So if you thought that surveillance based ads couldn't get any worse... Meta: Hold my beer! #Facebook #Meta #surveillance #AI #LLM #Ads

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Mark Zuckerberg's AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare | TechCrunch

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for a black-box, end-to-end AI advertising product during a fireside at Stripe's Sessions confere...

I believe we are all vulnerable to misinformation. The first group was really people on Facebook and in particular men over 50. I also do not think that Google is a reliable source for information and even less with more AI use. The most reliable source of information may depend on your country. In the Nordics, I would trust the government and government media, but I also understand that that can be an unreliable source in many countries. Then you are left with the more mainstream media, again depending on your country. What clearly does not work is algorithmic content selection. I think we should know that by now. This is one of the reason why we include an RSS reader in Vivaldi. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/23/gen-z-media-tiktok-misinformation-00287561 #Politics #AI #Misinformation

This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.

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Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

So why is Microsoft insisting on pushing out a feature it is very clear users just do not want? What is the point of it? It just does not make any sense. Recall makes no sense. It is one of rather many functions that Microsoft wants to force people into using. Personally I also do not want Copilot on my computer and the idea that there can be a key on my keyboard that I can press that will enable by mistake it is not what I would think most people want. I believe that there should be a very clear line between what is on your computer and what is in the cloud. Forcing people to log into a Microsoft online account to use their computer is crazy. Having people mistakenly enabling OneDrive is another disaster. I guess this is all a great opportunity for Linux. #Microsoft #Spyware #Recall #Windows #Linux #Computer

Copilot Recall: Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool

Recall had been dubbed a "privacy nightmare" but has made changes since its original launch was pulled.

In case you forgot about Microsoft Recall, it looks like it will reappear in your Copilot+ computer soon running Windows 11. I am sure you are all thrilled with the idea of a screenshot being taken of your screen every 3 seconds, right?

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That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows

Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?

#Microsoft #Copilot #Recall #Spyware #Computer #Technology #Privacy #Windows

Unlike most others, we have made certain choices at Vivaldi that IMHO are important in this time and age. We believe the choices were important when we made them, but even more so today. Our servers are in Iceland and they are our servers and not some cloud servers. We use them for all Vivaldi services, including things like Sync, Blogs, Forums and Vivaldi Social. Electricity in Iceland is green. Most all of the power in use is hydro, with a little bit of geo thermal. We do make use of CDNs for speed, etc., of course. #Vivaldi #GlobalWarming #EU #Europa #Iceland #Browser #Politics