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"Don't trust, verify" they should have said. View quoted note →

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 →

lol, but people are retarded 🤷‍♀️ View quoted note →

No other country is allowed or dares to extract presidents of other countries, even if they are in war. USA was not in war with Venezuela. What does this tell other countries? They can just do the same and face no consequences? That said, afaik Maduro was bad and good he is gone but this sets a very bad precedence imho. What's next? Russia extracting Zelennsky and/or EU leaders? On a more serious note, does the regime fall apart with just Maduro gone? No second row to step up, opposition will just take over? 2026 is off to a crazy start.