Links July 15-21 2018

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Saturday July 21 2018

Driver for Uber and Lyft live-streamed passengers without their consent.   theverge.com

"Furthermore, humans are being told to adapt to the idea that our faces are going to identify us, in addition to the other adapting to automation we’ve been doing for decades. "   motherboard.vice.com

Personal data such as what size pants you just bought are being vacuumed up by health insurance companies and used to set prices.   propublica.com


Friday July 20 2018

Earhart was a product of her time and likely didn't see an option to bypass marriage. In her prenup she nearly declares a one-year timeline for divorce.
"Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of one another."   nybooks.com


Thursday July 19 2018

"She spends long stretches of her days in front of a computer, but she has no desire to go back to a smartphone."   nytimes.com


Wednesday July 18 2018

Zuckerberg in a podcast published yesterday says he doesn't censor holocaust denial content on his site in adherence to free speech principles. This youtube broadcaster reports Facebook also enforces (censors) blasphemous content in Pakistan in adherence to sharia blasphemy laws.   youtube.com

I'm Bill Browder. Here's the Biggest Mistake Putin Made When Trying to Get Access to Me Through Trump:   time.com

"Robert McDowell, a former FCC commissioner who is now an attorney at Cooley LLP, said Sinclair could actually end up coming out ahead as a result of addressing the specific problems identified by Pai."   bizjournals.com





Tuesday July 17 2018

Freedom from Facebook founders sat in the audience of yesterday's congressional hearings.   freedomfromfb.com





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