If you misclick "ask copilot" on a picture without logging in, will microsoft or anyone knows what that picture is?

I deleted copilot some time ago, but for some reason, it was installed to my computer again, i was checking some screenshot i took with my game and accidentally click "ask copilot". I am just curious will my screenshot upload to copilot server if i click that button without logging in to my microsoft account?

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Reddits age verification and further restrictions

Hello everyone, about an hour ago I saw that some of my posts didn't appear anymore in my log, I made a check an noticed that chat is automatically disabled and if I try to access to a 18+ subreddit, it takes me to https://inquiry.withpersona.com where I have to hand over my id or a selfie 🤦‍♂️
I can't even change my settings anymore because of this... I knew that this kind of 1984-like bs was already a thing in UK, but is this now applying to whole europe?
I've also tried to connect through a vpn but it didn't change anything.
My partner has a reddit account as well and is connected to my same internet connections but her profile has no issues like this, is about my account only or soon or later it will happen to every reddit account?

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Hilton Hotels Address

I stumbled upon an interesting situation here that has left me baffled.

I was reserving a hotel with Hilton online. I have not stayed at a Hilton property in roughly five months.

I noticed while booking that the address they have on file for me is the new address (as of June) of a family member. I used to live with this person two years ago, and had my ID at their OLD address (same state, different town) but moved across the country two years ago. I have no idea how Hilton got their new address and in addition, associated it with me.

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McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/mcdonald-hundreds-pages-intel-repeat-160100882.html

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Some companies claim deletion but how do we actually know.

​​ eventually I will write about Banfield Pet Hospital because they are very corrupted over here in Texas but sometimes it's so difficult to think and write about something that was very traumatic to me but I wanted to update everyone on something I found very interesting.

I know I'm in the right place and it shocks me all the stories and experiences that I read on here . It's a very frightening future and I know a lot of people out there have been hurt as much as I have. I mean we deeply care about psychological safety, transparency, respect, and integrity.

So recently I contacted thriftbooks.com. they are a very large and popular online book shop. And I'm just trying to track down in my own way information. So when I contacted them they eventually wrote back with the message of sorry for the inconvenience but here's what they said......

​​ if you order something from the past we only keep order purchases in our system for a year after that they are deleted and gone . When you really think about it . Why is it that some records last for so long and maybe even permanent and other records just go away just like that. The ones that stick around are usually the ones that are embarrassing and hurt us. It's like the school teacher saying I'm going to write you up . It will always be used as a weapon against you . But I just find it mysterious how it's often the case that some records just disappear and others do not. But when you start questioning records people start to get weird on you that why are you asking and why do you want this?

​​ I know many of you are curious and are trying to be careful and just maybe see what's out there on you kind of thing but apparently thriftbooks.com only keeps records for one year and then they delete everything on you apparently . Are they telling the truth ? Well wouldn't it be nice if almost everything was like that . Hey you came to the hospital because you're bleeding from behind. Well we don't want to keep these records forever how about in 3 years it'll completely disappear . I advocate for more transparency and control over your own records but that's the problem is that they're not our records to begin with . And I would like to propose that we make more positive changes so that we have more informed consent and autonomy .

Thanks for reading and it's just a little annoyance that I was hoping to find previous books that I purchased but they're gone . I know the subreddit is very supportive and that's why I really like this place. You guys are really honest and and kind so thanks everyone .

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Do vehicle trims without connected features ever still connect to the cloud?

Do vehicle trims that don't include any customer-facing LTE/5G features ever still include the physical modem, or potentially report data? If so, would removing the modem cause any problems? How would you figure out if your car has one?

For vehicles that are internet-enabled (WiFi or LTE/5G) where would you begin to figure out what data (voice, interior/exterior camera feeds, etc) is or is not sent over the network, beyond the automaker's privacy policy?

Like many of us here, the dream is an old maintainable vehicle, but I want to be more realistic for the average person. My partner and I drive a 2018 Hyundai and 2022 Toyota. As far as we are aware they are not internet enabled, but I realized we don't actually know for certain since the information around all this is a bit hazy. I know this may be towing the line for Rule 4, but I haven't heard it discussed before.

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Beginner in this field

Hi,

As the title states, I’m new to this side of the internet and have very basic knowledge about online privacy.

I would like to learn more to start making changes on my habits / software / tools that I use. I would appreciate any feedback on how to begin.

Thank you in advance.

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Why do some apps require Google playstore to be running

Running some apps in the Android "work" profile. Some apps require the Google playstore and will not run if from alt source like Aurora. I'm suspicious that this is additional tracking. I've cloned the playstore into the work profile and run it separately, shutting down (frozen) both store and the app when done using the app. Examples are the Crossplay scrabble game app, a parcel delivery app (Canada Post). I'm sure there must be many others. But why is this playstore required?

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talking about age verification

hey i say age verification sucks reddit asked me to verify my age now

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WARNING: Google Gemini can still make a summary of your “private” Reddit account

Even if your account is set to “hiding all posts”, Google Gemini is able to access your posts, and create a massive indexed list of everything you’ve said, it takes it about 24 hours to update each time, and the worst part is you only need to type “[Insert Reddit username here\]”, and “Reddit” at the end, and Google Gemini pull all sorts of information from your account.

I learned this the hard way on my previous account when I received weird messages from accounts I didn’t recognise or interact with, and they were pulling all sorts of comments I made with the exact seconds to it.

I later wiped the account and everything with it, but reddit unfortunately retains the title of every post you ever made, and keeps it there, even after it’s been deleted.

And Google Gemini sometimes doesn’t update on time, so it assumes the account is still there, and keeps pulling old information you thought were deleted, but are still able to recovered by its AI system.

Stay safe, just warning everyone about it.

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Mechanism for Google searches to influence Reddit's recomendations?

I was looking up stuff like faraday Bags and how to not have the battery within devices be tracked on Google. However, I then opened reddit, and I got a recommended post from R/Degoogle. I have never even explored the tech side of Reddit, let alone the privacy side. Yet, I started searching privacy topics today, and it shows up on Reddit? No, I didn't get to Reddit from Google, I'm using mobile, so it's app to app. Same Day, from 12pm when I started researching to 10pm when I found the Reddit post on my feed approx. I've never gotten this type of stuff on my feed before. I also have a seperate email from my Email and my Reddit account. I know I'm not doing the best in terms of privacy here. I'm sorry. I am just trying to change

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Thoughts on TOR

At least from my understanding of it, TOR offers a lot of privacy but at an extreme cost of speed and convenience.

https://redd.it/1vql7sd
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Keep only certain browser data

Is it possible to whitelist certain domains whose data will not be deleted when closing the browser?  I’m thinking of Firefox, Brave, or Mullvad Browser.

I know it’s possible to delete all data when closing the browser, but I’d like to keep some data for specific domains.

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AI, big tech companies, and medical data

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Very curious to know what people think about this topic because I have zero expertise in law or privacy. My recent experiences have me wondering about the use of AI in medicine (for transcripts, billing, etc.), which I'll add below. Maybe some lawyers who regularly work with HIPAA and medical privacy can chime in with their thoughts. I do understand that HIPAA covers, but is not exclusive to, providers keeping health data accurate, providing that data to me upon request, and NOT sharing it with others unless I authorize it. So maybe this isn't a HIPAA thing. Maybe it's a tech privacy thing. Maybe it's medical law. I'm confused, so I'm turning to you all out of curiosity. Maybe my big question here is: What would allow a provider or practice to share my medical data while also being HIPAA-compliant?

I've been a One Medical patient since the early 2010s. Then Amazon acquired it, which made me nervous because of Amazon's scale. I understand that many other doctors' offices are adopting AI. My thoughts are that One Medical is now owned by Amazon, and Amazon can provide in-house services to the practice to save on costs like servers, data storage, and the use of Amazon's AI models. To comply with HIPAA, those servers are separate and have the highest security to ensure privacy. Ideally. I am not an expert.

My thinking is if all my medical data is with One Medical and Amazon acquired it, then the logical assumption would be that Amazon has access to my medical data. Yes, Amazon One Medical (as it's now rebranded) still can't share my data with other entities without my explicit consent, but what about using that data for the company's own internal use? Would HIPAA cover the sharing of medical data within Amazon? In obvious cases (hopefully), there's a separation between the commerce/entertainment business and One Medical. But where would that separation be if One Medical uses Amazon's AI tools? Servers?

What about Amazon's LLM using the medical data (not just mine) to learn and improve itself? I work in advertising and data. I am familiar with the advertising side of removing PII and anonymizing data to run analyses and understand that regulations for health and finance data are much stricter, especially on sharing outside of a company.

In the past, I also allowed health information exchange between my PCP at One Medical and the specialists I see outside of One Medical. Some of that information is mental health, so that my PCP can safely prescribe medication or test and treat for the non-mental things. And now I hesitate to do this because of my concerns about privacy.

I realize that, with all this, many of you may say to just leave One Medical. Yes, I'm seriously considering it. I'm STILL going to curious about how this all works if I leave One Medical. I have 10+ years of my medical history with this practice, but I'm also thinking about whether leaving and taking that history somewhere else would be futile. Who's to say another practice is using AI/LLM like Google, or smaller companies like Anthropic or OpenAI? If those smaller AI companies create an enterprise product that's compliant, they're still probably going to expand their business and the same questions come up.

And on opting out, I already opt out of having my visits transcribed by AI. But what about things I can't opt out of because I'm not given a choice in it?

I'm not asking for advice on this, but curious to know if my concerns are unfounded and if there are already legal guardrails in place or active discussions to eventually regulate this? Is regulating it this even possible?

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Programs to monitor outbound computer info?

Does anybody here know of any computer programs that will tell you what information your computer sends out. Like when you log into Microsoft, your computer sends out information about both you and your computer and home network and this is true for other web sites as well. So, how do you monitor what your computer is saying about you? Is their a computer program that will record all outbound data?

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You Smart Tv is Spying on you - How to turn it off

Auto content recognition, or ACR, found on all major brands, analyzes what is appearing on the TV screen, including what comes through HDMI, so it can determine what you're watching and use that information for advertising, audience measurement, and profiling. 

The good news is you can turn it off. 

Look in your TV’s privacy settings for terms like:

Live Plus (LG)

Viewing Information Services (Samsung)

Viewing Data (Vizio) Smart TV Experience / “Use Info from TV Inputs” (Roku TVs, including many TCL/Hisense models running Roku OS)

Automatic Content Recognition (Amazon Fire TV / Fire TV televisions)

Enhanced Viewing Service (Hisense)

Samba Interactive TV (certain Sony Bravia models)

Automatic Content Recognition / ACR (TCL models using TCL’s own services; exact menu varies by operating system)

Find yours. And turn it off.

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Aaron Rodgers Secretly Funded Security Cameras in His Neighborhood Amid Privacy Concerns: Report
https://www.usmagazine.com/sports/news/aaron-rodgers-secretly-funded-security-cameras-in-neighborhood/

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Robert Half refused to delete my data after one job application. Is this normal?

I received this from Robert Half after a request to delete my account and im honestly confused and shocked. Is this normal. I’ve only applied once to a job in their portal and that was 1 month ago (or a bit more):

|Dear xxxx, Your request cannot be completed at this time. Thank you for contacting Robert Half. Our team has received your Privacy Request #xxx and completed our review in light of applicable law, as well as the nature and timing of your past relationship with Robert Half.  Our review has indicated that your personal information was collected in the course of you either applying for employment through Robert Half or acting as our employee. Because we have a legal obligation to retain this type of data and because employment-related data is exempt from the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, we are unable to delete your personal information at this time. However, to limit the use of your personal information while still allowing us to fulfill our legal retention obligations, we have taken the following actions: (1) unsubscribed you from receiving further marketing materials; (2) deactivated your online account, to prevent log in and access to your data; and (3) internally suppressed your candidate profile, such that it is only accessible by our legal and technical teams for the limited purpose of fulfilling our legal retention obligations. If you would like to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information with online advertising partners, please click on the green Cookies button located on the **Robert Half Website** and adjust your tracking preferences. Please note that these preferences are stored locally on your device and we cannot adjust them on your behalf. If you have any further questions, please contact us at **[email protected].**Thank you again for contacting Robert Half.|
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Deleting unused accounts and what happens to the data

I have several accounts that I don't use anymore and don't see myself using again. Am I better off deleting those accounts or just forget about them and never log into them again? What if I want to use that site again in the future if I delete it? What data actually gets deleted when you delete an account? Do they keep a backup of data somewhere? Guessing lot of this varies from site to site. Is there a way to tell if anything is actually deleted? Do we just have to trust the company? Can any account be deleted if requested? I ask that because a forum account I have, I searched forum posts about deleting account and they said they don't delete accounts, just never login again.

When deleting accounts, would it be a good idea to change personal info to random info before deleting? Could there be any issues with this down the road? The more I read on this, the more I don't know what to think. What about providing false info on accounts I keep? Could there be any issues with that? This is something I wouldn't do on important accounts like banking, insurance, government but what about non important accounts? Read in a few places that says to provide false info for gmail account. Unless one is making a gmail account for some specific sites that one doesn't care about, I thought this could be a bad idea if doing this on a main email.

I use a password manager and I consider my accounts to be secure at least somewhat, use a unique generated password and use some form of 2FA when available, try to use TOTP if possible. I tend to overthink things and this is one of them. Part of me wants to delete them and part of me doesn't.

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Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos
https://www.theverge.com/tech/981289/reddit-ai-text-video-posts

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