Facebook, Privacy, and the Use of Data
The US press and punditry has been tip-toeing around the real problem with Facebook: that it has monopoly power.
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Don Quijones: As Banks Embrace Biometric Tracking of Customers, Cybertheft Explodes in Mexico
Mexico will requires banks to collect biometric data from all their customers this year– a policy that will exacerbate economic crimes committed by hacking databases.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Turn Off Third-Party Data Access to Your Facebook Account
A how-to for people who can’t give up on Facebook but want to reduce their snooping exposure.
Read more...Surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy
The outcry over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica conveniently ignores the real issues: the pervasiveness of surveillance and the need to insist on stronger privacy rights.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?
If you’ve created an account, you can never escape Facebook. But you can at least stop making things worse for yourself.
Read more...Best Buy’s Bait and Switch Returns Policy Reveals Yet More Creepy Consumer Monitoring
Creepy algos implement what sure looks like consumer fraud at Best Buy.
Read more...Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow
Mastercard and other financial services providers are aggressively promoting biometrics. Where are the vaunted EU privacy regulators?
Read more...Meltdown and Spectre FAQ: Crapification at Scale
Billions, nay trillions, of processors. What, if anything, to do?
Read more...Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers
Ironically, banks in Mexico lead the way.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Where the Heck is Microsoft’s “Edge?” (Left Behind for Dead)
Users are spurning Microsoft’s Edge in favor of Google, in the privacy version of a beauty contest between Cinderalla’s ugly sisters.
Read more...Don Quijones: A New Stealth Attack in EU’s “War on Cash”
The definition of cash widens.
Read more...Gizmodo Echoes Naked Capitalism: “Don’t Buy Anyone an Echo”
Naked Capitalism is now in very good company in warning you to stay far far away from the Echo and its cousins.
Read more...Security Train Wreck Confirms Apple’s Crapification
A security meltdown confirms that Apple is running on brand fumes.
Read more...Don’t Look to India’s Universal ID System as Model for Biometrics to Replace Social Security Numbers
India’s Aadhaar universal identification number scheme, including biometrics, is no viable model for replacing Social Security numbers.
Read more...Tech Giants Look to WTO to Entrench Their Monopoly Powers and Profits
How tech titans are using the WTO and trade agreements to further strengthen their dominant positions.
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