This is consistent with the historical record.

What then - THEY steal it?

Nuisance is the legal term.

It predates your story by at least five years, 2007, when a Silicon Valley engineer revealed that a backbone line had been spliced and all traffic was passing to government machines.

That revelation also inspired an outraged public backlash of ‘meh.’

I enjoy doing things that I’m not very good at, particularly in light how long I’ve been at it. But I do it for myself and my own pleasure. So I stay at it and continue having fun. Don’t be too hard on yourself as we’re all headed into the unknown. The only thing a boat’s wake tells is where it’s been.

https://piped.video/watch?v=2L22C5IJTfE

Have fun, amigo.

One great thing about society is how it takes all kinds. We all have our long and our short strengths. And when we’re all thrown into the mix, we get here, on Lemmy for example. You’re obviously skilled enough to get here and communicate your perspective.

Whether you’ve found it yet, you have a role to play. If you haven’t found it, keep poking away. It will reveal itself. There’s lots to be done.

Good luck.

Like so many things, they only seem expensive until you try to make your own.

Shamelessly stolen Rescued from that other site.

You’ve done the right thing. It will live a much better life here.

Yes, watching the implosion. But there’s nothing implosive about this move. Hence, ‘don’t sweat the small stuff.’

They’re not shooting themselves in the foot again. It’s just an administrative function, moving on with what remains of their business, like paying their electric bill.

And here’s a friendly observation. Telling others what they should do comes across as grandiose.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s dead. Let it go.

I wonder what they’re in charge of (and hope it’s not much).

OP’s making anti-shitposts… Get him!

By pwning the three branches of government and, therefore, the regulatory environment.

Ignorance makes her confident. But one can’t be so charitable about the company’s fraud.

Of course they were spared. Would YOU target your virus at people you know to be armed with space lasers?

I don’t see how the app could possibly function without access to your call logs and messages. /s

And what about $100?

I was admonished to be careful on a dirtbike as a child, had a fear reinforced in me. Meanwhile, this other kid was quite aggressive, and would piss me off when he’d fly by me on the track. In contrast with my parents cautions, his parents encouraged his style and he was a very highly ranked competitor in the state. He was WOT no matter where he was, turns, jumps, passing me. Absolutely fearless.

He had a bad day at the races when he was about 10 years old, suffered a significant brain injury. And he hasn’t been independent since.

I get that these aren’t tech people. But there’s a serious gap in protocol that seems to give them the ol’ Whoosh.

If I walked up on the street and asked to see somone’s dB? Lol

If a mutual acquaintance asked for your number? I’d call you with their number.

So would these non-techies. But put them on a machine and they seem to lose their minds.

Psst, want me to help you? Just give me your dB. I’ll make it easy for ya.

And they think that’s okay.

There are so many platforms anymore that I have neither the time nor desire to keep up with even a quarter of them. So maybe eight years back, a friend suggests I check out Snap Chat.

I jump on there to find about 20 pages of names of people who thought it was okay, acceptable, to share my info from their database. I’ve always been very careful and discreet with mine. But to have it thrown right in my face like that, whew. Here’s my message to those folks:

If you think it’s okay to share my private number, or anything else I’ve provided in confidence, with the planet, please delete my number.