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TikTok's Rabbit Hole for Boys Building Muscles(nrk.no)
7 points by mmgu 4y ago|0 comments
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One App – Two Worlds: This Is TikTok in Russia and Ukraine(nrk.no)
1260 points by mmgu 4y ago|348 comments
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by mmgu 5y ago
There are exemptions for academic research and journalism in the GDPR under article 85 [0]. That is why the original news article (that I wrote) clearly mentions right away that the information was collected for a academic project. [0] htt
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by mmgu 5y ago
I don't think that many stores track customers and that a lot of the hype from a couple of years ago never ended up in a successful commercialization of the technology. (Full disclosure: Author of linked article.)
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by mmgu 5y ago
More background: The fine is mainly based on the fact that Disqus forgot to enroll Norwegian IP-addresses into their GDPR «privacy mode». That meant that websites that had enabled a specific setting ("Enable anonymous cookie targeting&
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by mmgu 5y ago
There are some nuisances on jurisdiction, but if a company tracks users in Europe they may fall under the purview of European data protection authorities. There are several factors that play in. For example that the data controller offers t
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by mmgu 5y ago
We part of the European Economic Area (EEA) which is quite close to being a EU member, but without voting rights. Norway voted two times on membership and the compromise was EEA.
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by mmgu 6y ago
Disqus does not track users from GDPR countries by default. My initial story in December 2019 for the Norwegian broadcaster NRK was a result of Disqus not knowing Norway had the GDPR (we are part of EEA, but not EU). Users are checked based
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by mmgu 6y ago
As a journalist I can tell you that an important portion of what we report comes from sources that divulge proprietary, secret, or classified info. Journalists don’t give up their sources due to the risks you are highlighting. Anyway - for
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by mmgu 6y ago
Writer: Samsung Galaxy S7. I guess over 70 apps in navigation, weather, games, prayer apps, or relevant due to listing location companies in privacy policy. I have not named apps / companies I that were not relevant to this feature. I
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by mmgu 6y ago
Turning off ad id in the OS and checking which apps have access to location would do wonders. Would also recommend checking which apps have access to the contact list.
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by mmgu 6y ago
I hacked the tweet thread together in 15 min so I think the article might be a better (although longer) read.
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by mmgu 6y ago
(Journalist behind article.) Thank you! I can say that it is not easy to use subject access requests to get information. Without the help of Michael Veale’s template and a lot of grit, I don’t think I would have made it. Transparency is jus
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A Newsroom at the Edge of Autocracy(theatlantic.com)
4 points by mmgu 6y ago|0 comments
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Garbage Language: Why do corporations speak the way they do?(vulture.com)
3 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Grindr data sharing “out of control”(twitter.com)
3 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Wirecutter, the Hill, Others Shared Personal Data Through Disqus Without Knowing(twitter.com)
4 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Millions of Users Affected by Disqus Data Sharing on Well-Known Websites(twitter.com)
6 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Where Are the Months? Mental Images of Circular Time in a Large Online Sample(frontiersin.org)
1 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Hydro CIO on the LockerGoga Cyber Attack(translate.googleusercontent.com)
1 points by mmgu 7y ago|0 comments
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Facebook reported to data protection authorities in seven European countries(nrkbeta.no)
3 points by mmgu 8y ago|0 comments