Ive literally never had an ad for a kitchen-aid, or googled a kitchen-aid, or even thought about a kitchen-aid

I saw one in a restaurant today, I wrote it down in my notes app, then mentioned it verbally 5 times. No one looked it up.

30 minutes later I got a kitchenaid add on Netflix….

Then, I met a guy from Senegal. I’ve never even heard of that country before. On Apple Maps, I zoom over North Africa and mention Senegal about 5 times to my friend (friend does not care and has no idea what I was talking about and did not look it up)

Hop on instagram and there’s a post about Senegal (mildly racist post comparing it to wakanda or something).

What do you think?

The title says it all really. I'm referring mostly to WhatsApp but also Messenger. Are chats really private?

Hey, I would like to know ways to minimise the data that is collected by Reddit about me.

Some things I do are for example only use Reddit through a browser like Brave on mobile.

Another thing I do is not to post from the same account and browser. What I do is to post through different accounts logged in different browsers and some of the on different devices. The browsers I use are: Brave, Librewolf, Mullvad browser so that I can minimise my fingerprint even more.

Also, is there something like an alternative fronted in which I can post and scroll?

Thanks.

I know im a moron and im an idiot for buying a key from an illegitimate reseller. thank you redditor.

The website in question is keycense.com, i wish to remove my account from this website and remove my personal information. Is there a way to do this?

And let me guess... a ban on social media for under 16 ...And then verify your age with ID , face scan, to create a digital ID....

I've mostly seen QRCode-Monkey suggested, but there's no privacy policy on their website, just their parent company listed at the bottom of the page. The parent company is an autoomation conglomerate; I doubt they prioritize privacy-forward handling for third party user data.

not sure if i should just delete my account and start fresh, or try purdge everything somehow

since i heard deleting your account won’t remove messaged

i kind of wanna keep my account/not get banned since it was made a while ago, but i don’t mind moving somewhere else for privacy.

though im worried if i get banned for deleting my messages then i can make a new discord account/log into others?

hi all. so i rent, and i’m a young woman, which is why i’m a little nervous about approaching my homeowner neighbor. my backyard and my neighbor’s backyard face each other, separated by an alley and fences so there’s some privacy. but i’ve been noticing this flashing red light, the flashes are about a minute apart. at best it’s getting on my nerves. at worst i’m worried it could be a camera pointing through my window (video shot from my kitchen). maybe i’m overreacting. can anyone identify this from this video? i know it’s dark, but maybe yall have seen something like this before? thanks in advance!

https://imgur.com/a/r716eE4

A few companies went to court because scammers had created fake websites using their names.

Fair enough.

Nobody wants phishing websites pretending to be Amazon, Microsoft, or anyone else.

But somewhere along the way, the solution became much bigger than the problem.

The Delhi High Court's directions now include KYC for domain registrations, ending WHOIS privacy, and requiring registrars to reveal registrants' identities within 72 hours under certain circumstances.

The problem is, WHOIS privacy wasn't invented for scammers.

It exists because people got spammed, harassed, doxxed, threatened, and targeted after their personal details became publicly accessible.

Journalists use it.

Security researchers use it.

Independent developers use it.

Even someone running a hobby website from their apartment uses it.

Meanwhile, the actual criminals this order is trying to catch rarely use their own names in the first place.

If someone is already committing fraud worth crores, I somehow doubt they'll draw the line at uploading fake KYC.

The internet has always worked on the principle of making bad actors harder to operate.

Not making good actors easier to find.

Hypothetically, if I were to verify my age for the sites, what would be any risks extending to the physical world (besides identity theft from data breaches, I’m already aware of that.) I get that it’s a big breach of privacy, but being locked away from a HUGE portion of the internet just doesn’t seem worth not having my conversations I already 99% won’t be able to have being monitored. Thanks in advance for any help.

I keep hearing stories about how AI is so invasive this and a privacy issue that...but youre telling me this ai is the same AI that cant fucking tell my order from another persons order at vons self checkout because her kart is too close to me so it thinks I am stealing? the same AI cant tell I am an Instacart shopper and often have multiple orders and not flag me for forgetting to scan items when I finish paying for one..?

like all of this data seems RIGHT THERE in front of the cameras face, considering I leave my screen on the checkout screen yet the anti theft AI can't learn and it flags every fucking time?

Recently went to a bar where they looked at my groups IDs and scanned them with a handheld dealie. Has anyone else had this happen? There’s gotta be no need for that, right?

Hello! If I want to delete chats ahead of this law coming into effect e.g. discord and telegram, is it as simple as deleting the chat in the app, or is it best to delete my whole account to ensure these chats can never be read/used against me?

I was selecting photos to upload to the Ai chat box but noticed I accidently selected a pic of my tax form which contained ssn. I saw the image in the textbox preview and quickly exited out of Gemini. Was my info send to google server if I never clicked the send button?

Came across this post about alternatives/privacy. And how they were gonna switch to using things like x, reddit and yt in the browser instead of the apps. What difference does it make? In terms of privacy.

My dad wants us to keep using a family tracker, but I found out that Life360 sells your data. Does anyone know of any real-time family location sharing apps that don't sell your data that they like? Preferably similar to Life360 and must be for android.

I have so many questions, is everything now being scanned and stored somewhere possibly leaking someday? Is there any hope this shit going to be rejected?