Everything you do is being recorded

Post by adolph » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #194

> Until recently, only spies and criminals had to worry this obsessively about their private statements being picked up by electronic equipment. > But soon, the average person might need to deploy surveillance countermeasures. Already there. If you want privacy and anonymity online, you're looking at literal terrorist cell tier tradecraft. That means pulling up documents written by people from the "counterterrorism c…

Post by brookst » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #271

lukan wrote: post #260

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Well, guess what happens: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-...

That happened because he chose to give the duress PIN. Cops are allowed to just grab your finger and scan it against your protest. You can say "don't do that, it'll wipe my phone" and they'll do it anyway and it'll wipe your phone, and now it certainly isn't your fault.

Post by s0ss » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC

adolph wrote: post #321

matheusmoreira wrote: post #194

> Until recently, only spies and criminals had to worry this obsessively about their private statements being picked up by electronic equipment. > But soon, the average person might need to deploy surveillance countermeasures. Already there. If you want privacy and anonymity online, you're looking at literal terrorist cell tier tradecraft. That means pulling up documents written by people from the "counterterrorism c…

> Unlinking one's identity from one's actions and speech This is an odd formulation. What is one's identity other than one's actions (physical body) and speech (mental state serialized into language)?

Post by nextlevelwizard » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

j16sdiz wrote: post #246

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #219

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One of the few reasons to use iPhone is that it doesn't constantly surveil you. If Apple would just pivot and say "next iPhone will constantly record everything it hears and sees to process for our AI (Apple Intelligence(tm))" a lot of people would drop iPhone. Apple Watch is just extension of screen and notifications from the phone, so there is no overlap. AirTags have nothing to do with AI stuff. AirPods apparently…

> Apple Watch is just extension of screen and notifications from the phone, so there is no overlap. Where did you got that impression? Apple Watch have lots of apps. It can make phone call and do voice recording without the phone nearby.

Post by nextlevelwizard » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

nubinetwork wrote: post #235

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #219

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One of the few reasons to use iPhone is that it doesn't constantly surveil you. If Apple would just pivot and say "next iPhone will constantly record everything it hears and sees to process for our AI (Apple Intelligence(tm))" a lot of people would drop iPhone. Apple Watch is just extension of screen and notifications from the phone, so there is no overlap. AirTags have nothing to do with AI stuff. AirPods apparently…

> Apple does not produce glasses and seeing the backlash to Meta's glasses I don't think they will Word has it that they're working on them, but no idea until wwdc 2027.