In a time of relentless tracking, it should be easy for Americans to our control our privacy l California has an opportunity to set a higher standard for the country. @CAgovernor, sign AB 566. Ensure that millions of Californians can opt out of the sale and sharing of their private information.

"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...

I asked ChatGPT what it thinks of Musk’s plan. “Any promise to “correct” or “purify” all human knowledge by AI, especially under centralized control, is inherently dangerous and antithetical to the open, pluralistic approach necessary for fair, ethical use of AI”.

So there’s that.

@mcuban.bsky.social Does your CostPlus pharmacy work with independent pharmacies? If so, that’s great, but how does that work?

Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’