Latest posts tagged with #OPTOUT on Bluesky
If you have a #Samsung phone and they are shutting their texting app, don't move to #Google -- #techreclaimers recommend Fossify for texting and contacts instead:
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
www.fossify.org/apps/
Also on F-Droid and direct download from Github. #EasySwitch
#optout #bigtech
The fact that the humans care more about daylight savings than saving the lives of the innocent is, to me, completely bonkers.
Daylight savings is an aberration, much like war.
#daylightsavings #optout #makepeace #stopwar
How to opt out of AI data collection in popular apps
replaye.com/how-to-opt-o...
#News #Tech #Technology #AI #AIDataCollection #OptOut
Another day, another local small business automatically "opting" me into their marketing mailing list using an email address provided only for specific purposes.
FFS. This time it was the veterinarian. This ain't allowed in Canada.
#spam #UCE #OptIn #OptOut #Canada #privacy
Follow along as we do the 21-day #cybercleanse week-by-week! This weekend, ditch #Chrome, #Safari, or #Edge and move to a privacy-centric alternative. Already on #Firefox? There is a long list of easy, free, and freeing new ones to try!
#optout #bigtech
www.optoutproject.net/better-brows...
How to stop Google from exploiting your GMAIL to train its AI Engine
thedemlabs.org/2026/03/29/p...
@gailwaldby.bsky.social #GmailPrivacy #GoogleAI #OptOut #Gemini3 #DataSovereignty #PrivacyFirst #TechTips
How to stop Google from exploiting your GMAIL to train its AI Engine
How to stop Google from exploiting your GMAIL to train its AI Engine
How to stop Google from exploiting your GMAIL to train its AI Engine
thedemlabs.org/2026/03/29/p...
@gailwaldby.bsky.social #GmailPrivacy #GoogleAI #OptOut #Gemini3 #DataSovereignty #PrivacyFirst #TechTips
Agree, we shouldn’t exist in carefully curated echo chambers.
Yet, every one of us must be intentional in an attention economy that rewards and monetizes clicks over substance.
The GD POTUS and his regime are in the midst of a media autocratic takeover.
We must #OptOut, including the TN Holler.
Note for those that use Ebay that don't like submitting all your data to AI there is a relatively new user setting that you have to turn off. I don't know when it was added, but it does default to allowing them to use your data for AI purposes and you must opt-out if you don't agree. #AI #optout
I bet github copilot is going to get a lot of cancellations today. #optout #shadyaf #github #copilot
Screenshot eines Teils der Mail von github, in der angekündigt wird, dass interaktionen mit AI Copilot dazu verwendet werden können eigene Modelle zu trainieren; es sei denn man widerspricht.
Gerade in der Mailbox gefunden:
Important Update to GitHub Copilot Interaction Data Usage Policy.
„unless you opt out“ - genau so sieht es die DSGVO eben ausdrücklich NICHT vor.
#github #dsgvo #ai #optout
100% about alternatives. We can't do it as individual "ethical consumption" strategies. I started the Opt Out blog and Tech Reclaimer to work together on public and community driven or respecting alternatives to reconstruct the public sphere, pivoting from the consumer mindset. #optout #reclaimtech
Excited to share my Techtonic interview with @cyberlyra - aka Janet Vertesi - founder of the #optout project and #techreclaimers .
Janet explains WHY and HOW to get off of Big Tech, and onto community-minded alternatives.
Full episode […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Thanks to @markhurst.bsky.social for having me on Techtonic.fm this week! If you missed the interview on WFMU you can catch it here. Don't miss listening to me wax poetic about alternatives to Big Tech, my zany #optout experiments, and the movement to #reclaimtech !
techtonic.fm/episodes/202...
Even if some data is public record, publishing it on searchable platforms magnifies your risks.
Recover digital peace of mind with Optery.
#Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #OptOut #ProtectPrivacy
#Ingram lets #Authors opt out of selling their #books to AI companies.
Opt-out form: www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-...
This is only #print since AI companies are buying print books to scan to legally use for #LLM training under "fair use."
#AI #AICompany #Publishers #Copyright #OptOut
The choice you make applies to publicly funded care in England only.
It is a FAKE #optout!
Opt-out should be for #PRIVATE #COMPANIES, not state!
#Goodbye #Freedom
easier attendee participation: Adrian Segar caramelizes crème brûlée at a private dinner in Spain
How can we design for easier attendee participation? By modeling participation, creating a safe event environment, and making participation optional.
www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev...
#meetings #EventDesign #improvement #participation #modeling #safety #OptOut #eventprofs
#writingcommunity #writers #authors #literaryagents #reporters #bloggers what @kevinmkruse.bsky.social said.
#optout #grammarly
The chaos will pass. We can get through it more quickly if we #optout and #evolve.
youtu.be/3Yl7BedidaA?...
Digital Resistance Tip #2: Fragment your Online Identity
video.infiniteloop.tv/w/d1RmHSum5i...
Take down the platform economy by refusing to put all your digital eggs in one basket.
www.optoutproject.net and www.reclaimcontrol.tech
#optout #bigtech #reclaimtech #digitalresistance
#OptOut
If Vampires are real, we are all screwed.
Since we live in a society that presumes it is okay to show up unsolicited and be annoying unless one opts out, vampires and other creatures of the night can presume they're invited... Thus rendering one powerless against them.
Digital Resistance Tip #1: One system at a time!
video.infiniteloop.tv/w/jgr2nhMiFv...
#optout #digitalresistance #reclaimcontrol
www.optoutproject.net and www.reclaimcontrol.tech
Why would anyone cover the state of the union? He's just going to lie like he always does. #sotu #optout
@profgalloway.com More of us have tb willing to get uncomfortable & ratchet up the economic pressure/🎯 the Market. #OptOut of the pervasive tech that is now being used against us; jump to less harmful, exploitative alternatives…together! Srsly, be less reliant on our smart phones/devices.
Agents of #Catholic Heirarchy in #Scotland [active supporters of #ConversionTherapy for #TransKids over #PubertyBlockade & affirmative professional psychology support]. Fearful of giving kids an obligatory religious indoctrination #OptOut "Toon Clock Faces!"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2587050...
@actblueorg.bsky.social do you know how many of us you alienate by constant bombardment of messages appealing for campaign donations? That is friends and family zone only. AHow can we #optout to save our sanity?
