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#Via mattie lubchansky / mattielubchansky
11:44 AM · Feb 4, 2026
"worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead."
Flock -- an automatic license-plate-reading service -- is adding tons of data sources ...
... so police could, upon scanning your license, get linked to tons more info about your life, relationships, etc
where did Flock get these additional sources of info?
they're using standard people-lookup tools and data brokers, but also ...
... info from *data breaches*
so great
@404mediaco has the story: https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
unpaywalled version: https://archive.is/GmuUk
If you've ever been interested in running a home server with a focus on privacy and sovereignty, check out this excellent work from Louis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6HqWCdk3s
Part 2 is either a long helper video or a comprehensive wiki which helps with everything from setting up your own google cloud replacements to a sever to support your connected home appliances to home theater stuff. Very recommended.
American Businessmen looking at cancer research: meh, I don't think we need this really
American Businessmen looking at a 5-slide powerpoint with a single line going up on the last slide that a twenty year old consultant made and labeled "five bazillionty dollars": give this man everything
But instead I gave some dumb string-based immutable pattern answer which barely worked.
And I'm not sure why my brain did that to me.
☹️
"sour grapes" anyhow.
This should've been my answer for this week's coding interview:
https://buff.ly/40fJqQI
And then the interviewers and I could've talked about error handling and calculating a better BUFFER_SIZE.
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