Whether it is Meta AI glasses used to harass & covertly film women, Apple AirTags used to track women, Meta algorithms that push sexist ads, Grok AI tools that nudify women's images, tech companies continue to create harassment by design instead of privacy by design.
https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2026/08/13/women-continue-to-bear-the-brunt-of-bad-tech-decisions/
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@amydiehl yet people still buy and use their sexist garbage!
- And that makes them guilty by support of that!
@Netzblockierer @amydiehl no offence, but isn’t the problem not technology, but how certain group of individuals are using it? I could argue the same way, that cars are used to kidnap woman, locks to lock them and no one will be arguing they are useful. However I would agree that Grog is bad, but also for several other reasons. The meta glasses I have ambivalent opinion, there might be legit uses. And AirTag come on as ADHD person who al times looking for his keys, wallet, etc… I am really thinking about buying them.
@jan @Netzblockierer @amydiehl
no. technologies can & should be designed with robust safeguards in place that address a wide range of abuses & failure modes, prioritising the serious abuses against at-risk groups. and in cases where appropriate safeguards are impossible or unrealistic, technologies can & should be abandoned before they ever see the light of day
tech companies (and others) have consistently demonstrated an inability & often disinterest in putting any significant effort into such safety measures in favour of a “move fast and breaking things” approach designed to maximise profits over everything else (“internalise the profits & socialise the losses”)
a more accurate version of your suggestion that “cars are used to kidnap women” [but also get me from one place to another so ¯_(ツ)_/¯] in the context of this sort of invasive, abusive tech is “cars are being put on the road without any brakes, seatbelts, or airbags” – would you still think such cars are an acceptable product to make & sell?
please listen to at-risk people when we tell you that things put us at risk
