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by Calvin02 8y ago
What?! They don't have to _collect_ it. They can say that we have access to it but will only collect it when you use a related product.
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by Calvin02 8y ago
Whoa! I didn't know they used Plaid. Plaid's terms are even more alarming. Why does Plaid need all this information? "The types of information we collect from your financial institutions may include, but are not limited to: A
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Venmo can access bank balance and transactions if you connect your bank account
14 points by Calvin02 8y ago|12 comments
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Why Fears of Fake News Are Overhyped(medium.com)
1 points by Calvin02 8y ago|0 comments
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by Calvin02 8y ago
Telegram has security issues [0]. WhatsApp and Signal both use the Signal protocol [1]. [0] https://gizmodo.com/why-you-should-stop-using-telegram-right... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Proto
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Neighbors of Lottery Winners Are More Likely to Go Bankrupt(bloomberg.com)
2 points by Calvin02 8y ago|0 comments
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Unroll.me [Gmail App] Faces Backlash Over Selling User Data (2017)(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by Calvin02 9y ago|0 comments
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by Calvin02 9y ago
What data does Facebook have on you that Google doesn’t collect? Google buys your credit card purchase data. Did you give it that? Why do you think Google wants you to stay logged into Chrome? Let’s be honest here and call a spade a spade.
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by Calvin02 9y ago
> I do not think it was 'just' that people didn't like Hillary and somehow happened to choose against their own interest. This is exactly the flawed takeaway from this election. Mainstream voters kept telling us that they
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by Calvin02 9y ago
No, they didn’t. Trump won because people liked his message. Plain and simple. These companies existed long before 2016 and if they couldn’t help other legitimate candidates get elected, what could they have done so magical for Trump? Is it
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by Calvin02 9y ago
I’ve tried submitting multiple times with shorter titles but I get the same error (as the second screenshot in the Imgur link) after I hit submit: “Sorry, that story was previously submitted.”
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by Calvin02 9y ago
This is the first I’ve heard of Reddit being used in this capacity. In my opinion, Reddit could have had a greater influence than either Facebook or Twitter. On Facebook, the Russians ran ads and they used bots on Twitter but in both of tho
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by Calvin02 9y ago
I just tried again with a shorter title (below) and still got the same error message. “Reddit’s The_Donald Was One Of The Biggest Havens For Russian Propaganda“ (72 characters)
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by Calvin02 9y ago
This isn’t about politics. It is about how tech companies are enabling outsiders to create political discord and influence elections.
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by Calvin02 9y ago
This probably explains it but definitely wasn’t apparent in the error message shown.
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by Calvin02 9y ago
I’d like to believe you but I tried submitting from another account: http://imgur.com/a/tDiA7
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by Calvin02 9y ago
For the curious: https://www.inquisitr.com/4790689/reddits-the_donald-was-one...
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Ask HN: Why can’t I submit Inquistr’s story about Reddit’s The_Donald subreddit?
4 points by Calvin02 9y ago|18 comments
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by Calvin02 9y ago
Yeah, I agree that there is risk in content production but Netflix is a public company and there is nothing preventing any investor from selling their shares. Unless you meant something else.
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Apple likely to buy Netflix, say analysts(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
16 points by Calvin02 9y ago|13 comments
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Flawed reporting about WhatsApp(theguardian.com)
354 points by Calvin02 9y ago|122 comments
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by Calvin02 10y ago
This is an area where Apple could really improve iOS and add API support to enable apps to screen calls, like what Android already has. Telecom companies don't have any incentive to fix this.
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by Calvin02 11y ago
Fix that worked for me: 1) Put the phone in Airplane mode 2) Power it down 3) Power it up and while staying in Airplane mode 4) Delete Booking.com 5) Power it down 6) Power it back up and turn off Airplane 7) Go to Safari and browse norma
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by Calvin02 11y ago
More sources: http://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-9-3-update-breaks-links-in-... Unclear at this time but seems like the bug existed in 9.2.1 but now is more widespread with 9.3. Exact behavior: a Google search results pa
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iOS 9.3 update breaks Safari and WKWebView(apple.stackexchange.com)
3 points by Calvin02 11y ago|2 comments
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Deep Learning Machine Teaches Itself Chess in 72 Hours, Plays at Master Level(technologyreview.com)
7 points by Calvin02 11y ago|0 comments
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by Calvin02 12y ago
Facebook does not sell your data. Can you please share some proof of that? Their partnership with Datalogix helps measure their ads. Src: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2012/09/24/facebook-partnershi...