https://deceit.blog/tag/privacy Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "privacy". en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:55:49 GMT 60 https://deceit.blog/essay/dark-patterns-consumer-manipulation https://deceit.blog/essay/dark-patterns-consumer-manipulation Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. In December 2022, the FTC ordered Fortnite's maker, Epic Games, to pay $520 million. Not for a data breach. Not for a hack. For interface design. $275 million of that was the largest penalty the FTC has ever obtained for violating a federal privacy rule, over default settings that left children's vo… https://deceit.blog/essay/encrypted-ai-the-tool-that-does-not-keep-you https://deceit.blog/essay/encrypted-ai-the-tool-that-does-not-keep-you Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. The suspicion of AI is correct. The companies building the most powerful systems are not neutral actors. They have shareholders, lobbying budgets, and a structural interest in framing their product as inevitable. The FTC had to launch Operation AI Comply because companies were lying about what their… https://deceit.blog/essay/privacy-law-in-ai-is-infrastructure-policy https://deceit.blog/essay/privacy-law-in-ai-is-infrastructure-policy Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. The question is not whether AI companies collect your data. They do. The question is why the dominant framework for stopping them treats collection as a disclosure problem rather than a prohibition problem. The California Consumer Privacy Act lets you request deletion of your data. The EU's General… https://deceit.blog/essay/the-archive-is-already-built https://deceit.blog/essay/the-archive-is-already-built Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. The dossiers exist. The names are in the database. The movement records are in the cloud. The intercepted communications are on a server in a building someone owns. The archive is already built. The question is not whether it was collected. The question is whether it remains cheap to read. What dele…