Michiel Top

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@MichaelAArouet @Burdinski You know it was CDU in charge, right? That's center right... 🙄

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@stephenwhittle wow, your posts are met with a lot of vitriol.
I wish you the strength to deal with it and not let them get to you.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Google just turned every Gmail user into an AI training dataset by default, and the two-location opt-out tells you exactly how they view consent.

This is consent architecture in action. The friction is perfectly asymmetric. Opt-in happens automatically while you sleep. Opt-out requires navigating to two separate settings menus, understanding the language Google uses to describe these features, and remembering to check both locations.

They know most users will see this warning, think “I should fix that,” and then forget which settings menu to open. The design exploit is that intention decays faster than menu navigation completes.

What makes this revealing is the contrast. When Google wants adoption, they make features one-click. When they want your data, they make opting out require multiple steps across different interfaces. The difficulty is the signal.

The interesting part? This pattern shows up everywhere in privacy settings. Default opt-in with multi-step opt-out. Because user behavior research proved years ago that 90%+ of people never change defaults, and adding even one extra navigation step cuts opt-out rates by 40-60%.

Google isn’t hiding this feature. They’re just making the path to stopping it slightly more tedious than your tolerance for menu diving.

And that gap is the entire business model.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza.

https://t.co/UGjepPwmwo

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@dieworkwear To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

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@wweisawesome123 @AutismInit @BillBailey @MarkHamill @MaryLTrump @DemsAbroad @demsabroaduk @JasmineForUS @NicolaSturgeon @ChrisGPackham @LydiaCornell Happy Birthday from Berlin, Germany!

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Sollte es so sein, dass Männerstimmen die #AfD zur stärksten Kraft machen und damit Deutschland ins gesellschaftliche Abseits führen, muss über das Männerwahlrecht inoffiziell, über risikoaversen Demokratieunterricht offiziell nachgedacht werden... #Habeck #Frauenwahlrecht

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@Heff52816806 @catcuore @NathanLands @farzyness Source: https://t.co/fDz82R3Xfx

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@catcuore @NathanLands @farzyness From a northern European perspective, comparing Italy to the USA for their clean cities is a shocking realisation about the state of the US.

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@LuciaLobosvilla I missed your comment that said this, sorry about that 😅

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@LuciaLobosvilla You do know that this is the case because the LOTR movies set designers deliberately chose those art styles to represent the races, right?

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@dieworkwear AI is design by comittee -by design.

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@design_thyme So sorry this was done to you. Wish you the strength to deal with this!
Will report that lowlife.

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@meghanttucker @SBethancourt02 Germany has mother's day today as well. 🌷

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Salaries are investments, not costs.

[Renee Gittins | Potions: A Curious Tale @RikuKat]

My indie game I worked on for 10 years was immediately bumped off of New & Trending by @EA spam releasing 11 titles at once.

All of the built-up marketing and momentum squashed in an instant.

#HappyInternationalWomensDay !

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@VRisingGame Rennfield

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@icreatelife I like building small things & electronics and with @yourdigitalslf I have a big plan to establish #digitaldignity ; more insight, control and usefullness for our online lives!

We really need more people to follow us and help us become a force for a fairer, better world!

[Michiel Top @Michiel_Top]

Me, looking for #privacy #news for @yourdigitalslf review:
"let's see if anything happened"

Internet: "As revealed by the Report, at least eight money lending companies had accessed credit records without authorization."

aaah #tuesday

[Vonn @itsthewealth4me]

@WallStreetSilv Scares me to death @Thefrugalgay11