RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/116297167530484991
apple is not your friend
apple does not have your back
In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. This lets you generate random email addresses to protect your privacy https://www.404media.co/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/
Techdirt is dead. As of yesterday, it's become an AI slop evangelism machine.
BTW, Derek Powazek, the subject of an example incorrectly and inappropriately used to promote the slop, replied in the article comments: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/#comment-5206956
another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
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