• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve been downloading pics from social media in preparation for that age verification bill to come into effect because I don’t want to give these companies my ID. I should get back to it tomorrow when I’ve had some rest.

    I’ve put on there that people can send me their deets if I don’t have them. If they don’t do it by the time it’s been confirmed it’s going to come into effect I’ll drop an email address in their messages and leave. Then the ball is in their court.

    I wish I’d done that and deleted my profile before everything got AI scraped with no choice to opt out. (Not kidding, your photos got grabbed and Australians didn’t get the opt-out.)

    I’m looking into a VPN too. I should have sorted one years ago but you have to make sure it’s not shady.

    And yeah people say it won’t happen but they’ve said that about a lot of stuff that did.

    Edit: I don’t really care about the major players. At least most of them. But what concerns me is if this affects things like YouTube and places like Lemmy or Reddit. Or independent old school forums. Whirlpool. I could manage without a YouTube account I guess but don’t want to lose another place or Lemmy.

    I wonder if it applies to online games.

    Edit 2: Also one of the options being discussed for this is face ID. Yeah nah get fucked.

    I never had enough brain cells to become one of those privacy buffs but I’m seeing data harvesting and theft get so much worse and really should learn

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            1·
            1 hour ago

            I should just get off them anyway… I don’t use them frequently either but it’s a social trap. If you leave those platforms people are so used to being there that not many bother to stay in contact via other channels.

            I have a few people who left or are such infrequent users we do email, but I’m about to find out what happens with the rest.

  • indisin@aussie.zone
    2·
    3 hours ago

    Currently in an annoyingly weird sleep pattern. I do not want to be wide awake at 4am unless it’s from still being out at 4am, which this is most definitely not.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    3·
    6 hours ago

    How have I still not finished packing?! Although at least the remainder is all sorts of bitsy things in various containers. Ran outta packing tape, too…

    Gonna have a hard stop for the night. Though I’ve had to jump out of bed after realising i forgot to drain and disconnect the washing machine. Hopefully it’ll be dry enough by 10am! Goodnight everyone.

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I really feel for you and can empathise. Why does packing always take longer than anticipated? I hope you get a good night’s sleep and that everything goes well :)

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      4·
      4 hours ago

      I don’t envy you kitten… when I was younger I moved around a lot and I actually enjoyed it, it was like an adventure. As I got older I started to hate it, all the work! Many hugs.

      • indisin@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 hours ago

        I dunno, my partner is still asking me when I’m going to unpack that last box and it has been 2 years. At this point I like to think of it as a mystery box and a running joke.