What do you mean?

Gotta disagree on the vibe-coding part, try out the paid Claude or Codex tiers and it’s really good for a hobbyist level.

Friend, or friends discussed said panic attack on big tech social in DMs or something. Obviously, you follow your friends, you are likely to go out on Saturdays with them, maybe even your first name was mentioned in their messages, you are now tied to an advertising angle for ‘Panick Attacks’. Data brokers buy this information, serve ads. This is just ONE way the data may have been inferred. This doesn’t include contact scanning, location services and so on.

Alternatively - the pocket computer revolution is beginning. Hell, many in my tech circles are making cyberdecks and the sorts with hopes of only using a phone to make and receive calls. Disconnect from the ‘big’ in Big Tech, not the tech :D

Real, these devs are the software equivalent of Lockheed Martin engineers.

Just use Zen Browser or LibreWolf and call it a day :D

Can you link a source please?

If it’s blocked off in your switch/firewall/network config then I don’t think that’s possible.

Magical workarounds?

I thought everyone already knew this, dudes entire career kicked off from /pol/ related videos.