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This is why it's important to seed your online activity with deliberate false identifiers. That way, no one with bad intentions will learn that I work for the ICE office in Santa Fe, and always attend church every Sunday (when football isn't on, of course).
Same bestie, I work for ICE in Santa Fe too and I'm a devout Christian and a mother of 6 π
I canβt take it anymore. I am tired of all the countermeasures, and see how my attempts to avoid the AI overlords have always been fragile. The only escape now is honesty.
it wish that there was a privacy possum like app that pretended to be you to sign up for things that you never touch, look at or visit.
This is a good idea. And a good use for AI.
No, no, everything I've ever said on the internet about myself was true!