Posts by r_alb@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #Aiut4zg4xTkdYGuKzg by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       Some of the issues us privacy people complain about may appear rather insignificant to you. I get that.But please let me invite you to a different perspective: As we are currently setting a lot of precedents regarding data privacy rights, how we are handling the small issues today will have an effect on how we will deal with big problems tomorrow. That is why you should care about violations of your privacy, even if they don‘t seem like much today. Because tomorrow, they might.—#privacy #GDPR
       
 (DIR) Post #Aiut510g0NozgRYIjo by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       In Karel Čapek‘s 1920 play «R.U.R.», when talking about those who created robots (in this case artificial humans) for their personal profit, the character Alquist says: «They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish.»More than a hundred years later, this fictional warning sounds oddly contemporary.(Quote taken from the translation by Claudia Nowack, published by Penguin Books in 2004)—#ArtificialIntelligence #technology #IrresponsibleTech #ScienceFiction
       
 (DIR) Post #Aptn5vggUG6FjnUcPQ by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       The Fediverse is proof that there is another, and even better, way of doing social media. Without surveillance. Without narcissistic libertarian billionaire owners.We don't need billionaires to get the tech we want. We need devs with a vision and a mission.--#SocialMedia #tech #technology #BigTech
       
 (DIR) Post #AwG8ualEcmIvDWvZlw by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       As a child I was taught that it's rude to point my finger at someone. I wish people nowadays were taught that it's also rude to point their phone's camera at somebody's face, even if they're not taking a photo or filming (taking someone's picture or filming them without consent would be more than just rude).I wish more people would be considerate enough to just tilt their phones a bit when using them in public.--#privacy
       
 (DIR) Post #AwG8ue6yAQTLbo7TZA by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       I'm not the right partner for you if you're looking for someone to write your privacy notice and be done with it.I'm a perfect partner for you if you're willing to build a privacy-minded company that sincerely values its customers and their rights.--#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #business #consulting
       
 (DIR) Post #AwG8ue7K96kvcuHl7Q by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       I'm offering free privacy consulting to any project that aims at building a privacy-minded, responsible, open source, and European-Union-based alternative to some U.S. big tech oligopolist's service. It's time to act, and I will gladly do what I can to help! So please just text me if you're interested! --#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #technology #BuyEuropean #EuropeanTech
       
 (DIR) Post #AxGZHIqeIx35Yr5ROS by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       Adding another layer to your personal privacy protection is truly satisfying. Believe me!Want to know how? Get some great advice from @Em0nM4stodon's article on @privacyguides:https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/24/privacy-is-like-broccoli/#tools-and-services-you-can-start-using--#privacy #DataProtection
       
 (DIR) Post #AxHXhty4uY3BSu4qGm by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       Actually, I have an awful lot to hide.Not because I am a criminal or a tax-evading billionaire, but because I'm a human being.I am more than just a data mine. I refuse to be reduced to a source of digital commodities. I refuse to be valued at anyone's ad-revenue.I have a right to decide what others should know about me. And I have a right to know what they will do with what they know. That's why I have a lot to hide. Not because I must, but because I want to.--#privacy #DataProtection
       
 (DIR) Post #B0WxVEk94D5uSSzSFM by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       Them: "Consider what having to comply with the GDPR means for small and mid-sized businesses!"Me: "Consider what having small and mid-sized businnesses not complying with the GDPR means for all of us!"I'm so tired of discussing digital privacy primarily from the point of view of companies, as businesses have always done and many politicians are increasingly doing.We're talking about a human right! Our right! Don't let them frame it any other way!--#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR
       
 (DIR) Post #B14UoJvBkPsQivXZvU by r_alb@mastodon.social
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       @Mastodon #Austria: https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/themen/gesetze_und_recht/buergerservice_rechtsauskuenfte/Seite.980500