If there ever was an example of Pandora’s box, AI is it.
Bilbo Baggins
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Remember that woman who was arrested because her phone indicated she was at a house that was burgled at exactly that time? Police just do a dragnet. Turns out she just drove by the house as it was happening.
In the above example, imagine someone did an anti Israel terror attack in the area. Everyone mentioning such things will be found via dragnet searches and who knows if you just happen to have been nearby when it happened while also making suspicios SMS messages.
Dragnets are profoundly likely to catch innocent people. Protect yourself from them however you can. That should be in everyone’s threat model.
I personally find it easier to use a separate browser for anything I don’t need to be logged in for. It deletes all cookies when closed. No need to trust the untrustworthy.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I noticed that so many people I know were born in November. Then I counted nine months back...English
0·1 month agoI assume Valentine’s Day.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•A corner is an ontologically parasitic feature of a table that can't exist on its own.English
0·1 month agoI don’t think so? Just looked up the definition of a parasite and it needs to live at the expense of the host. Gut bacteria are beneficial I assume, so they aren’t parasitic.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•A corner is an ontologically parasitic feature of a table that can't exist on its own.English
0·1 month agoIt would only be parasitic if a round table was forced to be square against its desires. If a table wants to be square, the corners are being helpful.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the coolest website you’ve visited that no one knows about?English
0·1 month agohttp://mymindblewup.com/ for all your cow stacking needs.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is an old movie that couldn't be made today?English
0·2 months agoI always assumed that every one of them had made out or had sex with her at one point.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine.English
0·2 months agoSnowden showed us ages ago that all phone conversations are recorded. This is fact.
Do phones record what we say outside of phone calls? If you have voice control enabled, yes.
Do phones listen even if that isn’t enabled? Probably sometimes, but I don’t know that for sure.
Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.worldto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Your phone is a snitch in your pocket, and the law won't save you. It's time to break the surveillance machine.English
0·2 months agoIf a specific guy was following you everywhere, that wouldn’t bother you? Having a stalker wouldn’t be a big deal?
I see no reason why it’s less disturbing if it’s done by my own phone.


AI has plenty of good uses. It’s not all negative. But, I think the negatives probably outweigh the positives. So much slop.