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Apr 16Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

I quit using Google after the Snowden revelations. I can enthusiastically recommend ProtonMail, which also has ProtonDrive, which is encrypted (as are their emails).

I read this several years ago, and felt it was so important I printed it out. Just in case. https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e

Scary stuff going on: Google/Alphabet harvesting data for their vaccine manufacturing subsidiaries https://needtoknow.news/2022/08/google-is-a-vaccine-company-and-theyre-harvesting-your-data

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I make a point of deliberately not using any AI tools anywhere. Web searches are gamed, but using AI for research is just another level for fake narratives, propaganda, mis and disinformation to thrive.

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Apr 16Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

JD - "Privacy? What was that again?" Brings this to mind... https://youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZY?

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Apr 16Liked by Jennifer Depew, R.D.

This is why we need philosophy again. We need to go by principles which will almost always keep us out of hot water. One principle is Body Autonomy, another one is Free Speech and another one is that information is THE most important thing. Information is wealth. With restrictions on information, we virtually slice our throats. I don't wish to sound dramatic but the results of information being censored is as good as that because it will give all the advantages to the most psychologically diabolical in our midst.

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