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  1. You have to endure Google/Facebook tracking without using Google/Facebook at all. I have several webpages I need to use for work who embed Google services (maps) out of convenience.

    And they buy your cellphone location data.

  2. - The idea of having personalized privacy settings is itself wrong because individualized privacy settings means that Google has to determine your identity somehow which they are NOT supposed to do! And they even want you to log in with a Google account to perform that task!

    - The privacy settings offered (opting your data out for search results and advertisement etc.) are likely only the peak of the iceberg what Google does with your data. There is tons of legal gibberish. Who guarantees me that setting all this stuff will deprieve Google of all data processing except for the one necessary for fulfilling my search?

  3. EU did this with their data protection act. The result was that every time you opened Google or any other Google service that a banner popped up telling you to authorize them to do whatever they were doing without your consent to that point. If you didn't confirm, you couldn't use any Google service anymore. Imagine telling that to your boss if work needs to be done...

  4. Worst flamebait ever on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    Can't we go back to discussing about Trump?

  5. Could we stop calling scammers/extortionis trolls? on US Requests 12-Year Prison Sentence For Prenda 'Copyright Troll' Lawyer (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thank you.

  6. Booze booze booze booze booze! on The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says · · Score: 0

    MOOOOORE
    BOOOOOZE!

  7. Re:Why would anybody trust a mobile listening devi on How The FBI Easily Retrieved Michael Cohen's Data From Both Apple and Google (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Problem is even if you get rid of your phone, pretty much every device nowadays is littered with sensors and internet access. TVs, cars, fitness devices, furniture etc. . Even if you got rid of everything in your own room, its even possible to spy on you from adjacent rooms (Wifi).

    Privacy has competed with humans need for comfort and lost.

  8. Excuse me sir, did you just assume my zipcode? on Facebook To Overhaul Ad Targeting To Prevent Discrimination (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    *nt*

  9. Suicide out of fear of death on Some Companies Choose Microsoft's Cloud Service Because They're Afraid of Amazon (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The only explanation.

  10. ... l Humanity' !"

    Phew, this was a close call!

  11. Google book returning bot meets book stealing bot on Silicon Valley Library Tests Book-Returning Robot Created By Google (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    Who will win?

  12. Autonomous lowrider hops on its own owner on Self-Driving Cars May Hit People With Darker Skin More Often, Study Finds (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    Before you die, you see the bling.

  13. I feel like someone in Strugatskys Roadside Picnic on NSA Releases Ghidra, a Free Software Reverse Engineering Toolkit (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    With the NSA in the role of the super-advanced aliens and the rest of humanity as the strugglers in the zone who feast on their junk.

  14. Re:You jealous? on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think I responded to the wrong comment. Whoops.

  15. Re:You jealous? on France Considers Raising Taxes on Internet Giants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    - The U.S. is a superpower and thus has military responsibility. The last time France was a military superpower...I don't know...1815?

    - France is currently dialing back on a lot of their government benefits because it was a little bit too stale and expensive.

  16. Re:Does it matter? on Google Found it Paid Men Less Than Women For the Same Job (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure. On the other hand:

    - Most engineers are male. This also applies to the top tier.
    - Google has a well known history of pro-feminist politics.

    No one would bat an eye in an industry which is dominantly female but in this case...

  17. Is there a limit or can you go for high score? on China Bans 23 Million From Buying Travel Tickets as Part of 'Social Credit' System (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Professional gaming China style.

  18. What if the suicide aspect is unintentional? on Self-Harm Clips Hidden in Kids' Cartoons (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Like in 90% of the Youtube videos.

  19. I'm still more afraid of scanners without mistakes on What Happens When Police License Plate Readers Make Mistakes? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    *nt*

  20. Re:Why do you expect privacy on an airline? on American Airlines Has Cameras In Their Screens Too (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You do have limited privacy on an airplane insofar as that it isn't recorded and uploaded somewhere else. Sure, your seat neighbor might write in his blog that you scratched your balls 20 times during the flight, but without evidence its his word against yours and most of it is forgotten by the time you leave the plane.

    Recording you means that people can study your behaviour in fine detail, forever.

  21. So deactivating the app is not enough? on Facebook Now Lets Android Users Block Background Collection of Location Data (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If no, this is sabotage.

  22. Luck 'em naggers! Luck 'em all! on After Calls For an Edit Button, Twitter Says it is Considering a 'Clarification' Feature (mashable.com) · · Score: 0

    Phew, that was close!

  23. If that had been present before my marriage. And my second to last marriage.

  24. An example for Germany on Finland Basic Income Trial Left People 'Happier But Jobless' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    According to this article

    http://biaj.de/archiv-kurzmitt...

    the german unemployment help cost 36,954 billion â in 2018 while administrative costs have been labeled as 4,555 billion â, thats around 11%. It provides several services for around 6 million of 82 million people. I have no idea why people think that the administrative costs were so high that removing them would enable you to extend services to everyone.

  25. Except here which is civil war on Internet is Getting More Civil, a Study by Microsoft Says (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    First!