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15 votes
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On an internet run by personal information, what do you do to manage yours?
Almost every content provider online tries to access some of your personal info, whether it's to keep itself afloat, improve functionality, or create profits. In 2014, Google made [89.4%]...
Almost every content provider online tries to access some of your personal info, whether it's to keep itself afloat, improve functionality, or create profits. In 2014, Google made [89.4%] (https://revenuesandprofits.com/how-google-makes-money/) of its profits from advertising, all of which attempts to target users with their interests (though Google does allow this to be disabled).
What do you do to try and protect yourself from data collection? What software, programs, or browser extensions do you trust to protect you, and not just also monitor your activities?
If you don't do any of this, why not? To what extent do you think companies should be allowed to use your data?
30 votes -
/e/ first beta soon to be released
9 votes -
The graphing calculator story
14 votes -
Stop treating tech jerks like gods
24 votes -
A year later, Equifax lost your data but faced little fallout
17 votes -
Apple has permanently banned Alex Jones' Infowars app from the App Store
32 votes -
Who controls your data? Nine reporters in London, Paris, New York & San Francisco filed more than 150 requests for personal data to 30+ popular tech companies
8 votes -
New Alpha Release: Tor Browser for Android
20 votes -
Google wants websites to adopt AMP as the default approach to building webpages. Tell them no.
66 votes -
Brave browser gets Chrome's extensions starting Thursday with major new version
20 votes -
Fundamentals of penetration testing
9 votes -
Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?
18 votes -
Startups flock to turn young blood into an elixir of youth
7 votes -
Do small capacity, fast flash drives even exist?
I've been trying to find a small capacity (64GB or less) flash drive with decent read and write speeds, but haven't been able to find anything. I'm looking for something in the 200-300 MB/s...
I've been trying to find a small capacity (64GB or less) flash drive with decent read and write speeds, but haven't been able to find anything. I'm looking for something in the 200-300 MB/s read/write range, but I can't seem to find anything that reliably breaks the 100 MB/s mark even in larger capacities. The SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB seems to have adequate performance, but at $65 is a bit out of my price range since I'd like to purchase a handful of drives.
Does anyone know of any other smaller flash drives with SSD-level performance?
10 votes -
Justice Department probes whether social media is 'stifling' speech
7 votes -
An open source CPU
6 votes -
Twitter bars Alex Jones, citing harassing messages
16 votes -
Browser extensions: Are they worth the risk?
18 votes -
Ajit Pai does ISPs’ bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook
16 votes -
Firefox 62.0 release notes
43 votes -
Google AMP can go to hell
7 votes -
New Release: Tor Browser 8.0 [based on Firefox Quantum]
15 votes -
Can you spot the deceptive Facebook post?
29 votes -
Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department
15 votes -
It’s Time to Leave San Francisco
8 votes -
GIMP has received a $100k donation from the GNOME foundation (the foundation received a $400k donation from Handshake.org)
28 votes -
Chinese company says they are bringing Google Cloud to China, then swiftly denies the news
4 votes -
Your web app is bloated
16 votes -
TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 Live 8/5-8/7
2 votes -
YouTube, Netflix videos found to be slowed by wireless carriers
20 votes -
Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve
6 votes -
Chelsea Manning and the rise of ‘big data’ whistleblowing
5 votes -
Google Chrome’s biggest challenge at age 10 might just be its own success
18 votes -
This tool generates spammy tech recruiter messages to send on LinkedIn
16 votes -
Help defend Australian encryption laws
9 votes -
Twitter was going to ban Alex Jones — until its CEO stepped in and protected him
19 votes -
IBM researchers propose transparency docs for AI services
7 votes -
Should Grindr users worry about what China will do with their data?
16 votes -
Patent Examiner sides with inventor who claims Google is trying to patent his work he dedicated to the public domain
20 votes -
Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system
28 votes -
$600 Chromebooks are a dangerous development for Microsoft
16 votes -
An update on the FireEye report and Reddit
37 votes -
Google and Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track retail sales
26 votes -
Wil Wheaton (wilw): This admin is going to suspend my account
35 votes -
While Google is attacked over privacy concerns and perceived bias, DuckDuckGo raised $10M
44 votes -
California lawmakers pass nation’s toughest net neutrality law
14 votes -
Amber Enderton on why Wil Wheaton got chased off Mastodon
13 votes -
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asks FTC to investigate Google's market dominance
17 votes -
A robot shoots me when I get shot in Fortnite
11 votes