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> And we should also ban user tracking for advertising purposes, obviously.

This is the primary economic model of the internet, unfortunately, and thus the reason for all the internet collection you described.

> "In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 [Remington shotgun] is brutal," it quotes ChatGPT as saying. "Close quarters is its playground."

You have to be kidding me

Re:iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:16PM (#49702410)
The more time kids spend on the device, the more revenue Apple generates. They don’t have any incentive for it to really work.
Who says we can't RSI? At a macro view, successive generations of humans are more productive, live longer, wealthier and smarter.
Re:Gateside by TSA Precheck on Saturday September 05, 2026 @11:18PM (#49583006)
I imagine lack of a same day booking option makes this a nonstarter for most
Have you tried Lumo by Proton? It is E2EE and has projects. A bit more expensive than duck.ai but I found the model to be good enough
Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Social Reckoning on Sunday August 30, 2026 @07:07PM (#49503726)
What reckoning? The settlement benefits Meta immensely. They just got the go ahead to implement age-gating at a wide scale, which will make their ad platform even more lucrative after each account can be tied back to a real identifiable person. They've totally captured the regulatory system, and the media is applauding it.
Thank you. This is an expansion of surveillance. Most concerning to me is how few people understand government's access to this data. People treat AI like a diary, and the government can request that data at anytime.
Absolutely - there's already a bill in congress for this - the GUARD Act: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5858006-senate-panel-a...

On the All in Pod, Chamath Palihapitiya has also been pushing to require ID checks to use AI models. Free thinking and free speech are under attack.

Re:Claude Fable 5 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:35PM (#48464458)
> A new data retention policy

> Finally, we’re making a change to the way we handle business customer data for Fable 5, Mythos 5, and future models with similar or higher capability levels. We will require 30-day retention for all traffic on Mythos-class models, on both first- and third-party surfaces. We won’t use this data to train new Claude models, or for any non-safety-related purpose, and we’ve instituted new privacy protections including logging all human access to the data and ensuring its deletion after 30 days in almost all cases (see this post for further details). The data will help us defend against complex and novel attacks (including new jailbreaks and attacks that operate across many requests) as well as help us identify and reduce false positives.

Re:Cal.com is going closed source on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @11:57AM (#47780962)
That’s a non-trivial cost for commonly severely underfunded open source projects
Why do you think this is exclusive to Apple? Android is rolling out age verification as well while simultaneously making side loading more difficult.
Re:Don't Wait for Claude on Friday March 27, 2026 @02:30PM (#47546475)
Why should Claude finish complex tasks in less than seven minutes?
Re:Federal Right to Privacy Act – Draft legislation on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:37AM (#47396088)
This project is collecting personal information without disclosing who is collecting it
Re:Federal Right to Privacy Act – Draft legislation on Sunday March 15, 2026 @11:57PM (#47395076)
Of course, I’m absolutely for this. It is way overdue. But, what’s the group behind this? Who’s pushing it?

I haven’t read through the bill and text yet, but credibility is important in this fight. Plus, this can change at anytime, so knowing who’s behind it amplifies the trust.

We need to be having these conversations yesterday. Our fundamental freedoms are under attack, and a bill like this would go a long way to protecting future generations

Re:“This is not the computer for you” on Friday March 13, 2026 @02:19AM (#47361254)
This article struck a nerve. There's something about the curiosity of tinkering around in a computer. It's the most powerful technology humankind has built. It's versatile. It lets you break it. It's a bicycle for the mind, as Steve Jobs would say.

May all the hackers out there, old and young, discover the beauty of the personal computer.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @03:00AM (#47305636)
these are all great ideas!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @02:59AM (#47305629)
cool idea!
Re:Codex Security: now in research preview on Friday March 06, 2026 @10:03PM (#47284048)
Same day Claude announced their security audit with Firefox. Coincidence?

https://www.anthropic.com/news/mozilla-firefox-security

I'm against surveillance as much as anyone else, but this article is clearly entirely AI written. I suggest the author just give us their prompt instead.
Re:Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:40PM (#47173933)
And yet, Congress hasn't passed a law to prevent it
Re:Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @09:25PM (#47161020)
It’s due to the third party doctrine, a Supreme Court precedent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine

Power corrupts the mind. They live in a different world
Re:Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:22PM (#47019459)
Using agents trigger different dopamine patterns, I'd compare it to a slot machine: did it execute it according to plan or did it make a fatal flaw? Also, multiple agents can run at once, which is a workflow for many developers. The work essentially doesn't come to a pausing point.
Re:Instagram's URL Blackhole on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:05PM (#47019310)
Ironic the Apple App store allows a "phone antivirus" to exist.

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