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by yoaviram 2y ago
Selling shovels.
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by yoaviram 2y ago
Same pattern for me. About a year ago migraines escalated to a few times a week. Debilitating. I started searching for a solution and discovered this book [1]. It basically recommends a low carb or even a keto diet. After three weeks migran
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by yoaviram 2y ago
If you live in one of the states that has strong privacy regulations send Meta a data deletion request. Or if you are curious about the data they have on you, send them an access request to get a copy of your data, and then a deletion reque
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by yoaviram 2y ago
If you form a real nonprofit AWS will give you up to 5000 USD per year. https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/nonpr...
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by yoaviram 2y ago
Not only are these not thought experiments by most definitions, this is also not really an article by most definitions. It's as if the author had a few interesting yet unrelated thoughts, scribbled them down and covered up for the lac
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by yoaviram 2y ago
What a brilliant example of self-righteous post-rationalization. Maybe we all need to recalibrate our moral compasses. Yes, ethics is nuanced, but not in the case of Palantir, who directly enables the abuse of human rights on a massive scal
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Julian Assange speaks for the first time since his release from prison(abc.net.au)
6 points by yoaviram 2y ago|0 comments
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by yoaviram 2y ago
Easy way to submit a GDPR/CCPA/etc. request: https://yourdigitalrights.org/d/23andme.com
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by yoaviram 2y ago
> FlyCASS seems to be run by one person Bobby is growing up
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Texas, Oregon citizens gain new data rights: get companies to delete their PII(consciousdigital.org)
3 points by yoaviram 2y ago|0 comments
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by yoaviram 2y ago
Sharing my personal single data point experience, in the hope it helps others. I started low carb then keto about 5 months ago when my migraines turned chronic (a few times a week). I haven't had a migraine in the past 3.5 months. Also
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Direct link to the guide (PDF): https://consciousdigital.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dece...
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How deceptive design is used to compromise your privacy and how to fight back(consciousdigital.org)
180 points by yoaviram 3y ago|56 comments
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Utah residents can now submit data protection requests(consciousdigital.org)
2 points by yoaviram 3y ago|0 comments
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by yoaviram 3y ago
DataBrokersWatch.org
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Facepalm Too bad keto does not help with spelling
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Also worth mentioning that Keto shows promise as a treatment migrants. Here's a good place to start: http://www.ketoformigraine.com/ (I'm not affiliated).
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Nice to see Data Brokers Watch at the top of HN, I'm one of the creators. We are a nonprofit, and we are looking for volunteers to help us automate the opt out process, but in a different, more effective way than the companies doing it
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Yes, 90% of companies do not check where you are from and will comply with your request, however data brokers and other companies who's business model depends on personal data usually do check just to add more friction to the opt-out p
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Adding a bulk send option is easy. The problem is that you will then get 700 reply emails, each slightly different at which point you will be stuck. That said, we are working on automating it.
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Thanks for pointing out this embarrassing mistake, this wasn't published yet, but they always say one should share work in progress...
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by yoaviram 3y ago
https://databrokerswatch.org/
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by yoaviram 3y ago
PSA, Getting data brokers to delete your personal data can be very frustrating as their business model depends on this data. Simply put, they use deceptive patterns to avoid complying with data protection requests. We have put together this
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by yoaviram 3y ago
This list contains a small fraction of all data brokers. Check out https://databrokerswatch.org for a more complete list.
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Something does not add up. "23andMe said the data breach was caused by customers reusing passwords" Yet 14,000 accounts were breached in one go? Where did these passwords come from? Maybe there was another related breach (somethin
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by yoaviram 3y ago
You might like this better. I wrote this a few years back, mostly about Parfit's personal identity philosophy: https://www.thoughtexperiments.net/people-who-divide-like-an...
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by yoaviram 3y ago
Note that Facebook's paid option in the EU means no targeted advertising. It does not mean no tracking. Personal data can be monetized in other ways. Kudos to Noyb. Amazing work.
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by yoaviram 3y ago
More about why location information IS personal information: https://consciousdigital.org/location-data-is-personally-ide...
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by yoaviram 3y ago
I run two nonprofits using wise. With both I have experienced several sudden account suspensions pending further verification. Twice (once with each account) they have asked me to upload a recent statement from our bank as proof of funds. O
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by yoaviram 3y ago
So how come everyone is praising geothermal energy?

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