r_alb

r_alb, 10 days ago to privacy

The European privacy community
has repeatedly pointed at the GDPR‘s sometimes slow and insufficient enforcement. And I won’t argue with that. But I‘d like you to consider that the lack of GDPR literacy and privacy awareness is at least equally problematic. Even the best enforcement mechanisms are useless when people do not know their rights. We need to do more, not only to improve enforcement, but also to better educate people on privacy matters!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #DigitalLiteracy

arstechnica, 14 days ago to random

OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

GPT-5 might be farther off than we thought, but OpenAI wants to make sure it is safe.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/openai-training-its-next-major-ai-model-forms-new-safety-committee/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

r_alb, 18 days ago to privacy

Because I got asked twice today: No, privacy is not about not using technology at all.
Privacy is about using technology at your terms. It is about not being used by those who make technology.
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#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #GDPR

ErikJonker, 22 days ago to ai

Google Gemini now has extensions that can for example use the content of your Gmail inbox, very practical but also very scary from a security/privacy perspective.
#googlegemini #AI #extensies #security #privacy
(screenshot in dutch)

r_alb, 23 days ago to ArtificialIntelligence

In Karel Čapek‘s 1920 play «R.U.R.», when talking about those who created robots (in this case artificial humans) for their personal profit, the character Alquist says: «They dreamed of the dividends. And on those dividends humanity will perish.»

More than a hundred years later, this fictional warning sounds oddly contemporary.

(Quote taken from the translation by Claudia Nowack, published by Penguin Books in 2004)
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#ArtificialIntelligence #technology #IrresponsibleTech #ScienceFiction

r_alb, 1 month ago to austria

This has been a major item on my bucket list and it happened in the most unexpected way. Just like that, a few hundred meters from where I live. I‘m so grateful for that!
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#aurora #Linz #Austria

r_alb, 1 month ago to austria

I‘m overwhelmed by the beauty. 🥹
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#aurora #Linz #Austria

r_alb, 1 month ago to austria

I‘ve been dreaming of seeing the Northern Lights since I was I child. I cannot find the words to describe how I am feeling right now.
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#aurora #Linz #Austria

r_alb, 1 month ago to privacy

Another data broker is telling me that they have a „legitimate interest“ in scraping and selling my data because they need to for their business. 🙄 That is not enough.
When someone claims legitimate interest, they have to show that your rights and freedoms do not outweigh their interests. „We want to because money!“ does not quite do that!

Time to prepare my next complaint.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #DataBrokers #BigData #PrivacyMatters

r_alb, 1 month ago to privacy

Please remember to check and change the privacy settings whenever you download a new app!
Some (cough most) apps collect and share a lot of your data by default. And not only yours but the data of your contacts as well. That’s why you should opt out and restrict access wherever you can. For your own sake and for the sake of your contacts!
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#privacy #DataProtecion #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism

r_alb, 1 month ago to geopolitics

I simply cannot understand how someone who claims to be a human being can find it perfectly normal to aggressively demand a multi-billion dollar bonus while at the same time laying off thousands of people. I do not have to be a socialist to find this behaviour disgusting.
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#economy #society #BigTech #SomeBillionaire #SomeCarCompany

r_alb, 1 month ago to privacy

(1/2) If companies tell you that their processing of your data is legitimised by the GDPR‘s Recital 47, don‘t buy it! They usually refer to the Recital‘s last sentence, which states that direct marketing «may be regarded as carried out for a legitimate interest».
Instead, tell them to read the whole Recital. It mandates for a «careful assessment» of the interests involved, taking into account factors such as (the lack of) a relationship to a company.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR

r_alb, 2 months ago to random

As I recently moved my account here, I guess it‘s time for a proper #introduction. 👋

My name is Raphael and I‘m a privacy professional / advocate / activist based in Linz, Austria.

Please feel free to talk to me about privacy in general and the GDPR in particular.

I‘d also like to talk about anything else that relates to technology and its role in our society.

Critical views and opinions are always welcome, but please be polite!

Hope to read from you soon!

r_alb, 2 months ago to privacy

Some of the issues us privacy people complain about may appear rather insignificant to you. I get that.
But please let me invite you to a different perspective: As we are currently setting a lot of precedents regarding data privacy rights, how we are handling the small issues today will have an effect on how we will deal with big problems tomorrow. That is why you should care about violations of your privacy, even if they don‘t seem like much today. Because tomorrow, they might.
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#privacy #GDPR