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cush 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Grok CLI uploaded the whole home directory to GCS

If your immediate reaction to a new piece of software siphoning up someone’s entire system full of highly personal data is, “you’re holding it wrong”, it might help to take a beat and remember that software was developed by a multi-trillion dollar company’s entire business model revolves around siphoning up as much highly personal data as possible

fwlr 52 days ago [–]

Well said. I hope one day it becomes possible for users who choose to install and run said software to also be able to remember this.

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