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Cory Doctorow is a self-identified privacy activist. Not proponent, not advocate, activist. If you don't think there's room for activism in this space then his
by mdoms 5y ago
Cory Doctorow is a self-identified privacy activist. Not proponent, not advocate, activist. If you don't think there's room for activism in this space then his writing is not for you. But he has had a wildly successful career and has done more for privacy and digital freedom than most of us will come close to. I find it a bit rich that a random commenter tells Cory Doctorow that his writing style "hurts more than it helps" considering his success thus far.
If you want something a bit less spicy there's no end of press releases from huge tech companies for you to read.
- dessant 5y ago> I find it a bit rich that a random commenter tells Cory Doctorow that his writing style "hurts more than it helps" A Microsoft employee, under an article that states unpleasant facts in the first few paragraphs about their employer. It is natural for the author of the article to be accusatory, when there is a documented trail of illegal actions and repeated cases of customer exploitation from all these companies.
- WaxProlix 5y agohah, he is a microsoft employee, and one who posts MS press releases to HN apparently. Not the hugest fan of submission snooping but that adds some context, doesn't it?