Post #4158841
2026-07-28 07:58 UTC
Replies (22)
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@Irmgard@sueden.social 2026-07-28 10:25
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world Yes I agree 100%!
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@Su_G@aus.social 2026-07-28 09:29
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world More Alt-text 4 u: The complaints read: “I don't want to scan a QR code for everything. I don't want to "create an account" to see a menu on a website. I don't want to "download the app" to pay for parking or anything else. I don't want to "provide feedback" on a 30-second interaction. | just want to exist in the physical world without having to hand over all my personal information.”
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@ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu 2026-07-28 10:45
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world Yes, except for the QR codes, I'm fine with using those if you need to have a "real life" link to a site. But not instead of menus though, having a physical menu is still a nice option.
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 11:39
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world unfortunately (and quite ironically) i think this image might be AI
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@stux@mstdn.social 2026-07-28 12:28
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world *be careful with scanning wild QR codes please :cat_hug_triangle:
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@AAKL@infosec.exchange 2026-07-28 13:05
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world Nailed it.
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@Ahmetkilic@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 09:53
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world in restaurants in my country, we can scan a QR code to see the menu It doesn't require us to create a account It doesn't require us to download a app We can just not provide a feedback at all And since we dont have to wait for a waiter to bring us a menu thanks to QR code, we are fine with it
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@Roku@hear-me.social 2026-07-28 09:32
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world This is only my own experience and does may not by applicable for other people. Keep that in mind. If I want freedom, I go and enjoy free time with those I do enjoy. If I don't want annoying services, I just vote with my wallet. Of course, this is not an answer for all the problems. Technology should serve us. For many occasions, when the people tell me that I need to scan QR code to see menu at the restaurant or do something similar. I just tell them "I don't have a telephone„ And they often get confused. Some of the places they get me bypass all their services just because they don't know what to do and is too much to handle. I got to drove some buses for free, because the bus driver didn't know what to do. I get interrogated on the airport, in a much less time, also because there is much less information to be extracted. I wasn't bothered by email and spam after all, just simply telling them I don't have telephone number, email address or home address and they leave me alone. Of course there was a time that that was me who was trying to get their service and I need to be compliant. But that's very much depends on situation and what I need.
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@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world 2026-07-28 11:33
Wow, did I strike a nerve or what?
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@Bishopjoey@writing.exchange 2026-07-28 08:00
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world Oh yeah. Me too, most definitely.
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@capnthommo@c.im 2026-07-28 08:24
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world yes. Me too. If I want to use an app or QR code then I will be the one who chooses, not the provider. And making the conventional method shit doesn't force me to go app or QR, it just sends me somewhere else.
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@dnkrupinski@hannover.town 2026-07-28 08:38
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world @altbot@fuzzies.wtf
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@JamesAkers@expressional.social 2026-07-28 17:47
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world app store- nah.... Web app- hmmmm maybe?
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@gilesgoat@toot.wales 2026-07-28 08:47
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world ... whish we could really say so 😐 I could add "I don't wanto to install an app to access a .GOV site to do something I NEED to find the app doesn't work well and there's no one to report because to report the malfunction you need the same app that doesn't work or another one that still doesn't work" .. !
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@jeantranscene@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 12:38
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world After living off freebies we slowly came to the realization that all this convinience wasn't actually free. We paid with our info and our freedom. The hell we're living in is allowed and maintained by us. We know what's killing us but it also drives more and more aspects of our lives. The bilionaires that are so hungry for your data? They're people, they're us. We feed them. They're easy to starve. We know how. We also love our phones and apps too much to do sh!t about it.
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@Likewise@beige.party 2026-07-28 14:30
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world A-freaking-men. Random side note: There’s a Black Mirror episode where people rate every interaction you have. So if you greet someone in a friendly or not so friendly manner, you are given a star rating that floats and follows you everywhere. I’m not insinuating that you shouldn’t be kind, but rather that everything is constantly pulling for some type of information. I swear we are not far from this BS in real life and already there in some instances.
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@Siff@mstdn.social 2026-07-28 18:04
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world @briankrebs@infosec.exchange Recently, I had to use one of these parking apps. I created an account and I had to verify it by entering a code sent via SMS, which never arrived. I emailed their customer service and I was told to call an 800 number. I tried calling, but I got a “The number you have dialled is unallocated” message from 3 different phones (by that time I already have moved my car to a different lot). (1/2)
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@donn_castaneda@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 14:57
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world bleh about the edit. The content isn't harmful. It's basically a shibboleth. AI is just a tool. We were creating slop on the internet long before AI.
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@spycrab@kolektiva.social 2026-07-29 14:02
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world God damn ppl use AI for even something this simple. Sad af
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@gray17@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 14:56
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world note, this was made with chatgpt, as mentioned by this guy, who is probably the original poster www.facebook.com/phil.dowsing/photos/i-produced-this-with-the-help-of-chatgpt-feel-free-to-share-thank-youphil-/10165274601969095/ indicators: - why a photographer camera for QR codes - why a globe for create an account - why a peace dove for physical world privacy
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@nil@critters.gay 2026-07-28 13:39
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world i don't want to see ai generated shit like this
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@tully@cathode.church 2026-07-28 12:51
@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world world's most insulting alt text