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Ranjith Raj Vasam
@ranjithraj
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Thinker, Ambivert, Omnivore.75 KGs of Star Dust.Unraveling the mysteries of life, curiously engages in connecting the dots.
Ranjith RajThe novelty of the Internet platform boom has mostly worn off.
The #BigTech #GAFAM (#Google, #Amazon, #Facebook, #Apple, #Microsoft) and #Twitter are among the world’s most valued companies, people are starting to hold them more accountable for the impact of their actions on the real world.
From the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal to the transparency of Apple’s supply chain, it’s clear that big tech companies are under higher scrutiny. Unsurprisingly, much of this concern stems around one key currency that tech companies leverage for their own profitability: personal data.
Read More:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/heres-what-the-big-tech-companies-know-about-you-2/
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The #BigTech #GAFAM (#Google, #Amazon, #Facebook, #Apple, #Microsoft) and #Twitter are among the world’s most valued companies, people are starting to hold them more accountable for the impact of their actions on the real world.
From the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal to the transparency of Apple’s supply chain, it’s clear that big tech companies are under higher scrutiny. Unsurprisingly, much of this concern stems around one key currency that tech companies leverage for their own profitability: personal data.
Read More:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/heres-what-the-big-tech-companies-know-about-you-2/
data-tech-companies.png
Joseph Nuthalapati 
Pleroma isn't currently using a Weblate server for translations.
I have imported the translations for Pleroma-FE into a Weblate instance maintained by @swecha
https://l10n.swecha.org/projects/pleroma/pleroma-fe/
I've started translating the project into Telugu. Please feel free to sign up and add translations for other languages too. Translations can be exported to JSON for merge requests.
This instance has a few machine translation integrations enabled as well.
Mozilla PunjabBiometric surveillance and Right to Privacy by @ranjithraj
@mozilla @MozPunjab #mozilla #TechForDemocracy #Privacy #MozPunjab https://t.co/kUvfDg4W75
@mozilla @MozPunjab #mozilla #TechForDemocracy #Privacy #MozPunjab https://t.co/kUvfDg4W75
FreedomBoxThe Times of India story about #FreedomBox has gotten a lot of people excited about #FreedomBox in rural India.
If you want to learn more about this topic, check out this excellent presentation by Joseph Nuthalapati (@njoseph) and Sudhamsh Kandukuri at ThoughtWorks XConf 2018 in Bangalore, India:
"Digital Empowerment in Rural India - powered by FreedomBox"
https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/3cd45772-e177-4221-a66a-f8a796e0826c
Digital Empowerment in Rural India - powered by FreedomBox, XConf 2018, India
Ecologia DigitalJeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of his #Privacy as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State For Everyone Else
"If #Bezos were the victim of #surveillancestate abuses, it would be scandalous and dangerous. It would also be deeply ironic because #Amazon is a critical partner for the USGov in building an ever-more invasive, militarized and sprawling #surveillance state."
Aral BalkanGerman 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.
SEALIRLCan we get similar analogy of around what percent of data surveillance is done by #GAFAM?
GAFAM = Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft.
/cc @aral
World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam.
