#peoplefarming

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · 1d ago

“My fear is that W Social is just another for-profit Big Tech startup that happens to be based in the EU. We don’t need that. We don’t need more European surveillance capitalists and people farmers. We need ethical alternatives working for the common good.” – Yours truly, in @_elena@mastodon.social’s excellent expose on W Social. https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ Do read the article to the end, especially noting the bit about the composition of their board of advisors, which includes an ex-Google AI lead and an ex-Paypal Chief [Violate Your] Privacy Officer who now works at Tools for Humanity (Sam Altman’s “Sci-fi dystopia? Hold my beer…” identity farming startup that wants to scan your eyeballs). #WSocial #EuropeWashing #PrivacyWashing #BigTech #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #EU #ATProto #fediverse

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · 2d ago

RE: https://norden.social/@SheDrivesMobility/116732194100466437 Goodness, I wish someone had warned us about this shit, oh I don’t know, maybe over a decade ago? https://vimeo.com/96727211#t=11m08s #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #gamification

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Katja Diehl @SheDrivesMobility@norden.social

wow. https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · 5d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Pettet8/116742131579090788 “Google was a different company 9 years ago.” Hmm… was it, though? 🤔 https://ar.al/talks/#free-is-a-lie #google #BigTech #peopleFarming #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism #meaCulpa

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 22, 2026

RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116446948729196049 I never thought the factory farm for human beings I work at would farm me is the new leopards eating people’s faces. #peopleFarming #siliconValley #BigTech #meta #capitalism

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 15, 2026

RE: https://indieweb.social/@jbz/116407902311911594 Call data centres what they really are: data farms. It’s where they farm you for your data. You are the livestock being farmed. #PeopleFarming #BigTech #SiliconValley #capitalism #dataFarms

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@aral__dup_4490@mastodon.ar.al · Jan 21, 2026

Amazing. W (I kid you not): A bunch of VC-funded European Big Tech assholes attempting to rewrite history by erasing the federated European alternatives that already exist to create their own centralised, surveillance-ridden X clone. Same shit, different flag. And I’m sure the usual fools will flock to it the moment it’s ready. Fuck these people. #EU #bullshit #W #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming @nicolasvivant@colter.social https://colter.social/@nicolasvivant/115929963687586528

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@aral__dup_4490@mastodon.ar.al · Jan 01, 2026

Wow, seems the people farmers of surveillance capitalism have fully embraced scammer techniques now. Ran into this new flow on a number of sites just now (Indiewire, Variety, and RollingStone) delivered by the colossal douchebags at html-load.com who run report-error.com. They make it look like a browser error has occurred and then tell you to disable your tracker/ad blocker. To the asshole developers who built this for them instead of refusing: Fuck you for making everyone less safe. You dickheads are the problem. #surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarmers #adtech #peopleFarming #BigTech #IWasJustFollowingOrders #reportErrorDotCom #htmlLoadDotCom #Indiewire #Variety #RollingStone

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