German Regulators Just Outlawed Facebook's Whole Ad Business
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/
Some good news to kick off the weekend with.
‘Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia’
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy
The BBC will be releasing this short BBC Ideas piece tomorrow morning but you get a sneak peek because you’re on the fediverse ;)
PS. Note to self: learn to stare less intensely at the camera and blink more.
Interesting to see that the CIA (through In-Q-Tel) is investing in GitLab...
we value your privacy
which is why we monetize it
Me: I know about {specific trade-off}, but can we try to...
Them: No, because of {specific trade-off}.
:heavy-sigh: