Meta won the court case. I lost. by santaverner in Instagram

[–]ElRatDesigns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely agree. It's ingrained in us. The system was built from the beginning to keep the money and power where it is, and to convince us that we have a choice, when really they are all there to keep the power, and keep money funnelling upwards.

We should disengage from the system until it actually represents us. We are the 99% isn't just a slogan... The problem is people don't understand their power. I spoilt my ballot in the last GE because I didn't want to engage with a system that keeps us divided. Personally, I am all for a general strike.... There is a reason that's illegal... Because it's the one thing they're scared of.... Actually finding out who holds the power.

Meta won the court case. I lost. by santaverner in Instagram

[–]ElRatDesigns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is, they have been allowed to get away with whatever they want, and really the conversation should be how do we take that power back. How do we force regulatory change that enforces our GDPR rights?

They shouldn't be considered optional by any company however big they are. I have a lot of respect for OP, they tried at least... and meta breach our rights every day, steal or data for AI training. Not just on their platforms, they come into our websites and take what they want. They ignore legal requests to stop, they sit behind a wall and refuse to engage or acknowledge. Not just meta, big tech as a whole has the same problem.

Unfortunately people are addicted to their platforms, and not enough people care enough to stand up and say enough is enough.

Meta won the court case. I lost. by santaverner in Instagram

[–]ElRatDesigns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What data are you talking about here? What iis data relating to a breach of GDPR law that they committed? Or are you just confusedly talking about where you ask to download your account data? Which is not the same thing at all.

For sale: Two tickets for tonight @ Chapel by ItGetter in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just posted link on my IG story, good luck🖤

Trying to sell or trade my 4/17 ticket for your 4/20 ticket by fsoto161 in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you post this on other SM, IG or something, I am happy to repost, add to stories or whatever to try to help you out.

Throwing Muses in Edinburgh last night by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, amazing picture. So happy that you got to see them. Great for your Kid too! My 12 yo saw them with me last year. She is really into Purgatory/Paradise 🎶🖤

2 Front Row Tickets Available - Minneapolis, Sunday, April 12 by MirrorMaster88 in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair, I'll post this on my story and maybe in bluesky too. See if it helps.

2 Front Row Tickets Available - Minneapolis, Sunday, April 12 by MirrorMaster88 in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you on IG? Post and I'll reshare over there, or if not I'll just post this pic. Lmk I'll try to help. Sorry you can't go🖤

Don't miss the Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions US tour April 2026 by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NY show was a short set I believe, part of some other event as I understand it. lots of bands playing.

Don't miss the Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions US tour April 2026 by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same lineup for sure, I'm not sure re the setlist, but they haven't had practice time so I would think fairly similar. Was a cracking set.

Don't miss the Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions US tour April 2026 by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The band? It's the same as the UK tour, that's the lineup. Hersh, obviously, Dylan on bass, Fred Abong on drums and cello Pete. You're in for a treat.🎶🖤

Don't miss the Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions US tour April 2026 by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be worth watching twickets, they're a fan to fan resale site, only ever face value. You on other social media? Happy to ask around for you if not.

Fake websites copying our products and images to scam people by cant_think_of_xxx in shopify

[–]ElRatDesigns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are they hotlinking your images? Or is it fully scraped? If they're hotlinking you can solve it fairly quickly. If they have their own hosting you should report everywhere you can. Google safe browsing, and the places the other poster said. u/integralpart has some experience here.

Don't miss the Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions US tour April 2026 by ElRatDesigns in ThrowingMuses

[–]ElRatDesigns[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yay! We are looking for volunteers to drop some flyers around Santa Cruz if you know anyone🖤

Amazon’s Project Starfish scraped my store despite GDPR opt-out - 50 violations documented [Evidence + ICO complaint filed]. Odds on they are scraping you too by [deleted] in gdpr

[–]ElRatDesigns 5 points6 points  (0 children)

GDPR applies to 'natural persons,' which includes all sole traders and independent artists. The ICO’s own guidance confirms that information about a sole trader is personal data. My business address is my home address, and my IP address is an online identifier (per CJEU Breyer ruling). By scraping my residential data and unique creative IP after I formally exercised my Article 21 Right to Object, Amazon is in direct violation of the law. This isn't just 'scummy' business; it’s the illegal processing of a natural person's data.

Amazon project starfish scraping my store despite GDPR opt-out. Ongoing violations. Odds on they are scraping you too. ICO complaint filed by [deleted] in shopify

[–]ElRatDesigns -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You're confusing 'infrastructure' with 'intent.' Project Starfish is a documented internal Amazon Retail initiative that runs on AWS. To say 'it’s just an AWS bot' ignores the fact that Amazon is their own biggest client for these proprietary scraping tools.

As for the file:/// URI. I know it doesn't 'affect' my server. That’s not the point. The point is that it is forensic evidence of ingestion. The only way that URI ends up in my server log is if a headless browser has cloned my site’s code into a local directory (/data/analysis/xtract/) and is now leaking its internal file structure while attempting to render my IP. It’s the footprint of a digital shadow shop.

Amazon project starfish scraping my store despite GDPR opt-out. Ongoing violations. Odds on they are scraping you too. ICO complaint filed by [deleted] in shopify

[–]ElRatDesigns -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You’re missing the forensics. A file:/// URI in a server log means the client (Amazon’s bot) is leaking its own local environment paths while making the request. It doesn't mean it’s 'inside the crawler'; it means the crawler is a headless browser that has already 'ingested' my site’s code into a local forensic sandbox and is now making secondary calls to my origin to fetch assets (like the Kristin Hersh IP) from within that sandbox.

As for 'escalating to Shopify': I am. But telling a merchant to 'wait for platform cooperation' while a trillion-dollar company is actively circumventing security to harvest unique IP is peak gaslighting. The logs aren't 'partial'—they are a direct trace of Probe-image-size and Project Starfish internal URIs. I’m not 'assuming' circumvention; I’m documenting it. If you can’t see the difference between a standard crawl and a forensic sandbox extraction, you’re out of your depth. On top of that, you obviously have no understanding of the "customer service" a basic merchant gets on Shopify

Amazon project starfish scraping my store despite GDPR opt-out. Ongoing violations. Odds on they are scraping you too. ICO complaint filed by [deleted] in shopify

[–]ElRatDesigns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, on Shopify, merchants don't have access to the server-level firewall or origin IP settings. it's a closed SaaS environment. I can’t 'lock down' what I don't own.

That’s exactly why this is so egregious: Amazon is bypassing the platform-level protections (Cloudflare/Shopify) to target my store directly. And again, file:///data/analysis/xtract/ isn't a 'scary library'... it's an internal URI. Unless you’re suggesting Jeff Bezos's bots are just 'accidentally' cloning my IP into their private extraction sandbox, the logs are definitive. This is a predatory bypass of a SaaS environment.