The Great Hack

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Apple halts practice of contractors listening in to users on Siri

Yep, human workers are listening to recordings from Google Assistant, too

Google’s Earth: how the tech giant is helping the state spy on us

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

I haven't watched it, but just the trailer. One said "data rights should be considered fundamental rights". As a German I should be happy to say, they are. Our constitution protects the right of my data. The problem is, no tech company cares about because it's hard to control.


Anyway, I don't use social media, except of YouTube. But I guess I'm just as effected as everyone you does.
I turned everything from Google on my mobile off, but still do I think it's listening. Interesting is, while turning different parts of google off, one message always showed off: while refusing google access to certain data it might be possible that google will get them anyway via other apps. - nice


We need to get these tech giants under control and as Europeans we have to get independent from the USA and China, when it's about critical infrastructure. This includes search and social software - if we don't develop own companies, we have to force the to follow European law and disconnect their European business from the one in the USA.
If US intelligence agencies force companies to deliver them data, we have to make sure they don't get any European data.
 
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It's scary how they manipulated Britain and the US elections by playing our fears.

The worst part is people continue to hold on to the fear. Just look at how people are defending the actions at the US/Mexico boarder.

Big Brother has been watching you for years. Now BB has Geegle and Social Media helping and 99% of people join right in putting there lives on the web.
Back to education of idiots.
Were a educated country, gee were only what, 36 below the smartest country. Makes my nipples tingle.
 
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Big Brother has been watching you for years. Now BB has Geegle and Social Media helping and 99% of people join right in putting there lives on the web.
Back to education of idiots.
Were a educated country, gee were only what, 36 below the smartest country. Makes my nipples tingle.

We're an educated country? or (We) were an educated country?
Clarity is a sign of education.
 
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Big Brother has been watching you for years. Now BB has Geegle and Social Media helping and 99% of people join right in putting there lives on the web.
Back to education of idiots.
Were a educated country, gee were only what, 36 below the smartest country. Makes my nipples tingle.

As long as we have you to set the standard, there's always hope.
 

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It seems fair, my sweet - you raised the issue of education - and did it without any lololol's so I merely wanted to help. You're welcome.

Well I'm sorry you missed it, My apologize. So you don't feel left out.

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Has anyone else watched The Great Hack? I think I'm going to delete all social media accounts.

I just watched it, but this was kind of a poor advertisement for what is a very good documentary.

FYI for others it's about Cambridge Analytica and exactly how they were using personal data and profiles on Facebook to shift the results of elections (not just Trump -vs- Clinton and Brexit, but other elections globally as well).

It isn't the kind of thing that directly affects how we here in this forum vote (I think most of us here are voters and are not undecided ones), but we all feel the impact of the work they did (to the extent that those elections do have outcomes).