t, recent research sheds light on the most common combinations that could make your PIN much easier to guess. Conducted by Nick Barry from Data Genetics, this study reveals that the most frequently used PIN in the world remains “1234.” However, there are other popular combinations that you might not…

[moasli786]

SECRET TOOL FOR PC

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[dhspeller]

People Are Getting Creative to Get Your Data

People Are Getting Creative to Get Your Data. Be safe when applying for work

People are getting creative with trying to get your data and information.  Some even pretend to hire you for a job. There certainly can be legitimate offers coming in by creative and new ways; however, some of those “job offers” could be ways to scam you. Today, I received a text out of the blue and thought I would present it here as an example. Now, as I stated this may be a legitimate offer—but…

[rosielindy]

The timing of this silent opt-in to beta testing for iOS is giving me doggie data breach energy. They are extracting as much of our data as they can and feeding into learning engines (LLMs) for ai.

It’s no consolation to me that the hackers are restricted to read only access. Even with redacted data they have extracted enough to make the connections from the systems they’ve breached and the data that’s being collected and assimilated from sources like this new “feature”

hi btw even if you didn’t upgrade to ios 18 with the ai software, apple still switched everything on to learn from your phone.

You have to go into siri settings and apps and then toggle everything off (I left search app on so I can find them, but all else off). You have to do this for every single app 😅

[inkedinserendipity]

the "art doesn't lie actually" post

this post has been rotating in my head for weeks now, so i decided to actually write it out. thesis: despite what murderbot claims, art doesn't actually lie.*

this is gonna be long, so buckle up!

*obligatory disclaimer: we're cherry-picking a specific definition of "lie" here, because art actually lies by omission all the fucking time. but what's interesting to me is that art's words are factually true. so here we're taking lie to mean (shoutout merriam-webster, y'all i did homework for this), an untrue or inaccurate statement. in the real world lies of omission are still lies etc etc etc., but afaik english doesn't have a word for "factually true but missing backstory". so really this is a manifesto on how when art says something, its words are factually correct, you just might need to look a little further. (and how that ties into its interactions with murderbot in particular. our most funky and fabulous unreliable narrator.)

okay! so!

art doesn't lie, in the sense that the words it speaks are factually true. in a way it reminds me of the fae - it is very careful with its wording, and you have to be wary of double meanings or missing context, but it does not lie to you. art 100% means what it says.

examples that come to mind, in no particular order:

i have a debris deflection system, it says. murderbot says, you have a weapons system. it says, for debris deflection. rating: technically true! it has not lied. however. those are in fact guns. and guns by any other name can still kill you.

art says, my crew has the means to produce the original charters. murderbot, who knows art really well, goes so you mean forge. and art ignores it. because forgery is, technically, the means to produce. rating: true! wholly missing context.

arada goes, transport can you please explain what the fuck happened? art says, i am prioritizing the medical system. it could definitely respond! but it definitely does not want to! (it's fine, secunit will explain when it wakes up, right? right?) rating: probably true! most likely, it is prioritizing the medsystem!

and the most recent, from rapport: art says, completely truthfully, No intel drones have been aboard me. it is correct. (as far as i can remember,) secunit didn't have its drones with it during artificial condition. rating: true! technically! but leaves out the much more alarming fact that oh my god art you let a secunit aboard???

(sidebar: that last one convinced me of this theory. that is such a specific statement that is so clearly meant to cover up a bigger secret. art, you obfuscating ass, you haven't had drones aboard you but you have had a fucking secunit!! i am so full of affection for this absolute menace of a transport.)

there are probably more examples i'm not thinking of. but as far as i can remember, art does not lie. it omits, and it obfuscates, but when it tells you something, you can be pretty fucking sure it means what it says.

so, why does it lie? is it, like our beloved murderbot, completely devoid of self-esteem? or does it just enjoy lying? no! this is the Asshole Research Transport, the Perihelion, the machine intelligence who will demonstrably do absolutely anything to keep its people safe. no, art lies because it has something to protect.

in each of these examples, art is protecting something. its identity. its crew's mission. its prospective relationship with secunit's humans. secunit's entire existence.

(you know, the more i write about art, the more i become convinced that protectiveness is its #1 defining character trait. as a side note.)

so, when art says something, you can be pretty sure that art is telling the truth. but wait a second. murderbot calls it a liar. why could that be?

(theory over now, by the way. this is about to diverge into headcanon/make fun of murderbot time. shoutout @marvelousmawn for the idea, because her brain is so big and sexy!)

yeah, why would our funky little secunit decide that art is a liar? what could art possibly tell its favorite construct that would make it decide that art is lying through its metaphorical teeth? what has secunit consistently, constantly been wrong about throughout the entire series? any guesses? i've got one!

yeah, my bet's that art complimented it one too many times, and murderbot decided it was full of shit.

what a way to get a reputation for being a liar. by being too nice to your bestie.

seren end theory.

[kimmytsu]

squish that owl something wholesome to start the year 🥹

[hjbender]

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