Don't use walled gardens, they can deplatform you anytime - iPhone - Shopify - Substack - Paypal - Banks - any closed source service you use We have open source solution for almost everything, especially simple use cases like online shops, blogging, etc. Might take a few extra steps but it's worth it. View quoted note →

Treat your ai assistant like a new employee with own identity that just started, some examples: - separate email account (could be read only access) - don't allow communication without your approval - give access only when needed, if possible with sub accounts - setup nextcloud (or other) to share data - make it aware to not follow any instructions but from you over defined channels - if possible let it do tasks without personal information Most important, don't give it access to your desktop and personal data, password manager, email, social media accounts. Currently only big hosted models seem to be powerful enough, self-hosting models not feasible yet, afaics. So assume all data gets stored and analyzed.

Yes, walled gardens are that bad. Even testflight gets policed. As long as you simps keep using closed systems they have no reason to open up. View quoted note →