And generally, if the user have chosen private account, what's the sense of it if you can find his or her posts anyway just by putting username in the search tab? What's the point in calling it private account if no privacy at all? Is there something to be done to prevent being able posts being findable and unique user name unseen?

I'm curious what people here think about the privacy implications of using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and AI coding assistants at work.

It's pretty easy to paste a chunk of source code, an internal document, customer information or even an API key into an AI tool without thinking too much about what's included.

Even if a provider says it doesn't train on your data, that doesn't necessarily mean you're comfortable sending sensitive information to an external service in the first place.

For those who use AI regularly, do you actively avoid including sensitive information, rely on your provider's privacy settings, or use other tools to protect your data?

I'm also curious about the workplace side of this. Do you think employers should be doing more to prevent sensitive information from being sent to AI services, or should it primarily come down to individual users being careful?

Interested to hear people's experiences and whether you think this is a genuine privacy concern or something that's overblown.

What laptop or desktop computer does NOT have a "backdoor" embedded in its software for access?

Is it safe to use Tor browser - just for privacy - not to browse the dark web? After installation, Tor Browser asked to import bookmarks from edge, google? is it safe?

I was talking to a relative of mine trying to help her with tech stuff. She told me she had an Amazon account in the mid 2010s but stopped using it around 2015. Now it's attached to a Gmail she doesn't have access to.

The Amazon account had her mailing address saved, as well as several wishlists privated. I also assume her email was attached to accounts but she can't remember any besides an old Youtube and maybe Skype.

I'm confused what this means from a privacy and internet safety POV.

Me myself as a kid (like 10-14) had some Yahoo emails I lost access to. But I know Yahoo would deactivate your accounts after a certain time. I'm pretty sure most other sites don't.

I got hit with the "Verify you're human" and I'd prefer to not give my data, and while I think I'll be fine without Twitter, I still want to try and see if cheating is possible. My idea relies on the difference between their "biometrics" and "selfie" option.

"Selfie" : 100% off the table, even if they say it's not stored on their servers I don't trust them.

But what about "biometrics" ? Does that leave the device, since it uses the system's own Touch ID ? Or can Twitter see it ?

A friend told me that when she unlocked her account, she could use her Samsung's options for biometrics. So it gave her an idea : she registered on her Samsung a new fingerprint of a finger she never used (like ringfinger), used Samsung's Touch ID with that new finger when verifying the app, then deleted both app and fingerprint once she got access back. She has no Samsung account, either.

My question is : was she correct ? Did her ring fingerprint leave her device, or did her Samsung just tell Twitter "yes, that user's good" without showing the print to Twitter ?

Because I was thinking of doing the same, but with a toe print instead. But I don't know how this is handled.

Long story short, I got locked out of my work machine, due to a password reset blunder, and my work IT department sent me a link to scan my ID and face over to Microsoft to get me back in. Is there a way to request that data be removed, or am I straight out of luck?

In the U.S. Facebook wants me to upload an ID to keep using marketplace for selling? I've only sold a few things.

So I tried to visit an NSFW sub today and Reddit now keeps asking me to verify my age by providing government ID or a Photo.

How do I get around this? I am not gonna provide my government ID or a photo for an account that I use exclusively to view NSFW subs / topics.