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bix6 ◴[] No.44501849[source]
These big tech companies are so frustrating. Why does every single aspect of our digital lives need to be monitored? It’s like whack a mole trying to get the most basic of privacy.
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IncreasePosts ◴[] No.44501908[source]
What exactly is being monitored? It looks like this enabled Gemini to send a message via Whatsapp if you ask it to.

Maybe the problem is what you consider a privacy violation, other users consider a feature.

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1. bee_rider ◴[] No.44502381[source]
One problem with this sort of thing is that—sure, we can call privacy violation an opinion and admit that some people have dumb opinions like “I don’t need any privacy.” But unfortunately only one person needs to let the privacy violation bot into the conversation to violate everybody’s privacy, so it isn’t as if your opinion will really be respected.

Of course, the easy solution is that nobody has conversations that might need privacy anymore; people can just always be in public persona mode. Hopefully we don’t end up with a society made up of inauthentic lonely people as a result.