https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/tags/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on Baldarn's Hugo en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/secondo_cervello_dati_locale/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/secondo_cervello_dati_locale/ <p>I feel the need for a second brain.</p> <div class="video-embed"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RDeYxg3pdHA" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <h2 id="scattered-information">Scattered information</h2> <p>Messages, emails, documents: all the information I currently keep scattered across different apps. Every time I look for something, I have to remember where I wrote it down, or who sent it to me.</p> <p>I never really got the hang of Notion or Obsidian. Now I&rsquo;m trying out another tool to collect my data locally and make it searchable: text, voice messages, PDFs. Just being able to search all of it in one place is really appealing to me.</p> https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/braccialetto_ascolta_tutto_locale/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/braccialetto_ascolta_tutto_locale/ <p>A bracelet that listens to what I say, transcribes it and prepares a summary for me. Would I want one? Yes. But on one condition.</p> <div class="video-embed"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gq5Wyx1uW8k" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <h2 id="the-usefulness">The usefulness</h2> <p>I can see how useful it would be. I say I need to do something tomorrow and it offers to put it in my calendar. I already use automatic meeting summaries in Meet, and devices like Omi are heading in this direction. Then there are glasses and all the other gadgets on the way.</p> https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/privacy_ia_trasparenza/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/privacy_ia_trasparenza/ <p>To me, privacy is a shield, a sort of invisibility cloak. But how much does it really protect us today?</p> <div class="video-embed"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xAzEL-6V3n4" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <h2 id="my-experience">My experience</h2> <p>I&rsquo;ve worked at companies where public social media data was collected and resold. Seen from the inside, the shield looks a lot thinner than we think.</p> <p>I already wrote about this in <a href="https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/privacy_makes_you_a_liar/">Privacy makes you a liar</a>, and this video picks up that thread.</p> https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/tecnofeudalesimo/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lorenzo.farnararo.it/en/posts/tecnofeudalesimo/ <p>A weekend in the countryside, feeling a bit tired, and some rambling thoughts. This time on technofeudalism.</p> <div class="video-embed"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ec3h9hlk6hY" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <h2 id="the-fiefdoms">The fiefdoms</h2> <p>The idea is this: big tech companies have become fiefdoms. Google and Apple control the operating systems and the app stores, and those who live inside them (users and small developers) look a lot like serfs.</p> <p>Our devices track us and pile up data. And I&rsquo;m not just talking about phones: smart appliances collect information continuously too.</p>