Every breath you take, every keystroke you make, he'll be watching you!
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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ohhh can't you seeee, you're the one for theemmm
So like Facebook?
meta cyborg, zuckerbot wants to scan your face and daily lives(pervert glasses) and simulate reality.
He just wants to understand how to be a human.
I'm shocked that it wasn't already doing so.
Don't people go to jail for using keyloggers for nefarious reasons?
Corporations are only people when it benefits them to be. All the advantages, none of the accountability.
I get the appeal of this, but I feel this is part of a broader problem of relying on AI for problems that already have elegant, simple solutions. Like relying on LLM's to tell you what was the last google doc that you viewed is just not sustainable and creates bad habits. Soon people will ask what was the last tab I was just in, instead of using a keyboard shortcut and or having proper tab management.
Imagine using it for your code editor, instead of using the built-in functionality of jump-lists, marks, fuzzy finders and so on.... Or switching to an editor that has these things. What file was I just in? Where did I just write this function?
"When asked, the AI even double checks if the document was shared in a group chat with his coworkers."
How about learning to just use search?
I wonder if at some point we will just get a completely A.I. interface? Like no buttons, no text fields, nothing for people to worry their pretty little heads about and get confused with. You have to describe what you want done to the A.I. who will do it for you. "You missed a comma just after the word 'backwards' but before the 'the'. No not that one… yes you got it. Can you undo your previous change that you did by mistake? God fucking dammit Gemini. Ok I'm sorry, can we keep working?"
So I'm not crazy for running it in my web browser in a private window any time I use it? Good.
Best isolate it in VM on a separate, air-gapped system you never turn on.
I run mine via hamster wheel. It’s more secure because I have no hamster.
I wouldn't be so sure. One of these nights, two mice are gonna find a way in, one of them will run in the wheel and the other will prompt the AI to help them do the same thing they do every night: Try to take over the world.
So much more work than just private window. Risk isn't as bad as installing the app, good enough for me.
You know what's even less work and less risk?
Not using it at all.
"feature"
Is it a crime to pirate ~~books~~ anything? For you yes, not for ~~AI~~ companies.
Is it a crime to install a keylogger on someone else's device? For you yes, not for ~~AI~~ companies.
Is it a crime to take a product away that a consumer bought? For you yes, not for ~~AI~~ companies.
"Tech company creates keylogger, promises it's not for logging keys"
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