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NoDPI - Campaign for the protection of privacy/security/integrity of telecommunications. Economics degree but career in tech. Looking for a fairer society. #economics #greentech #privacy #edtech #cats #sailing #gardening #knitting #food
Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

LiveRamp, formerly known as Acxiom, sits at the core of much of today's opaque personal data sharing for marketing purposes and maintains comprehensive identity records about everyone in many countries, including in Europe and the UK.

We examined LiveRamp's identity surveillance system, which facilitates digital tracking and profiling across many companies.

New 60-page report published today:
https://crackedlabs.org/en/identity-surveillance

Pervasive identity surveillance for marketing purposes

A technical report on personal data processing for LiveRamp’s RampID identity graph system based on an analysis of software documentation

Cracked Labs
@thechattygardener I’ve been using Premier Seeds Direct for a few years. Good quality seed made affordable by basic packaging and cheap postage. Sowing guidance is online not on the packet. That the seed and postage are so much cheaper means that trying a new variety is not a big risk. Best for veg rather than flowers.
US. ā€˜Google agrees to settle $5bn lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked users. Plaintiffs allege their activity was tracked even when they set Chrome to ā€˜incognito’ and other browsers to ā€˜private’ mode’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/29/google-lawsuit-settlement-incognito-mode #privacy #dataprotection #surveillance #tech #google
Google agrees to settle $5bn lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked users

Plaintiffs allege their activity was tracked even when they set Chrome to ā€˜incognito’ and other browsers to ā€˜private’ mode

The Guardian
@thechattygardener I was on track until the garden got flooded by Babet. (A ditch overflowed and ran straight through the garden and water ran off the field behind). I have been stalled ever since as the soil is still saturated. The plan now is to use pots and get it done this week.
So, I’ve been planting more and more drought tolerant plants in my garden over the last few years. Today the garden was flooded as the ditch that runs through a pipe at the back of our land couldn’t cope with the flood water and flowed directly over the garden. We’ve lived here since 2009 and it’s never come close to doing that before. There was also run-off from the field behind flowing straight over us. #gardening
Oaty plum gingerbread slice

A rustic traybake for any time of day. Try a square at coffee break, or with a jug of steaming custard after dinner.

BBC Good Food
@elduvelle Mine are in a greenhouse.
@elduvelle A bit of both. I took off the worst, but left those that were not badly affected.
@elduvelle
Too soon to say properly, but it’s still alive and growing.