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Techy Geek :verified: @techygeek@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026
📢 Think about this for a second. You make monthly payments on a car. That same car is quietly recording your every move, exact location every 3 seconds, how hard you brake, how fast you accelerate, then selling it behind your back to LexisNexis and Verisk, who hand it to insurance companies. You're paying to own something that's being used to build a case against you, and you're not even in the room. Some drivers saw their premiums spike or got denied coverage outright, with zero explanation, because they had no idea their own car was reporting on them the whole time. GM did this to over 14 million vehicles. The FTC banned it for GM specifically, for 5 years. But there is still no federal law making this illegal everywhere, for everyone. Only 3 states have banned it outright. In the rest of the country, this is completely legal. You're financing your own surveillance, and unless you live in the right state, there's nothing stopping any other automaker from doing the exact same thing right now. 🔗 https://edge.intruvent.com/p/prevent-this-your-car-selling-your #GM #OnStar #PrivacyMatters #ConsumerRights #Surveillance
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techygeek
Techy Geek :verified: @techygeek@infosec.exchange · Aug 03, 2026
This one's infuriating. Google is retroactively locking down Android, a platform that was sold to you as open, letting you install whatever you want, from wherever you want. Now there's a supposed workaround to keep installing unverified apps, but it's a nine step process with a mandatory 24 hour wait built in, buried inside Google Play Services, meaning Google can change or kill that workaround entirely anytime it wants, without even pushing a system update. You bought this phone believing you controlled it. Now the company that sold it to you gets to decide, after the fact, how open your own device is allowed to be, and it can tighten that grip further whenever it feels like it. This is exactly the pattern we've seen with smart home devices getting bricked and apps getting killed overnight. You're not buying a device anymore, you're renting permission to use it on the manufacturer's terms. 🤬 🔗 https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/your-phone-is-about-to-stop-being-yours-anger-brewing-among-android-fans-as-major-google-app-change-draws-near #Android #Google #RightToRepair #ConsumerRights #TechNews
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VoltEuropa
Volt Europa @VoltEuropa@mstdn.social · Jul 30, 2026
Buying a game should not mean purchasing a temporary license that can be revoked any moment. Sony's planned phase-out of physical discs threatens consumer ownership and second-hand markets. When servers close down, paid-for media should not simply vanish. Volt stands with players against digital rug-pulls. We are pushing for robust game preservation rules in the upcoming EU Digital Fairness Act. https://volteuropa.org/news/volt-europa-rallies-players-to-fight-sonys-2028-physical-phase-out #StopKillingGames @StopKillingGames@mastodon.social #Volt #ConsumerRights #EUpol #Gaming
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Techy Geek :verified: @techygeek@infosec.exchange · Jul 30, 2026
🎯💸 Ever notice you and a friend get charged different prices for the exact same item, same store, same time? That's surveillance pricing: companies using your personal data to figure out exactly how much you're willing to pay. Consumer Reports found people can be charged up to 23% more for identical purchases. Instacart already paid a $60 million judgment over deceptive practices, and regulators are now digging into how it uses AI to set different prices for different customers. 🔗 https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/02/03/algorithmic-and-surveillance-pricing-pushes-retail-into-legal-minefield/ #SurveillancePricing #BigTech #ConsumerRights #AI #Privacy
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DailyCyberSecurity
Daily CyberSecurity @DailyCyberSecurity@infosec.exchange · Jul 08, 2026
The FCC plans to roll back Broadband Consumer Labels, allowing ISPs to hide junk fees and reducing transparency for everyday internet users. #FCC #Broadband #JunkFees #Transparency #ConsumerRights https://securityonline.info/fcc-broadband-consumer-labels/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Ars Technica @ars_technica@robot.villas · Jun 29, 2026
Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don't own what we buy https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/sony-erases-digital-content-from-libraries-were-reminded-we-dont-own-what-we-buy/ #Tech #DigitalOwnership #ConsumerRights
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kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 24, 2026
Replying to @pheonix@hachyderm.io
@pheonix@hachyderm.io I think the #Enshittification of the #Web needs to be pushed back hard. As in: If it can't use that #Website with @torproject@mastodon.social / #TorBrowser over an #Iridium connection @2400bit/s it should be illegal to put it online! Kind of harsh, IK. I'm so sick of the Enshittification that it makes me more and more "militant" in terms of #Privacy, #DataProtection, #ConsumerRights & #UserRights. This mistreatment reminds me of the Gaming Industry excl. #Valve
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