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https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook · 4 Sep 2018
...the chilling effect of Facebook and other tech giants buying up every promising startup is noticeable. 'I think if we have a tech economy entirely premised on the idea that monopolists may one day buy the underlying thing, it really limits what can happ...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out · 13 Aug 2018
This isn't at all surprising. Google's business consists of monetizing data provided to it by its users — if you're not comfortable with that, the only real fix is to stop using Google's services altogether.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts · 2 Aug 2018
The last thing we need is the ad industry co-opting podcasts to enable more invasive tracking. No, thanks.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon · 25 Jul 2018
We're a country that has unbelievable innovation. We put a man on the moon. We have the power of flight. We have autonomous vehicles… [T]he idea that we can't solve this problem as a society -- I just don't buy it.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law · 26 Jun 2018
The idea that Californians might gain sweeping new privacy rights has spooked Silicon Valley, internet service providers, and other industries that increasingly rely on data collection, leading to a lobbying push to defeat the initiative before it gains tr...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/bill-promises-californians-more-control-over-their-data · 23 Jun 2018
the bill would allow California residents to find out what information businesses and data brokers collect about them, where that information comes from, and how it's shared. It would give people the power to ask for their data to be deleted and to order b...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers · 27 May 2018
This sounds like the kind of law that should also exist at the federal level to benefit everyone. Data brokers are terrible companies that make money by exposing and endangering everyone's personal information.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2017/sarahah-uploads-your-contacts-without-permission · 27 Aug 2017
This behavior seems to be all too common lately and, while most apps ask for permission to access contacts, it's worth bearing in mind that they may not need that access. Additionally, once that access is granted, it isn't always clear what's actually done...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2017/googles-new-obsession-with-your-photos · 27 May 2017
'Sergey Brin says that Google wants to be the third half of your brain,' [Pedro] Domingos says. 'But now think about it: Do you really want the third half of your brain to make a living by showing you ads? I don't.'
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2017/gop-advances-plan-for-ring-free-voicemail-spam · 23 May 2017
It's like a U2 album release — but for annoying political crap.