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54 votes
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GM cuts ties with two data firms amid heated lawsuit over driver data
32 votes -
GM sued for sale of OnStar driving data
48 votes -
Seems like all socials are being scraped for AI and personal/aggregate data. Is Tildes?
I was just reminded of that again when going back and looking at some of my old posts on reddit which is openly selling online data. Prompted me to use Redact which erases and overwrites comments...
I was just reminded of that again when going back and looking at some of my old posts on reddit which is openly selling online data. Prompted me to use Redact which erases and overwrites comments before deleting them. But that got me wondering if the same is true of Tildes? And how would we know?
34 votes -
Tell US Congress: Stop the TikTok ban
32 votes -
Time to delete your Glassdoor account and data
102 votes -
CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com (used by the Mozilla Monitor service), founded dozens of people-search firms
44 votes -
Automakers are sharing consumers’ driving behavior with insurance companies (gifted link)
58 votes -
Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades
31 votes -
On International Women's Day, Northern European countries stand out for women who are looking to develop their careers – Iceland secured the top spot
3 votes -
Generative AI - We aren’t ready
27 votes -
Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers
45 votes -
What is the most reliable and affordable form of storage medium to use as a backup drive for your computer?
I just had my backup hard drive die and while it did last a few good years, I just want to know what everyone else is using and what gets the best bang for buck.
30 votes -
The beautiful maths which makes 5G faster than 4G, faster than 3G, faster than…
12 votes -
Tumblr to begin selling user content to AI generative service companies, opt-out will be per blog
75 votes -
UK's NHS faces legal action over contract with data firm Palantir
12 votes -
Texas is right. The tech giants need to be regulated. (gifted link)
10 votes -
Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of Canadian college students
72 votes -
Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data
23 votes -
Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data
48 votes -
Robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers for over thirty years; AI vendors are ignoring it or proliferating too fast to block
41 votes -
Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content
67 votes -
Introducing Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new tool to automatically remove your personal information from data broker sites
35 votes -
The relative share of Americans living in the West of the US has declined
21 votes -
How US anti-abortion ruling spurred federal action against the location data industry
24 votes -
The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
19 votes -
Pew Research data on how many countries people have travelled to
25 votes -
Bruce Schneier on the CFPB’s proposed data rules
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Criminals are getting increasingly adept at crafting malicious AI prompts to get data out of ChatGPT
22 votes -
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
44 votes -
Question about GDPR
I am in the EU. I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am...
I am in the EU.
I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am the right person".
I never gave them an ID and a postal address in the first place so how would that verify anything, and I'm using the email that I used to sign-up with them to ask for the deletion.
Am I in the wrong to believe that this should be easier? Are they misinterpreting the GDPR or am I?
What are my options if I do not want to send my ID and postal address?
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Their arguments are:
Article 5(1)(f) of the GDPR requires us to meet security obligations in data processing. Since data deletion is permanent, we need to ensure that the request is indeed from the person concerned.
Furthermore, Article 12(6) of the GDPR states: "…when the data controller has reasonable doubts concerning the identity of the natural person making the request referred to in Articles 15 to 21, he may request the provision of additional information necessary to confirm the identity of the data subject."
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Impact: FTC stops data broker X-Mode selling sensitive location data
16 votes -
Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’
36 votes -
The New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over the use of its stories to train chatbots
62 votes -
A quiet merger trial between antitrust enforcers and a pharma data giant called IQVIA reveals how bro-style executives control US medical data
13 votes -
Reindeer combine sleeping and digesting, Norwegian researchers found after extracting reindeer brain data
9 votes -
Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps (company offering apps with ads and tracking)
53 votes -
OpenAI suspends ByteDance's account after it used GPT to train its own AI model
20 votes -
Please help me understand and manage external hdd sleep
I have an external drive (3.5" hdd, SATA) in an enclosure (usb 3) (purchased separately), connected to a thunderbolt dock (OWC) connected alternately to an iMac and a macbook pro. The HDD goes to...
I have an external drive (3.5" hdd, SATA) in an enclosure (usb 3) (purchased separately), connected to a thunderbolt dock (OWC) connected alternately to an iMac and a macbook pro. The HDD goes to sleep, and causes problems. Freezes, weird internet access problems, kernel panics.
I have done some research, and can't seem to figure out:
how to know whether it is the drive, enclosure, or computer causing the sleep, although, fiddling with various settings on the mac seemed to have no effect, although it may have increased my battery usage :(
how to adjust settings on the drive, or in the enclosure.
How to determine what the sleep behavior of prospective drives will be.
As a workaround, I tried to write a zsh script to touch the drive ever few seconds. This kinda worked, but was a struggle to figure out appropriate permissions issues and how to make it run automatically.
I welcome all guidance, pointers to resources, clarifications, incantations, well-wishes.
8 votes -
Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of deadly skin cancer returning in half, data says
9 votes -
Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used
49 votes -
Google promises unlimited cloud storage; then cancels plan; then tells journalist his life’s work will be deleted without enough time to transfer the data
90 votes -
Netflix reveals viewing data for its entire catalogue for the first time
44 votes -
Some US pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds
42 votes -
Reports/surveys like The Trevor Project report for other populations?
Hey folks, I have been following The Trevor Project's survey for a few years now and their 2023 one is just presented in a fantastic, easy to read and understand way so I think it's a great...
Hey folks, I have been following The Trevor Project's survey for a few years now and their 2023 one is just presented in a fantastic, easy to read and understand way so I think it's a great resource and worth sharing
The Trevor Project 2023 Survey on Mental Health in LGBTQ young people
BUT, I'm also looking for similar reports focusing on other minoritized populations in particular, or (whether in part or in full) focusing on the age ranges covering college students. I'm struggling to find something nearly so comprehensive, but I'm also not sure I'm looking in the right way. The Steve Fund seems to be a great resource for mental health for students of color, for example, but doesn't have obviously available data like this
10 votes -
GamersNexus' "Mega Charts" for PC parts
11 votes -
Cost of internet connection (monthly average) in various countries
29 votes -
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Meta sues US Federal Trade Commission, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ data
40 votes -
Novo Nordisk suggested to senior UK government officials that they could “profile” benefit claimants – those who are most likely to return to the labour market
17 votes -
Norway's privacy battle with Meta is just getting started – regulator says it's investigating the company's new ad-free subscription services
28 votes