It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our tech columnist
As far as websites go, I’d trust The Nerve more than 99% of others considering who owns and runs it. Ghostery lists Sentry and Perimeterx trackers only which are internal user behaviour monitoring and security tools.
Maybe you know this but I just feel the need to slightly defend then here in case anyone assumes it’s the typical far more invasive cross-site tracking.
Here’s a link to the exact same post on Cory Doctorow’s (tracker-free) blog: https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/#i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again
As far as websites go, I’d trust The Nerve more than 99% of others considering who owns and runs it. Ghostery lists Sentry and Perimeterx trackers only which are internal user behaviour monitoring and security tools.
Maybe you know this but I just feel the need to slightly defend then here in case anyone assumes it’s the typical far more invasive cross-site tracking.