[mapt]

Microsoft just force-updated my operating system (despite declining every option and prompt) and the first thing I noticed working differently was it offering, in an OS popup, to "connect" the computer to "Facebook".

These people have root access to all our webcams.

I don't think we can tolerate these entities to continue to exist.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

What can we do about it? The major tech firms have nearly all the power here, including quite obviously full capture of government (not just here but other countries as well).

[MSFT_Edging]

Internet wide coordinated DDOS?

Basically a mass-protest via network packets. Could we argue sending packets to a server is essentially a form of protest protected by speech similar to a public gathering?

[account42]

In this particular case, you could replace your OS with one where you are actually the owner.

[mapt]

On your tongue: "what exactly can we do?"

On theirs: "Just for the sake of making the numbers work, have you tried putting in 'kill all the poor'?". https://youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE

I am increasingly coming to recognize proceduralist liberalism as a suicide pact.