Mastodon user dismisses privacy concerns as user responsibility
2 Oct 31 8:11 AM · 8d ago · 1 article · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 2 of 2
A commenter on Mastodon rejects concern over Character.ai's data practices, arguing that grifters deserve failure and that privacy breaches reflect poor personal operational security rather than a systemic problem.
“what would you even expect from creatures that do not understand the idea of privacy? there are real problems to solve without fretting about our own sloppy personal opsec.”
falcennial@mastodon.socialCharacter.ai Bankrupt chatbot platformDisney Asset purchaserCalli Schroeder Director of AI and Human Rights Program, Electronic Privacy Information CenterMelissa Jacoby Law professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill40 US state attorneys general Coalition demanding protections
The whole story articlesposts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump
Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch
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first by UkrMedia News, 7d ago · also HN Frontpage
1 more headline
- The AI Bubble Monitor HN Frontpage · 5d ago
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first by Yahoo News Canada, 8d ago · also BBC
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first by The Economic Times, 8d ago
What people said 19 voices · best of 20 · verbatim
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Glad to see this reporting from the BBC: when the AI bubble bursts, companies that have gone bust will sell your data. https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026102 9-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets
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the only realistic demand is see is similar to why Azure, digitalocean etc are still breahing. There are incompetent companies that cannot live without certain services, so they'll stay dependent. A lot of companies are doing agentic engineering, and the rat race is even stronger there. You need a product that is better than a vibe-coded app, but…
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This will be far worse as plenty more 401ks are tied up in these stocks unlike back then when tech wasn't the darling of wall street. I think people severely underestimate just how much worse this is going to be than the dot com bubble.
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Don't use AI? You're still at risk, because users share information about friends and family, Schroeder says. "You might disclose how you feel about [your] mom, or things like 'My friend so-and-so came out to me as gay, how should I respond? https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026102 9-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets # AI # LLM #…
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The article asks the 25 trillion dollar question. ‘What is the near term demand for AI?’ And the answer is nobody knows; especially not these companies. I think the bubble is almost inevitable. Everyone is racing to gain market domination as they see it as winner take all, but it just doesn’t appear to be shaking out that way. There are five very…
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prob a repeat of dot com bust, tech stays but half these ai startups built on hype and no real business model vanish overnight
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You've heard of the # AI bubble, now get ready for: User data going in fire sales as the bubble bursts. https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026102 9-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets # NoAI # AIBubble # privacy # legal
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I used Claude to help me draft some letters to negotiate severance after I was laid off. It was really useful and I did manage to get a bit extra from my former employerWe're going to be in for a really rough time as more and more stuff gets replaced by AI and it becomes harder for people to earn incomes
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same as the dot.com bubble, lots of companies going under but the underlying technology remaining
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https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026102 9-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets too bad. for all the times ai scam software grifters have signed their own death warrants, failing to go out of their way to protect my privacy isn't one of them. what would you even expect from creatures that do not understand the idea of privacy? there…
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Shameless self-promotion: https://artificialliabilities.com for a nice story-like AI infra overview. Based of FRED, SEC, and other publicly available data.
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AI bedrijfjes die (onvermijdelijk) op de fles gaan -> uw data wordt waarschijnlijk verkocht. https://www. bbc.com/future/article/2026102 9-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets
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Low end - absolutely.High end? Not yet. Corporate contracts are getting human only oversight with us. We have tried to compare but found that the signal vs noise generated doesn't compete with our expensive legal department.
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> I have a lawyer friend who pays $20 a month for an Anthropic system.I have a lawyer friend who's seen a dip in clients reaching out. Turns out, they're having Claude draw up contracts.
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I have a lawyer friend who receives Claude contracts for drafting. Oh dear, the level of bullshit they find, apparently quality is classes below vibe coding. But as long nobody checks...
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The author, Dean Baker an economist at a non-profit policy group, called the housing bubble. Not wealthy, he sold his condo in 2004 and bought a house in 2009.
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AI solves problems that do not exist, it creates problems and then promise to solve them, that's why there's neither a market for them nor any profit.
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”China’s bubble already collapsed, leading to a plunge in its AI-tech index of 40 percent” This was news to me, is there any good coverage on what happened?
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Given the debt and deficits the government is running I worry they're not going to haveh te financial muscle for a rescue package when this implodes.
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