LastWeekendWas

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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
Certainly! Even as late as the early 2000's, a corporations software 'phoning home' without the users knowledge (and explicit consent) was a minor scandal and a real privacy concern. Now such behaviour is so commonplace, it i
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
> nothing compared to the number in the south east of England! An honourable mention to RAF Bradwell. One of the nearest to the coast, it had more than it's fair share of shot up aircraft returning from raids and crash-landing.....
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
Severely embarrassing the US government? Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Cuba ; The World Bank acknowledges that Cuba's life e
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
"Privacy friendly" Time was, if a neighbour insisted on daily filming a family entering and leaving their own home, they would have been given a smack in the mouth for being a nosy bastard. Quite how recording your neighbours has
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
And in keeping out the parasites, nothing of value was lost :-)
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
They can say goodbye to the European market then. (And the privacy conscious segment of the US market.)
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
Except harvesting your customers [personal] data isn't just scummy, it is no longer a legitimate business model in Europe. There is no excuse for VCs not getting up to speed on the GDPR.
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
> Normally I can chuckle at El Reg's hyperbolic sense of humour, Since El Reg's increasing focus on the US market, their sense of humor (note the lack of a U), and what made them 'different' from the rest, has been in
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by LastWeekendWas 3y ago
> European aristocrats I think you will find the French rather famously did away with their aristocracy.