Amazon wants to rule the world
We love our customers.
Amazon only your data!
Booksellers work with ~ 25% margin,
Amazon wants 60% from the publishers.
We pay fees and taxes in our city, Amazon doesn't.
We have fair working conditions, Amazon doesn't. Why do people buy books from Amazon? We have fixed prices in Germany, whether in Munich, Buxtehude or on Amazon - new books cost the same!

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#JeffBezos#Amazon #data#WorkingConditions #taxes #books

Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.

The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.

That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.

https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act

#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky

This is beyond the invasion of privacy that I'm now accustomed to.

For example, when I have to go to the Cancer Hospital for another blood draw or CT scan as part of my Oncology care....if I have to keep my phone on, or turn it on?

I start getting a new wave of Cremation services ads.

It's just not ok.

#privacy #health #cancer #data

Hubby is concerned about a recent search. He typed in "can you use".

And it auto-completed to "human shampoo on a dog"

Yes, that's what he was looking for, but he had only typed in "can you use".

We are speculating which third party app, or just all tech, is possibly ratting us out on the fact that our dog really needed a bath.

#privacy #data

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Data#Privacy#ICE#Deportation#Immigration#IRS#Tax#Trump

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
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The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Tech#Cybersecurity #Technology#Microsoft#Government#Data

𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 🔎

No worries — you can now access the 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗼, thanks to our fantastic speaker, @Lambo

Thank you to everyone who joined us and showed interest in this important topic. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 — data ethics and openness matter more than ever!

🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/15782545

#WiNoDa #openscience #data

Age verification is a goldrush for providers who don’t need certification.

The risks to the privacy and security of our sensitive personal data are high.

It didn’t need to be this way. Our digital rights should come first.

Our website explains what the UK Online Safety Act means for users and site owners with age verification ⬇️

https://www.ageverificationfacts.org.uk/

#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Online Safety Act could’ve required proper regulation of age verification providers and given us a choice.

We should be able to pick a provider with high privacy standards that can work for any and every platform. It could and should be interoperable.

Instead, we either accept what we’re given or lose access to chunks of the Internet.

#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

🚨 Breaking news: Supabase's new "Lethal Trifecta" feature ensures entire databases leak faster than a sieve 🏃‍♀️💨! With the innovative combo of LLM blunders, zero #security, and an express delivery system for #data breaches, it's a hacker's dream come true 😅🔓!
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/supabase-mcp-lethal-trifecta/ #Supabase#Lethal#Trifecta #breach #database #hacker #news#HackerNews #ngated

The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.

(Published April)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Climate#NOAA#Research #Science#Data#Weather#Trump

Dit lijkt me een goede zaak en dit is ook de manier om dit in een democratie te regelen, via een formele wet.
"Om de openbare orde effectief te kunnen handhaven, is het noodzakelijk dat de politie en de burgemeester meer gegevens uit publiek toegankelijke bronnen, kunnen verzamelen dan nu binnen het huidige wettelijke kader mogelijk is."
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/07/04/kabinet-geeft-burgemeesters-en-politie-meer-bevoegdheden-om-ernstige-verstoringen-openbare-orde-te-voorkomen
#politie #data #online #politiek