#your data

[d0esery]

Told my doctor and therapist about how the AI "trying to determine my age" will expose all the HIPPA covered private information that has passed through gmail and all the medical advice youtube videos they had linked over the years and the response was instantly I will contact the other doctors here and lodge a formal complaint about it to HIPPA Try this, tell your local librarians, teachers, doctors. Most people have not heard about this yet, that's how it is passing

First of all, THANK YOU for taking time out of your day to tell me this. It means a lot to me and this ongoing fight we are having😊! I welcome stuff like this if you guys have any info/questions/statements/etc. like this bring it my way! This is a great point this is probably going to get HIPAA DATA EXPOSED to the internet. THIS is one of the reasons we have to keep fighting! If you can do what this user is doing file a complaint to HIPAA! I am spreading the news to people outside and not just online WE ALL NEED TO DO THAT TOO! My family didn't know and I spread it to them. Some of them are teachers/nurses so know they know about this stuff going on now. (Please reblog and share stuff like this WE NEED voices like theirs to be amplified! Thank you again anon for bringing this to my attention! I don't know if this will make it on to anyone's feed BUT if it does I have petitions against KOSA, The Screen Act, and YouTube's AI policy at the top of my blog! PLEASE SIGN THEM!)

[quanta-44]

There's a reason why it's important to defend against the mass harvesting and selling of personal information by companies, and I recently learned of a really good example why.

Have you ever heard of Cambridge Analytica?

It was a company that used data from a survey to psychologically profile over 80 million Facebook users, determined their political beliefs, and (in the case of the brexit referendum ) used the data they'd collected to directly target individual people who were unsure of their stance on it with propaganda to leave the EU.

They also used this data to assist the presidency campaign of Donald Trump.

All without the people who took the survey ever knowing that their data could wind up in the hands of Donald Trumps presidential campaign. All without the consent of the Facebook friends of people who took the survey, who didn't even consent to having their data used in the survey.

So yeah, data privacy matters, because your personal data could literally be used to feed you propaganda. Because it could be used by corporates to influence general political opinions, vote results, et cetera.

And let's be honest, do you really want your data in the hands of big companies where it can be potentially leaked?

[netscapenavigator-official]

The fact that Apple reportedly sells Apple TVs for $100+ and they’re STILL at a loss should tell you just how shady the smart TV market is. When you buy a Roku or a Smart TV, you’re buying a screen grabber. I’m not kidding. Most modern Smart TVs have a screen monitoring program built in to content match whatever you’re watching or playing (yes, even on external HDMI inputs) and sell that data to advertisers. The reason flat screen TVs have gotten so cheap isn’t because of production costs falling, but rather these companies selling the hardware to you at a loss, and then secretly selling your information and viewing habits to make up the difference. I’m not exaggerating. They’re are guides online on how to disable this screen grabbing software on a per TV-manufacturer basis. I highly recommend you look them up, or simply never connect your TV to the internet in the first place and deny it access to do so.

[laejoh]

[surviving-the-next-4-years]

This is a good video to understand what the government means when they say "Your Data".

[sucka99]

[fiveeven]

It doesn't end with Tiktok, my opinion!

ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, also owns other popular apps like Lemon8 and CapCut. TikTok itself emerged after ByteDance acquired and merged with the app Musical.ly in 2018, creating a global social media powerhouse. (Note: Musical.ly was a separate app, not Vine, which was owned by Twitter and shut down in 2017.) The U.S. government's scrutiny of TikTok and similar apps is not just about individual platforms but is part of a broader effort to address potential security risks posed by technology companies based in adversarial nations, such as China and Russia. These concerns stem from laws in these countries, like China's National Intelligence Law, which can compel companies to share data with their governments.

Another major Chinese company under scrutiny is Tencent, a tech and entertainment giant with stakes in numerous video game companies. Tencent fully owns Riot Games (League of Legends, Valorant), has a significant minority stake in Epic Games (Fortnite), and collaborates with Activision on Call of Duty: Mobile. Tencent also has ownership in mobile gaming leader Supercell and a variety of other entertainment and tech platforms.

The U.S. government, including agencies like the Department of Justice and Department of Defense, has raised concerns about Tencent's connections to the Chinese government and military. While no bans have been enacted yet, Tencent's global reach in gaming and entertainment makes it a potential target for further investigation, as geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China continue to escalate.

In my view, this isn't actually rooted in data or a legitimate security risk. It appears to be more about American companies being outcompeted on a global stage. However, the security risk argument serves as a convenient precedent (much like the rhetoric around terrorism and WMDs) for justifying aggressive actions that align with specific political agendas, such as those laid out in Project 2025.

Project 2025, as part of the broader "America First" agenda, proposes significant rollbacks on progressive policies implemented over the past four decades. These include restrictions on media, video games, women's rights, immigration reforms, and minority rights. While framed as promoting national security and traditional values, these measures align with a broader conservative agenda aimed at reshaping cultural and economic landscapes in favor of nationalist priorities.

I think words like "compromised data" are going to be thrown around like "terrorist" or "terrorism" was in the early 2000's and its going to be a catch all for policy in the same way!