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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by bad_haircut72 on Sunday February 15, 2026 @11:21AM (#47024924)
Everything counts, this attitude is very defeatist. Stop using it the easy ways at first, and then make conscious steps to get off these services going forward.
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Re:Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S... by prophesi on Sunday February 15, 2026 @12:41PM (#47025662)
It's probably at the same scale as gas/oil companies and recycling at this point. I'd like to believe my individual efforts will make a dent in the surveillance state, but at this volume legislation is truly the only meaningful effort to defang these multi-billion dollar companies.
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