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What Do the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us?

https://quillette.com/2019/06/19/what-do-the-oligarchs-have-in-mind-for-us/

I hadn't realized the extent of their acquisitions.


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Hmmm.



https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/30/facebook-to-shut-down-ios-market-research-app/

Then this:

This is interesting.

European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/25/european-privacy-search-engines-google/

Donald Trump must bust Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google monopolies like Teddy Roosevelt.
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This is wonky but interesting. It’s behind The NY Times paywall but if you have enough free reads left I recommend it.

Amazon’s Antitrust Antagonist Has a Breakthrough Idea

With a single...

I agree. Although I still use Facebook I’m much more careful about it than I used to be. I’m also not sure that makes any difference.

It makes both good things and bad things possible. Maybe more bad than good.

Ah, social media. The digital two-edged sword of our era.

A security guy at JPMorgan spied on employees emails and phone calls using the secretive software tool Palantir
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Palantir Knows Everything About You

Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers.
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My experience has been the same.

If the tech oligarchs can’t beat the bad press, they’ll just buy it

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/07/if-the-tech-oligarchs-cant-beat-the-bad-press-theyll-just-buy-it/

Largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a scam: report.

“The page had accrued 700,000 Facebook followers — almost double the amount of the official Black Lives Matter Facebook page — and...

We will see.

I am beginning to see that a free market will solve the privacy issues. People aren't going to put up with what Google et al. have been doing, and alternatives will emerge. If Big Data falls into...

Really? (This article is not really about Apple.)

Apple’s Siri: the only search engine you’ll need

"Is Apple about to get into search? Probably not in the conventional sense, but Apple’s...

I think they belong on the list but maybe at the bottom. I don't have an Echo (I do have Fire TV). You can choose to get an Echo. With an iPhone it's less of a choice -- I can't function without...

Among all the concern about the big tech companies, I don’t really see Amazon as the threat others see. I think it is simply a disruptive technology-based company that is making life easier for...

Trouble in paradise, er, Silicon Valley:

Zuckerberg to 'Frenemy' Tim Cook: You're 'Extremely Glib'

http://www.newser.com/story/257341/zuckerberg-to-frenemy-tim-cook-youre-extremely-glib.html

I purchased only a caffeine-free Diet Coke.


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This is both eye-opening and disturbing.

Are you ready? Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
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I was thinking the same thing. Why do people go along with Facebook and Twitter et al. making decisions for them?



Part of the reason (I think) is that people see those outlets as...

This is an interesting piece about how Russia, China and North Korea control the Internet in their countries, and how we stack up against them.

Controlling the Web Is the Dream (and the Nightmare)...

WhatsApp Co-Founder Joins #DeleteFacebook Movement

https://www.pcmag.com/news/359969/whatsapp-co-founder-joins-deletefacebook-movement