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one of the problems in using manjaro and arch linux is that the rolling upgrades reset all your preferences to the defaults, meaning the spying is reinstated, and it is NOT allowed to, say, just not upgrade thunderbird or firefox, for example, -- ALL upgrades are tightly integrated, and if you refuse one, the entire upgrade transaction will usually be cancelled or impaired in some way that makes it dysfunctional due to dependency issues etc
If you do succeed in deleting one of more of the "upgrades", usually the overall system no longer works right or even at all for some functions
Google is becoming increasingly intrusive in all the options they impose on you, which are no longer really too "optional"
Secret surveillance software created by EX-SPIES is harvesting Facebook photos to create a huge facial recognition database that could be used to monitor people worldwide
Face-Int is said to contain the facial profiles of thousands of people worldwide
These were harvested from such online sources as YouTube and Facebook
Its creators say the software could lead to the identification of terror suspects
The controversial service is causing alarm among privacy activists, however
They say the database could be used to impinge on the rights of private citizens
It also raises concerns in the wake of the Cambridge Anlaytica data scandal
Mark Zuckerberg appeared before congress last week to appease the US government over its handling of user data
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