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And in time it will be discovered that an FB employee 'accidentally' committed code to enable this data flow.

FB will 'apologise' and promise a 'full investigation'.

This is a well-worn track pioneered by Google, a track that leads to a trove of data and no fines, no penalties.

Re:Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B on Monday May 03, 2021 @06:26PM (#27031636)
> I suspect the true total cost was a fair bit higher due to a hosting arrangement.

Untrue.

When the goal is to buy Blogger - a goal that is being progressed towards by Automattic - money saved on the Tumblr acquisition is useful.

Re:WeWork lays off 2,400 employees on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:54PM (#21597902)
Ah. I stand corrected. Thank you.
Re:WeWork lays off 2,400 employees on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:42PM (#21597734)
> This was not like Theranos where he was straight up lying about a product working

She.

Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web on Sunday November 17, 2019 @07:02AM (#21557574)
The Guardian has gone downhill in the last few years, just like the rest of UK mainstream news reporting. They have rolled over to do whatever the Government wants not reporting - take Assange for example.

Their coverage is practically non-existent.

I used to buy The Guardian every day, then I subscribed digitally. And then when their reporting slid downhill, I stopped subscribing. I still read it - but block their data scraping scripts and all ads. They are not worth supporting IMO.

Rough copy/paste

https://pastebin.com/iCtipMin

Apologies for any ads that got in.

Do they have their mobile devices with them? Electronic trail.

Did they appear in any photos? There's a trail.

Did they buy anything in that locality?

Did they call someone in that locality?

Just not using a card would seem to offer little protection unless they take care of at least the above.

Related to bias - I recently installed the plugin from https://mycognitivebias.com/ which explains a cognitive bias each time I open a new tab.

I cannot proclaim that this has altered my work or personal life yet, but it has opened my eyes to the number of them and the wide circumstances in which they occur.

Re:Blocking website ads with a hosts file on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:03AM (#18976292)
Take a look at https://blokada.org/

It blocks ads in news and other apps for me.

Re:Google Launches Family Link App on Thursday December 27, 2018 @07:28AM (#18769084)
Spyware for all the family!
This would be more useful to me if when I hovered the link it told me more about what they actually make and the language they post in.

It's too random otherwise.

Re:Ask HN: Is there a browser I can pay for? on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:14AM (#18056120)
There is - https://ghostbrowser.com/

Not open source though if that matters to you.

Re:Introducing Ghost 2.0 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @12:06PM (#17810831)
"Also: Let me be the first to say that I can’t believe there’s still no Postgres support, which is absolutely outrageous."

Postgres is open source.

Why do they owe you?

If it matters, write the code.

"didn't pay for privacy"

If you don't pay your info is public.

What did you expect?

Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:03PM (#17718003)
Q: Did Google create - and promote from their dominant position - AMP for anyone but their own interests?

A: No. Why would you be so naive to think otherwise?

Re:Show HN: My personal website on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:07AM (#17714827)
* occaisionally

occasionally

Re:PIN number analysis (2012) on Thursday August 02, 2018 @10:49AM (#17671856)
It's a PIN

It's not a PIN number

You can't have a Personal Identification Number Number

I get that it's what people say, but that doesn't make it right.

/rant

Re:Any Early Adopters Willing to Check Us Out? on Thursday June 21, 2018 @06:28PM (#17369791)
I looked at your provided link.

I have no clue what you do.

Surely that information should be clear and umissable?

Google setting cookies without permission

Am in the EU.Chrome. Not logged into Google.Clear all browsing data. Check what cookies are stored. There are none.Visit http://youtube.com and click on a random video.Check cookies: accounts.google.com 1 cookiefonts.googleapis.com Channel IDggpht.cim Channel IDgoogle.com Channel IDgooglevideo.com Channel IDgstatic.com Channel IDwww.youtube.com Database Storage, Local Storage, Service...

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Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? on Saturday May 26, 2018 @04:01PM (#17163988)
Please use a responsive theme.

It matters.

Re:GDPR will pop the adtech bubble on Sunday May 13, 2018 @02:56PM (#17060352)
Off-topic: A responsive website for Doc Searls would be welcome.
Brian Krebs - can you please change to a responsive theme?

Thanks.

Re:Why should we care about our privacy? on Saturday April 28, 2018 @02:05PM (#16948799)
When you tell me all about you... I will explain.
You can on Android.

http://blokada.org/

uBlock Origin and uMatrix serve me well.

I see no reason to change anything.

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