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It's not time to grant people agency over their data
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It's all rather harrowing, if you retain a 20th century concept of 'privacy'. And the public debate seems to be framed at a very superficial level, reinforcing public ignorance of the true extent to which they are tracked, monitored, and analyzed.


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This FTC staff report, released this month, is well worth reading, if you have the stomach for it.
A Look Behind the Screens: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services [PDF]

...and of course this isn't even getting into data collection at the transport or device levels.
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RE: It's not time to grant people agency over their data - by UltraBudgie - 09-29-2024, 02:47 PM

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