Today's links
- Facebook employees stalk users: Moral hazard vs the ACCESS Act.
- This day in history: 2001, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Tag: privacy
Pluralistic: 24 Jun 2021
Today's links
- The pandemic showed remote proctoring to be worse than useless: Kill it with fire.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 16 Jun 2021
Today's links
- Suing all of ad-tech: Will an EU country finally enforce the GDPR?
- Interop Sci-Fi: Inside the Clock Tower, my interoperability sf for Consumer Reports.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 12 Jun 2021
Today's links
- The ACCESS Act: The most significant interop legislation in US history.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 11 Jun 2021
Today's links
- Privacy Without Monopoly, EU edition: The GDPR forbids competition in human rights abuses.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 08 Jun 2021
Today's links
- Rabbits: PK Dick meets Qanon: Terry Miles's debut novel of conspiratorial madness.
- Apple's manorial security: Works well, fails badly – think different?
- Billionaires don't pay tax: Leona Helmsley was an unrecognized genius.
- Google and France agree on ad-tech interop: Not the kind of competition we want.
- This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 01 Jun 2021
Today's links
- Canadian telco monopolists run the show: The CRTC just put Teksavvy out of business.
- Google cheats on location privacy: Part of the attribution con.
- The antitrust case against Prime: The dotted line to higher prices.
- This day in history: 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Consent theater
Some of privacy’s thorniest questions
Just say that we “fix” Facebook, making it possible for you to take your data and go to a rival service, one that respects your privacy, pays its taxes, and isn’t bent on enclosing all digital spaces into its pervasive surveillance walled garden.
It’s an idyllic vision, but our problems are just getting started.
Pluralistic: 30 Apr 2021
Today's links
- Experian doxes the world (again): And the breach is still ongoing.
- This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: 21 Apr 2021
Today's links
- The Observatory of Anonymity: You are far less of a haystack-needle than you think.
- Hawley and Taylor Greene faked their donor-surge: Juking stats for fun, fortune, and fame.
- What's wrong with EU's trustbusters: And how to fix it.
- Some thoughts on GWB's call for truth in politics: Mission accomplished.
- This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading