profcarroll

profcarroll, 11 days ago to random

Trump appointed judges: Let’s wait.

Non-Trump appointed judges: Let’s do this.

Any questions?

profcarroll, 20 days ago to ai

Same principle as my case against Cambridge Analytica in 2019: an inadequate SAR and the UK authorities agreed but the SCL companies liquidated. Sam Altman can’t wind-up OpenAI so easily and also Max Schrems gets results. #GDPR #AI #Privacy https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/28/chatgpt-gdpr-complaint-noyb/

profcarroll, 25 days ago to privacy

Updated on Kenya’s investigation into Worldcoin (Sam Altman’s dystopian eyeball scanning crypto scheme-scam) for serious violations of Data Protection laws and much more. #privacy https://www.techpolicy.press/five-things-to-learn-from-kenyas-inquiry-into-worldcoins-activities-in-the-country/

profcarroll, 1 month ago to random

Why does our society have absolutely zero tolerance for engineering flaws in airplanes and bridges but accepts pretty much everything else as tolerable dysfunction?

profcarroll, 2 months ago to privacy

New @kashhill on the privacy nightmare that is your car; if only we had some kind of data protection here in the US to get a handle on the wild west of data brokers like LexisNexus who supply insurers with our driving telematics. #GiftLink #Privacy #cars
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.NEsf.gtBwqfOzLyVx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

profcarroll, 2 months ago to random

um double swiping a rewards card on a gas pump is the laziest programmer mode idea ever #clickbait https://futurism.com/the-byte/free-gas-glitch

profcarroll, 3 months ago to random

Found an ad on Reddit just now and wow WTAF

profcarroll, 3 months ago to random

Claremont Institute exposé #giftlink if you need one; might need a shower after reading https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/20/us/dei-woke-claremont-institute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk0.UBvJ.OFE35KjzHy7D&

profcarroll, 4 months ago to random

I’m so curious what next generations will discover about today’s oldies and reinvigorate. What happens when gen Z discovers the majestic genius of 20th century American Jazz?

profcarroll, 4 months ago to privacy

FTC slams Outlogic, a data broker that enables location targeting of reproductive healthcare facilities and worse. #privacy #uspol https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ftc-settlement-bars-data-broker-selling-sensitive-location-info-rcna133142

profcarroll, 4 months ago to random

substack: “Very Fine People on Both sides” As-a-Service

profcarroll, 5 months ago to fediverse

I disagree with lots of this article* but nonetheless it looks like an editor at @theverge is banking on #ActivityPub to help reboot the internet.

• (#privacy does matter, it is the product and the #fediverse name is just fine my dude, get over yourself) https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

Under pressure from regulators, Adobe abandons its acquisition of Figma, the trendy UX tool. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005996/adobe-figma-acquisition-abandoned-termination-fee

profcarroll, 5 months ago to Netflix

Wild. #TheGreatHack (2019) was watched for <checks notes> 900,000 hours globally in the first half of 2023 according to #Netflix’s recent #DataDump. #WhatWeWatched https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-a-netflix-engagement-report

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

More details emerge on Threads fediverse integration which will roll out in stages over the course of the year https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/15/24003435/adam-mosseri-threads-fediverse-plans

mmasnick, 5 months ago to random

As I understand it, Meta has a phased rollout plan regarding ActivityPub. Its efforts today are little more than effectively reposting a few Threads accounts to ActivityPub, but it will start adding features for tighter integration throughout the course of next year. https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

profcarroll, 5 months ago to threads

Even though I know that Zuck knowingly lied to the whole world about when he knew about Cambridge Analytica, https://federate.social will not be preemptively blocking #threads, instead letting members continue to control their own instance blocks. #mastoadmin

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

Who has been the most effective at dismantling the far-right digital grift machine? Meet @nandoodles who has been profiled by @taylorlorenz (disclosure: I’m on the board) #GiftLink https://wapo.st/3v6igji

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

SEC Depositions finally unsealed from the Facebook Cambridge Analytica investigation confirm that Mark Zuckerberg knowingly lied to Congress and the public about when and what he knew. Thank you @zamaan #FOIA #RFOB https://rfob.medium.com/rfob-uncovers-never-before-seen-zuckerberg-deposition-in-lawsuit-against-sec-sec-meta-continue-to-677996d04186

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

NEW: Top dis/misinfo researcher Joan Donovan files whistleblower complaint in Mass. against Harvard for allegedly thwarting her research to appease Meta/Facebook as a donor. https://wapo.st/3Nb5tm8

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

Notorious Anti-LGBTQ crusaders and book banning Moms for Liberty founder and wife of Florida GOP chair is…wait for it…

Bisexual
https://flcga.org/florida-gop-chair-christian-ziegler-husband-of-a-moms-for-liberty-cofounder-accused-of-battery-by-alleged-menage-a-trois-lover/

profcarroll, 5 months ago to random

Folks, it’s the equation to Musk’s whole strategy:

X = G F Y