#Automakers are collecting #sensitive #data, and selling it w/out your permission – Extensive data collection & #privacy #violations also routinely occurs when we use #cars and #trucks [regardless of manufacturer], much if not all of it likely without our knowledge or #consent. This article will inform you about how, where, when and by whom your data is collected, and the many ways in which is it used, including sale by #databrokers #CFPB is now closed - they fought this https://www.llrx.com/2025/01/automakers-are-collecting-sensitive-data-and-selling-it-without-your-permission/
@tc_morekindness That sounds really fun.. I'm sorry I can't be there, I've an allergy to dentists ;P
Post with the hashtag to take your mind off topic
→ Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/chatbots-urged-teen-to-self-harm-suggested-murdering-parents-lawsuit-says/
“[The] complaint alleges that the ex-Googlers who started #Character Technologies only left the giant company to train a #model that #Google considered too #dangerous to put out under its own name. The plan all along, the lawsuits allege, was to extract #sensitive #data from #minors and evolve the model so that Google could reacquire it and use it to power #Gemini.”
#Prosecutors say #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump was #engaged in '#privateConduct' during his '#criminal #effort' to #overturn the 2020 #election.
The #Trump team vigorously #objected to the #release of the #unsealed #court #filing, citing a #sensitive" #preelection time period.
I have a friend on mastodon.social using the official #Mastodon app on #iOS. His account is restricted to followers only.
He has an issue: All images marked as #sensitive appear blurred until he taps to unblur each and every one. He did go into Preferences and under Appearance selected "Always show media" and "Always expand posts marked with content warnings" but still media marked as sensitive is blurred.
Are we missing something?
Please BOOST
#Utah Issues #Statewide #Ban on 13 #Books
The #ban #encompasses #books that are deemed “#objective #sensitive #material” or “#pornographic,” (six of the 13 are #romantasy #titles by #SarahJ.Maas), and the #titles are, on average, 13 years old.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
I've read we have a national crisis in availability of psychotherapy with long wait lists with health plans such as Kaiser and others. Suicide rates are rising at an alarming rate among young people, perhaps exacerbated by excessive social media involvement and stresses of modern technological life and uncertain futures.
I have many issues I am still working thru even as an old person. Another self-therapy resource I've found very useful is a book titled The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward, by Britt Frank, LSCSW, 2022.
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Stuck-Breaking-Through-Inertia-ebook/dp/B097B3BHL6/ref=sr_1_1
Very clearly written straightforward researched advice, suggestions, and simple challenging exercises to do. Something for everyone. We need all the help we can get! I've read it three times and keep coming back for more follow up as issues arise or persist for me. The wise clarity is very calming. encouraging, and supportive.
#hsp #introvert #sensitive #therapy #suicide #habits #depression #anxiety #selfhelp
"Researchers Observed Visual Studio Code Extensions Stealing Users' #Sensitive #Data"
https://gbhackers.com/researchers-observed-visual-studio/
'... ReversingLabs has uncovered a series of VS Code extensions that designed to siphon off sensitive information from unsuspecting users ...'
Can anyone here share their experience with Loop earplugs?
One of our kids is quite sensitive to noise, especially in a school setting.
Any idea if those plugs might help? And are the Loop Engage plugs the right ones for this use case?
@actuallyautistic who else sleeps with #earplugs.?
I‘m very #sensitive to sound. Especially snoring and EMT vehicles. I also hear sounds on a higher frequency than others.
On the other hand, people talking to me outside of my area of focus atm sound like gibberish to me. I often need to ask them to repeat which makes them mad.
Jebus, you over-sensitive snowflakes. If you don't like what someone posts, you have options. In ascending order:
Scroll past.
Unfollow.
Mute.
Block.
I happen to enjoy reading what Mr. Blaze posts; it's informative and interesting. On the other hand, I find pictures of other peoples' lunches incredibly boring, but I don't go asking them to stop posting or to put content-warnings or "boring" hashtags on them.
…According to #Prism, You requested the #Festival #Director #LawrenceMinhBùiDavis, to submit a #report his request specifically mentioned the #Trans and #Nonbinary #ReadingRoom, described as possibly one of the festival’s most “#sensitive” #occurrences because of the growing number of #bookbans directed at #transgender and #nonbinary #writers, according to the #WashingtonPost.
Within hours of Davis’s #report responding to the request being submitted, You #emailed out #news of the #cancellation
#SmithsonianInstitution #Cancels #AsianAmerican #Literature #Festival Leaving #Trans #AAPI #Community #Disheartened.
APAC's #ActingDirector #YaoFenYou #canceled the #festival after a #report flagging “potentially #sensitive” #issues in the #festival’s programming relating to #Trans and #Nonbinary #ReadingRoom, was submitted by #staffers…
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.advocate.com/news/aapi-transgender-smithsonian-festival-cancellation
@arstechnica "#Threads (#Android, SApple) potentially collects a wide assortment of #personal ata that remains connected to you, based on the information available in Apple’s App Store, from your purchase history and #PhysicalAddress to your #BrowsingHistory, #HealthInformation. #Sensitive information” is also listed as a type of data collected byThreads app. Some information this could include is your# race, #SexualOrientation, #pregnancy status, and #religion as well as your #biometricdata."
I would hope that this would shake out naturally. The over-sensitive block off any instance that isn't run to their tightly-wound standards. Users of those instances who want a more open experience sign up with, or move to, other instances...
The problem, of course, is the people who are on, or who sign up with, the uptight instances and don't know there's anything different out there.
#EricaWoodland Is Giving #Culturally #Sensitive #HealthCare a Major Platform
#EricaWoodland is a #black, #queer, #nonbinary #therapist, and the #founder of the #NationalQueerandTransTherapistsofColorNetwork (NQTTCN).
#Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQIA #NewYork #Healthcare #Transitioning #MentalHealth
https://www.verywellmind.com/erica-woodland-and-culturally-sensitive-care-7481860
I don't need the support--I despise when bra companies market REAL BRAS (with hook/clasp in back) as bralettes.
And going up in size results in FAR TOO MUCH fabric and bigger straps, which also cause their own issues. I just need the coverage for decency purposes, basically. I don't want to feel compressed all day like I'm wearing a sports bra, 'bout to run a marathon.
Any #NeuroDivergent #ADHD women or #Autistic women who have skin/pressure sensitivities? I'm having SUCH a hard time finding a comfortable bralette, b/c they all squeeze my rib cage too much. And this despite trying mutliple sizes and despite reviewers on websites promising things like "OMG it's so comfortable I can SLEEP in it."
Nope! I've tried SO MANY and they all squeeze me in a way I find intolerable.
In 1969, four baby elephants were introduced to Windsor Safari Park near Heathrow airport, but the planes were so loud it caused the babies to stampede. There could be only one solution: elephant earmuffs.