Linear-b

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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   I care what Cory Doctrow has to say about William Gibson in the same way that I care about what Britney Spears thinks of Ella Fitzgerald.
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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   And, again, it doesn't matter if you use it or not because they are building and selling profiles for everyone, not just their own userbase. Look into facebook shadow profiles.
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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   This is a terrible idea. If it were up to me I'd ban phones in cars entirely until self driving cars are a thing.
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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   "On computer systems" has a hollower ring now than it did a decade ago. Everything is on a computer system now. Even face to face interactions leave a plethora of metadata behind. The nature of privacy has always been a function o
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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   Facebook has built a platform that's much more accurate and comprehensive than anything experian has, because experian isn't in the business of selling your political beliefs and sexual orientation and a hundred other demographics
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   by Linear-b 12y ago

   It doesn't matter, they are still building a profile on you and selling it. These are called "shadow profiles".