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@ Cpt. Charisma
2025-02-15 01:10:23
I'm obsessed with privacy and have been for many years. A long time ago, I figured out that it was going to be completely impossible to hide everything about myself from corporations and governments. Instead, I try to create a false signal to drown out the bits of personal info I inadvertently leave in the ether.
I used to be paranoid about filling out surveys. Now, I take everyone offered and lie my ass off. When I heard that the NSA had created the world's largest data warehouse to store all encrypted data, I not only got a VPN, but I bought the fastest internet connection I could and started pumping out vast amounts of encrypted garbage. My estimate is that they have over 6,000 hard disks devoted to me now. When image recognition became a thing, I started tagging random celebrities and household objects as myself on Facebook. I sometimes tape my cell phone to delivery trucks to lay a false GPS trail. I pay cash for everything except tacos and dog biscuits. I don't own a dog.
Now, AI is slurping up all that data, in the hopes of building intelligence. All that data I created. All the outliers I caused. All the averages I ruined. All the noise I caused to cover my signal. So if your Tesla breaks hard for no reason, or your humanoid robot tries to start a conversation with your toaster, think of me. If the FBI's precrime model says you're a cucumber or your phone pastes a picture of the moon over your grandmother, think of me. If ChatGPT tells you unoxygenated blood is blue or rhizomes are the powerhouse of the cell think of me. It's all my fault and I'm not sorry.