Why can't the US government force this new deep seek to not operate in the USA for security reasons? People's personal information will be available to China like TikTok was.

If you’re on a free social platform, Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, or whatever, and you’re using their platform and services FOR FREE, you are the product. Your information and engagement IS the product. Your information is already in the market freely available to whoever willing to pay.

If Chinese government care about what kind of porn you watch or what kind of rage bait video you “like,” or what product you purchased on Amazon, or what advertising that causes you to pause your scrolling for 3 seconds, they don’t need to make a billion-dollar platform and host all your data in Texas to gather that information. They can buy them from Meta.

Basically, Cambridge Analytica was collecting user information via Facebook and sold the information for political advertising.

What I have noticed is nearly every girl I try to connect with whom reject me are in their early 20s why is that the case?

OMG, you people, stop going to those schools of hard knocks! And watch some actual news for once. Every morning, I listen to NPR News. They have this podcast with 5-minute news segments covering the day's big news. 5 minutes! I listen to it when I brush my teeth and wash my face.

Your information is already readily available to anyone who is willing to pay for it.

It’s not that hard, start from there.

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?

… Do you guys all forget about Cambridge Analytica?

Like seriously, it wasn’t that long ago! The news broke out in 2018.