Pluralistic: Google's new phones can't stop phoning home (08 Oct 2024)

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Google's new phones can't stop phoning home: The call is coming from inside the house.
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Pluralistic: Epic Systems, a lethal health record monopolist (02 Oct 2024)

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Epic Systems, a lethal health record monopolist: Clinical needs sacrificed to profit maximization.
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Pluralistic: Tech monopolists use their market power to invade your privacy (20 Sep 2024)

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Tech monopolists use their market power to invade your privacy: The FTC shows that privacy is a competition issue.
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Pluralistic: Twinkfrump Linkdump (13 Apr 2024)

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Twinkfrump Linkdump: All the miscellany that didn't make it.
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Pluralistic: Async mugwump linkdump (30 Mar 2024)

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Async mugwump linkdump: A weekend assortment.
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Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024)

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The antitrust case against Apple: End of the line for Apple exceptionalism.
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Pluralistic: Palantir's NHS-stealing Big Lie (08 Mar 2024)

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Palantir's NHS-stealing Big Lie: And the everyday miracle of Trusted Research Environments.
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Pluralistic: The Cult of Mac (12 Jan 2024)

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The Cult of Mac: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.
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Pluralistic: Privacy first (06 Dec 2023)

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Privacy first: A powerful principle with a vast constituency.
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Pluralistic: Pinkdrunk Linkdump (18 Nov 2023)

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Pinkdrunk Linkdump: Your semi-regular weekend declaration of link bankruptcy.
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