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That doesn’t address the other two bullet points.
It’s like tracking an animal moving in tall grass. You don’t need to be able to see the animal directly to tell where it is.
If I can’t disappear completely, there’s enough data points around me that a useful silhouette can be reconstructed from all the surrounding data.
What’s the point?
“They’ve already got my data”
From our site: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/gotmydata.html
The main retort to this is
“No they don’t - they need to continually replenish their profile on you for it to be useful. If you cut off the supply now, then their power fades.” That’s why their data harvesting is so aggressive. It needs to be, otherwise their promise to advertisers of being able to predict what you’ll want, and when you’ll want it, cannot be fulfilled.
You just need to step off the playing field and their game comes grinding to a halt!
I already “get it” and I don’t find this argument too convincing.
If you’re 25 years old and cut them off, they still have :
(Yes, I get that it’s different if everyone cuts off data harvesting at the same time, but this is about convincing one person.)
Alt text is like putting Braille next to a sign; it’s a tool for the blind (who use screen readers to access alt text).
It’s also a backup when the image fails to load, but it’s not a substitute for making sure the image is legible for people who can see.
If you add a transcription in the body of the post, that should cover your remaining bases.
LTT beat you to the joke.
Maybe This Phone ISN’T Just for Criminals - Trying Graphene OS for a Month.
This is concrete, thanks. I can work with this.
The arguments the article gives are way to broad to fly around a Thanksgiving table.
They might as well have titled it:
“Ways to convince people to take online privacy seriously (who are already on the fence and leaning so hard in your direction that a stiff breeze would do the job for you)”