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Am I the only one who thinks that the expectation that you should be OK giving up your data is Orwellian?
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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It's apathy, resignation, tech illiteracy. People think they're powerless against a god machine. They think "the algorithm" is a black box which can't be deciphered by mere mortals. Except for the few ordained priests known as software engineers. In reality is a practical application of graph theory. Edges and vertices linking their private data to various tags/labels.