We accepted surveillance as default

Re:We accepted surveillance as default by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday April 20, 2026 @02:57PM (#47838952)

I'm tired of the feigned helplessness. Well gee this is the only way things can be. Internet doesn't work without surveillance! Guess you don't want the internet! /s

Ads and surveillance are not inseparable. We don't need to accept surveillance as the price for a functional internet.

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Re:We accepted surveillance as default by advael on Monday April 20, 2026 @04:15PM (#47839902)

I don't think we disagree on anything about that, but it does take some recognition of the problem that advertising isn't just lending political, but also technical cover to surveillance

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Re:We accepted surveillance as default by pixl97 on Monday April 20, 2026 @03:40PM (#47839505)

> feigned helplessness

Of whom?

Google and Meta are gigantic surveillance companies. It's their imperative that you keep allowing it. On top of that, most state actors love the idea of more surveillance.

Then you have huge portions of the population that simply don't care or don't know better and aren't going to start directly paying for anything.

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