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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It does, especially on foreign instances since they (supposedly) can't see the IP addresses

But I think a balance is necessary. Some people will NEED privacy if they want to talk about things that they could get in trouble for (with work, school, or an authoritarian government). I had alts for lots of stuff on Reddit, like if I had a medical issue that was identifiable, or if I wanted to share some creative work I did. Others might need it to talk about their views on religion, their sexuality, or about friends/family.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Best of luck and hope it works out for you!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Honestly, there's not really a good way to do this anonymously without escalating it. You're within your right to request that it be removed, and you don't need a solid justification to remove it. I assume it's just a random promo photo on their instagram? I don't think they'd care much outside of just removing it.

probably won’t care to comply with my demands

Schools care (or want to appear that they care) about the privacy, safety, and comfort of their students. I think they'd just remove it if asked. You could also try speaking to whoever is running the account and ask them, if say you don't want to reach out to the admin.

There's a quick draft:

Hi _______, I saw I was in a recent photo that was posted to the ____ account. I would like to kindly request that the photo be removed, as I value my online privacy and I am trying to have control over where my images are shared. Please let me know if there's anything else I should do to complete this process, and thank you for your help!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I think it does auto accept.

I don't really have anything specific for cookies, just doing the basics with uBlock + Firefox + Firefox containers. I do keep my facebook/instagram/other problem-logins in separate containers, but that's about it. I saved this thread in case someone else has other suggestions :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Might be why it's hard to get a ride

Need an amphibious vehicle to get there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The apps too, but it would be nice if the default UI supported it. Similarly, they don't support having multiple accounts tied to the same email address (and I don't think they're going to do it anytime soon)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I think at the very least, Lemmy needs to have better support for multiple alt accounts.

We don't have a RES like equivalent yet, but at least the mobile apps are getting there. I miss Reddit Boost's ability to hit comment and then pick an account to comment from.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yelp argues that its labels for crisis pregnancy centers are not deceptive and that Paxton himself had publicly commended the disclosures as “accurate” in a February press release.

They're being sued for... listing accurate details about a location? Should they swap it for inaccurate details?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which then makes me wonder what they're looking for, which they couldn't get otherwise. Data is cheap and we let companies get away with so much

Maybe they can't use the wrench on the target without an international incident? So they need to cloud the search by hitting a larger group of people

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We could put it on the various Lemmy sites, but it's even more ineffective because of federation.

Not sure what the analogy would be in that case, and infinite number of people get to decide if that sign exists on your lawn?

edit: An infinite number of people have a copy of your lawn, and they need to put a sign on it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think that's an important point here: there are legitimate medical uses and this technology can really help people with paralysis and other neurological issues.

The problem comes down to the company. Neuralink isn't doing something super groundbreaking, and there are many other companies working on this. Companies with different methodology, ethical standards and practices.

Unlike some other tech, medical research isn't something you rush through to get the results you want. It can be a really cool science, but going for the 'cool' delivery mechanism or procedure isn't helpful.

If they can't handle doing it correctly, they won't get it done. Someone else will

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