Ok, so I'm wondering how you explain the billions of dollars profit corporate sites generate from scraping and selling our private data? I'm also genuinely interested in how you might explain how TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or anything Google are more privacy friendly than Lemmy?
mattomattic
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I'm not suggesting any Federated service is private. However, we should be aware of and always working towards preventing Lemmy (in context) from becoming anything like those abusive corporate data selling clusterfucks.
No, you don't need to, but I was interested in what you might say.
Can you elaborate how making Lemmy like current popular sites will prevent tech and "tankie" content?
should you share biometric data online?
FUCK NO! And this is why - These abusive corporate sites already prison-rape our privacy, profile us and sell our secrets to who-the-fuck-ever will pay for it. Meanwhile, they can't keep their databases secure, so our personal and private details go for sale on the dark web. It's then used to screw us over further by extortion, theft and identity theft, which is really difficult to rectify. Who the hell thinks giving these incompetent morons more unique identifying data to keep safe for us is a good idea? If you're in doubt just go for a visit to the data breaches community on any instance that has one. The thing we NEED to be doing is taking control of our own identities by implementing web3 technology and using methods that preserve our data for our own use. We decide who gets what. One example for clarification purposes is something like InternetComputer's solution.
We've all grown accustomed to managing hundreds of usernames and passwords, recovering forgotten accounts over text or email, unwittingly permitting companies to profit from our data at the cost of our personal privacy, all while falling victim to threats of identity theft and fraud.
On the Internet Computer blockchain, users can securely authenticate themselves without ever needing an email, username, or password. Using a passkey, users can login conveniently without their information being monetized by tech companies. Internet Identity is designed to prevent Web3 services to track user activity across dapps.
And yes, you could still use fingerprint or faceID, but you're not handing it over to anyone else.
Total agreement. I left Reddit years ago because I thought it was toxic long before the big migration. I really dislike seeing post after post of bot created Reddit content here. It makes me angry actually. I block it as best I can, but it should just fucking stop!
How can we make it more popular?
By not doing the things that corporations do to make things popular. Do we even need Lemmy to be popular? I think we concentrate on trying to keep the Fediverse and Lemmy user focused and privacy friendly and people will naturally come over as they get burnt on the ever increasingly enshitified corporate data-theft sites. We need to be something different than the big sites. A breath of fresh air. I think people will be OK with putting up with a few quirks to escape those toxic environments. I think Lemmy is progressing just fine and I'm enjoying it.
There are some open source tax software around. Depending on your country's requirements you should get by with it. It might be "clunky", and you might have to persevere with some kind of inconvenience, but I'm of the opinion that any open-source transparent software, preferably a local installation, is worth using. The alternatives are usually hostile to you despite selling as convenient and friendly. Remember that any cloud solution is basically "someone else computer". Would you put your most private financial information on some random person's computer? Any assurance of security is a farce. There's been many data breaches of tax prep corporate databases. Having said, that's not the worst aspect of using most app based or online tax prep software. Most of them look at your data, profile you, and then sell that information (your private financial information) to data brokers! If you're using the app you likely agreed to them doing that whether you're aware or not. Check the privacy policy and terms of use. Additionally, many hold your records for ransom! You need to keep a certain number of years worth of records, and if you aren't keeping a local copy for yourself they are the only source. Many will deny you your tax records if you haven't payed for their services. It's extortion. Something that belongs to you cannot be attained unless you pay them to give it to you. It ensures that you remain a customer forever. If you want to quit them, they know they will get years of payment out of you because you need access to your own financial documents. This is an insidious practice and I don't know why anyone puts up with it. Find an accountant who is willing to work with alternate open source software. They exist.
Cool, I'm quite fond of the old school format.
Possibly something like LemmyBB could be an answer. Stay on Fediverse and get to isolate ( I think).
I really don't mind doing right-click-new-tab. What I don't like is, when you click back it often doesn't take you back to where you were before. So, totally agree with the request as it would leave you at your place.
It's easy to see media resistance to climate change, and it's obvious climate protesters are being increasingly vilified, but I had no idea the corporate sponsored movement responsible was so old, far reaching and deep seated.