Litsy

Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear | Michael Bazzell

#TodayILearned more about Spyware😡🤢

I haven‘t read Ronan Farrow‘s reporting on Pegasus, but this 61 minute documentary on HBO Max gives a great overview.

Tagged the book that‘s lauded as the best owner‘s manual on going off the digital grid. We‘ve got the book and someday I‘ll read it. Just doesn‘t seem like there‘s much you can do to minimize intrusions unless you‘re truly willing to give up connected tech. I‘m not there, yet.

Bookwormjillk This one might fall in the category of do I really want to know 😂 (edited) 4w

DogMomIrene @Bookwormjillk Exactly! 😓 4w

Suet624 Remember when we heard our tv‘s were catching what we said? I remember the Good Wife having surveillance as a running part of a season? I know ads will pop up on Facebook if I talk about a product with a friend. 4w

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DogMomIrene @Suet624 I never watched The Good Wife, but sounds like they were on top of issues. AI has really upped the creepy factor for me. I had blogged about caring for my dogs. Took a long hiatus because of life stuff, but started to get back into it… only to realize that anything I create and place online will be used to train AI. I‘m in the process of closing up my blog and related accounts. I‘ll stick to reading and just posting about books. 4w

Suet624 Wow. That‘s a huge bummer to have to stop writing your blog. 😳😩 4w

MemoirsForMe Oh, this book and AI give me the creeps too. Big digital brother is always watching. 😬 4w

DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe Yes! I‘ve been deleting various online accounts for a few weeks now. Being thoughtful about which accounts, like Litsy, that I‘ll keep. 4w

MemoirsForMe Ditto! 4w

Amiable I love Ronan Farrow‘s work. I saw him in person in Hartford a year or so ago —he was on a panel that discussed the dissemination of disinformation and the future of the media. 4w

DogMomIrene @Amiable Would have loved to have heard him speak on a panel. I love his work too. I haven‘t read his books, but they‘re on the TBR. Also, would love to read a book from him on disinformation and how it spreads. 3w

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BookMack

Permanent Record | Edward Snowden

so-so

I think there are a lot of missing parts to the story

CindyMyLifeIsLit

The Circle | Dave Eggers

1. I‘m decent—I probably know a little more than most people my age but can‘t hold a candle to the youngsters! Although I have noticed that their extensive tech knowledge doesn‘t extend to practical applications. They‘re experts with social media posting and video games, but they‘re lost if you ask them to create a spreadsheet or format a text document. 🤦‍♀️
2. The Circle by Dave Eggers - I loved it—so satirical!
#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!😊 6mo

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Rachel.Rencher

The Every: A Novel | Dave Eggers

so-so

This book (sequel to Eggers' The Circle) took me a looong time to finish. It's a dystopian story that imagines a world where Meta and Amazon become this massive tech monopoly and take over surveillance, medicine, consumption, and basically every aspect of one's life. The amount of tech advancements described in the book was a bit overwhelming, but also mirrors reality in a sense. I don't know, I just had a hard time with this one.

marleed I was in the minority being underwhelmed by The Circle because I thought too many social issues were touched on. It‘s a pet peeve of mine, and I prefer when just a few 3-5 social issues are introduced and focused upon. 7mo

Rachel.Rencher @marleed I agree, like I get that it's a snowball effect that they're trying to capture, but it made the book far too long. There were too many characters and ideas to remember. Also the ending felt way too unbelievable... 7mo

KathyWheeler @marleed Oddly, The Circle is a book that I liked a lot when I read it, but like less and less when I think about it. And the movie just cemented that view. This new book sounds very similar to it. 7mo

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marleed @KathyWheeler That has happened to me several times. The one that immediately comes to mind is the tagged. I loved it while reading (fictional family dramas make my upbringing seem normal 🤪) Then I heard an interview where the author defends her fictional father and the fictional wife who stood by her man - fictional kids be damned. It altered my entire reading experience. I can‘t see the book without cringing now, or read more from her.

We Were the Mulvaneys

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KathyWheeler @marleed She defended that father and the wife? I thought the whole point was how awful they were! 7mo

marleed @KathyWheeler Yes, she did. And dang, now I‘ve negated your view of the book, too! 7mo

KathyWheeler @marleed That‘s okay. 😄 7mo

marleed @KathyWheeler 🤣🤣 7mo

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

The Circle | Dave Eggers

Dave Eggars! I loved The Circle and can‘t wait to read more of his work. #SundayFunday

BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Nice! Thanks for posting! 7mo

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Rachel.Rencher

The Every: A Novel | Dave Eggers

As I was taking this photo on my porch, two moms walking their kids home from the school near my house started screaming profanities at each other. One accused the other of not loving their child for not doing the fun run correctly, to which the other responded, "Suck a fat d*** you c***". ???

Alexa, play "It's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"

Bookwormjillk Lol summer vacation needs to start early for some people 8mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow!! 😮 8mo

wanderinglynn OMG! Seriously WTF?! 😳🤯 Someone needs to seriously chill. 8mo

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Ruthiella 😳😱🫣 How awful. 8mo

HeyT Apparently none of them ‘touched grass‘ at the fun run (edited) 8mo

TEArificbooks 😂 mommy wars are for real. It is their way of doing things or you can suck a fat d****. I have seen some things go down. Big Little Lies got nothing on the moms in our old school. One of the reasons we homeschool now. 8mo

Julsmarshall My goodness! That is terrible! 8mo

Tamra What?! Not my kinda socialization. 8mo

inthegreensandblues Whoa 🤣 Super cool bookmark! 8mo

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DebinHawaii

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age | Danielle Keats Citron

#SpringSkies

Three #NFTechnology books I have read. The tagged book about the fight for our intimate privacy in the world of technology & the other two memoirs/exposes about when rights were violated in the field of technology. All three made me mad & made me think. 😤🤔

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs These sound amazing! 8mo

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bekakins

Permanent Record | Edward Snowden

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A fascinating, terrifying book for this month‘s #bookspin

What an incredibly brave man.

Annnnd, I‘m probably on a list now 😬

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 10mo

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

The Circle | Dave Eggers

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I absolutely loved this! It might have upped the plot complexity to have made Mae more conflicted about what was happening, but I feel like her “sheeple”-like quality represents society as a whole. The book is so spot-on with the approach to social media. Especially terrifying is the thought process behind their ever-more controlling surveillance tactics. I can see people today agreeing with them. Highly recommended for dystopian fans!

KathyWheeler Did you see the movie? 11mo

Reggie I laughed when she gets in trouble because the guy was like we‘ve both been to Portugal and you ignored me. lol something like that. It got crazy. 11mo

CindyMyLifeIsLit @KathyWheeler No, and now I‘m reluctant to. I enjoyed the book so much and they usually ruin it with the movie! Did you like the movie? 11mo

CindyMyLifeIsLit @Reggie Yes, their sensitivity was off the charts! What a great life—spending every minute trying to acknowledge every stranger on the internet who shows you the slightest bit of attention. I thought the book was an amazing commentary on our society! 11mo

KathyWheeler @CindyMyLifeIsLit I didn‘t particularly care for the movie; to me it was completely forgettable. Which was a shame because I really liked the book. 11mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan

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A stylish, dystopic sci fi detective noir about privacy, freedom, isolation and connection, looking back at our current technological age and forward to possible dramatic difference with an equally jaundiced eye. More questions raised than points made. As much sex/nudity/violence as I've come to expect from Vaughan after Saga.

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