Lady cyclist killed in Davis involving juvenile on ebike...on the bike path.

[Chargeride]

The constant cheering in that vid feels added on.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

The constant cheering in that vid feels added on.

Sounds and looks real to me.

 

[Catalyzt]

I truly believe a movement will start to back away from the internet, by their own admission the tech is bad for children, and now its bad for adults.
I didnt have it for forty years of my life and those were the best days Ive lived, I doom scroll constantly, tracked monitored, listened to, brainwashed by algorithms, an endless electronic leash that I have now been conditioned to be terrified of losing.
WTF has happened to us?

Privacy on the Internet has been non-existent for decades. Browser cookies were invented in 1994. Google, Facebook/Meta, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft all have databases on you even you don't have an account on their systems. If you think they don't already know your birthdate, where you live, and what your hobbies are, you are kidding yourself.

I'm not sure I even exist? . . . View attachment 207846

For a while I was so paranoid that I didn't even put people in Google Contacts.

Now? I'm even more paranoid... so I do enter all new contacts into Google, but I name each one "Potential Spam."

That will show them!

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Charge, my hat is off to you for owning your online addictions. It's easier to make excuses, healthier not to, IMHO!

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I am slowly backing away, trying to get offline generally and winding down my 'relationships' with the most egregious businesses that game prices through algorithms and sell all my information, but it's a long, slow process. Easing up on Amazon, though Prime will be hard to beat. We watched a few DVDs recently, and my God, they just looked so, so much better than the crap we stream! (We have really slow service that is way too expensive, and I refuse to pay for more bandwidth.)

I really avoid using my phone for photos, too... which means I use my real cameras more, and I'm now collecting older, used point-and-shoots... a Samsung WB350 for the beach, and I just picked up a Sony RX100 for riding, though I'm sure there will be times I go out with the R100 or XA5 bumping along on my belt.

Yeah, sure, everyone can be tracked. Do I really care if Google has my photos? It probably doesn't matter that much, but... I think they're a nasty company.

It's worth doing just out of spite.

 

[RunForTheHills]

Well, you have to do whatever makes you comfortable. The government has a lot more information about you and they are a lot more likely to use that information against you. The sick thing is that the government can also subpoena private companies for your information if they are coming for you. You have to weigh the positives against the negatives.

Cyber security breaches happen every day and most don't get reported. And government agencies are a lot more vulnerable to these breaches than Amazon or Meta. Budget limitations and bureaucracy limit the limit the cyber security measures many critical government agencies have implemented. In short, your information is also on the darkweb. Don't cuss out your bank for requiring multi-factor authentication. It's a pain, but the best way to thwart these crooks.

You can try to turn back the clock, keep your money under a mattress, stay off the Internet, and cut up all your credit cards. But there are cameras on every neighbor's doorbell and a GPS and camera in every mobile phone. Good luck with that!

 

[Gionnirocket]

My GPS is Off by default. It only gets turned on when I'm using a navigation app and that is rare. All personal advertising permissions are disabled.
No one is under the radar but again I see no reason to flash my transponder.