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by IBM 8y ago
I've posted this before: GDPR is good independent of any effects it has on competition. Governments already have the tools to deal with market dominance: antitrust enforcement. The EC has three antitrust cases against Google. One decis
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by IBM 8y ago
>The investigation was opened about five months ago after at least one device maker and one wireless carrier filed formal complaints with the Justice Department, two of the people said. Betting it's Apple. They're probably eage
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Why aren't privacy groups fighting to regulate Facebook?(slate.com)
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Facebook enlists conservative help to resist privacy rules(politico.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
Yelling at Facebook is how you get Congress to do something about it.
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by IBM 8y ago
Zuckerberg went to Congress and told them Facebook would support GDPR, as if the only thing GDPR is are just some controls you'd do at the user interface level (and as we learned today, that they're attempting to get around with d
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by IBM 8y ago
Why not just change the URL? That one had over 200 upvotes, this one will probably just fade off the front page in a few hours.
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Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU privacy law(reuters.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
A native app could leak/abuse information like a web app, but in general the surface area is way smaller for that to happen on iOS (which is what I'm most familiar with). Everything is sandboxed and Apple strictly controls how app
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by IBM 8y ago
I was being sarcastic but I realize now that I was probably getting upvotes from both camps.
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by IBM 8y ago
I can't wait for PWAs to be the future of apps. /s Apple should take the new Firefox Facebook extension and apply it by default to Safari. But also do Google and every other major ad-tech company. Not sure if this can be done with
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by IBM 8y ago
It's really surprising to me see posts critical of Tesla highly upvoted on HN these days. It tells me the narrative around Tesla is finally starting to break down, and naturally the stock price has declined from its highs as well. A fe
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Google’s Facebook Copycat Moves Leave It More Exposed to Privacy Backlash(bloomberg.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
The guy who left the iPhone 4 at a bar was never fired because it was an accident. In fact he stayed at Apple until 2017 [1]. [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/graypowell/
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by IBM 8y ago
Maybe there's zero business value in keeping secrets (I don't believe that at all), but even if that were the case and Apple were just overly obsessed with "the prestige" [1][2], why would that change anything? They shou
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by IBM 8y ago
I addressed that in a comment below. It makes sense for an employee of a supplier in Asia to leak for money, it makes less sense for an employee in Cupertino. Also somehow I doubt that newsrooms are making enough money to pay $100,000 (or a
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by IBM 8y ago
Well you have the right to do what you want with it. That's the thing about "Right To Repair", you already have the right to do it now. It's not illegal to open up your iPhone and replace a broken screen, Apple just does
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by IBM 8y ago
I can come up with plausible reasons for why intelligence leakers do what they do (sense of duty, serving public interest, etc). I can't come up with any for an Apple employee. The leaks an Apple employee makes is about inconsequential
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by IBM 8y ago
Maybe they are? But I think that would magnify the downside of leaking by 10x for limited upside? Note I'm talking about people who work in Cupertino. It makes complete sense for someone working at a supplier in Asia to leak for money,
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by IBM 8y ago
Somewhat ironic that this memo got leaked but I think in this case it actually serves their purpose for it to be read by everyone (including potential employees). I think this part is key and is something I've always wondered about: &g
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Why Silicon Valley Lobbyists Love Big, Broad Privacy Bills(nytimes.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
I think this op-ed is very relevant to this [1]. There's no doubt the internet companies will aggressively oppose any attempt to pass privacy legislation in the US, but there's no reason why that needs to be all tech companies. Ap
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An ex-Google engineer is scraping YouTube to pop our filter bubbles(technologyreview.com)
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by IBM 8y ago
#TBT to when Google bypassed Safari blocking third party cookies and paid an immaterial amount to settle the case [1]. [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-pays-17m-to-settle-safa...
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by IBM 9y ago
I think Apple would care about the trials and tribulations of the ad-tech industry about as much they did when they added Intelligent Tracking Prevention to Safari (or blocked third-party cookies by default).
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by IBM 9y ago
>I can’t see Google and Facebook being thrilled about implementing support for this, but given the recent scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, Apple should have extra leverage to push them in this direction. If Apple makes it an App St
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by IBM 9y ago
>Those are pretty interesting numbers. There’s actually a common misconception that more and more apps are being developed using non-native tools so they can be deployed to multiple platforms easily. >According to our data, that’s not
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by IBM 9y ago
This was a good interview to listen to and Ezra Klein asked some good questions. Unfortunately Zuckerberg's answers weren't satisfactory. Responding to Tim Cook: >You know, I find that argument, that if you’re not paying that s
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Facebook Is Not the Problem. Lax Privacy Rules Are(nytimes.com)
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by IBM 9y ago
I learned everything I needed to know about Tesla's culture and Elon Musk specifically after their response a few years ago to the NYT's review criticizing the Model S's cold weather performance. All their subsequent response

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