If activity continues to be stagnant, I may take down this instance. It's been a fun experiment, but engagement is just too low to be worth supporting financially.
Alex Regan
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Alex Regan boosted:
The Information Commissioner's Office (UK) declared real-time ad buying, based on "highly detailed profiles," doesn't comply w/GDPR.
@thekatbarnett explains, saying, "Consumers have a right to know where their data is going & how it is being handled." https://jaxenter.com/rtb-privacy-risk-160864.html
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1169970257534083074
@mike This is a Home Depot class? That orange button looks very familiar...
@mike Pics or it didn't happen. #ProjectReno
After 4 nights in a seaside/alpine getaway, I’m always surprised by how much I love high bandwidth data connectivity.
101°F is a shocker after Seattle temps. Welcome back to the oven.
Made it out to the Chihuly Gardens and Glass exhibit. It blows my mind that some of these really massive glass pieces can hold themselves upright. And how in the heck to do they move these things around?!?
Escaping the Phoenix heat 🔥 for some Seattle cool 😎.
Prop 105 & 106 go down with a 2-1 vote. #nailedit
Alex Regan boosted:
Another privacy win from Apple as they take a firm no-exceptions policy to all tracking practices in Safari.
Their newly-announced policy states that "tracking users 'without' consent... will [get you] kicked off the platform, treated like malware." https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/08/15/apple-slams-advertisers-secretly-tracking-its-users-with-new-no-exceptions-policy/#719b4b0f173f
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1166708765175009280
@mike Maybe larger communities like twitter break down social politeness barriers. The whole fediverse model feels more like real networks--organic communities that come together, but spend more time in local network.
Some sellers actually go on record to talk about Amazon’s predatory practices. If you’ve been following stories on amazon, it’s nothing new except backed by real sellers’ testimonies.
"Threads, which is designed as a companion app to Instagram, invites users to automatically share their location, speed, and battery life with friends, along with more typical text, photo, and video messages using Instagram’s creative tools."
So this new facebook project sounds like an overt spy tool to me. Hopefully other users will get creeped out by the fingerprinting features.
@mike he got some play time last Saturday. We got one more week of preseason left? I know preseason is not a good barometer, but since I have nothing else to go one, I don’t have high expectations for the cards. Oh well, I’ll be rooting for them anyways.
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