ETHICS

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Apple Prohibits Public Speaking for Employees at Conferences

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@scobleizer

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21 April 2026 20h38

It is a fireable offense to try to talk in public. Apple employees aren't allowed to speak at conferences. At the first iPhone developer camp there was only one and she wasn't allowed to identify herself as working for Apple. Great point!

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Workers Training AI for Their Own Replacement

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@tunguz

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21 April 2026 18h53

They are using their workers to train their AI and replace them. Utterly cringe and dystopian.

Browser Fingerprinting Enables Tracking Without Cookies Everywhere

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21 April 2026 18h38

Princeton researchers tested the top 10,000 websites. Fingerprinting scripts on 88% of them. The EFF tested browsers directly.
83% had a fingerprint unique enough to track with no cookies at all. You do not have to visit a shady site.
You just have to open a browser.

Browser Fingerprinting: Silent Data Collection Without User Consent

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21 April 2026 18h37

Every page load broadcasts this without asking: → Screen resolution and color depth
→ Installed fonts
→ GPU model
→ Audio processing signature
→ Browser and plugins
→ Time zone and language
→ Whether you have an ad blocker
→ Canvas rendering signature
→ Battery level

Fingerprinting Bypasses GDPR and CCPA Opt-Out Protections

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21 April 2026 18h36

They tested users who had legally opted out under GDPR and CCPA.
Still fingerprinted. The opt-out covered cookies.
Fingerprinting runs underneath the law entirely. The exit door they gave you does not go where you think.

FPTrace Tool Reveals Real-Time Fingerprint-Based Ad Targeting

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21 April 2026 18h36

Texas A&M and Johns Hopkins built a tool called FPTrace. Published at the ACM Web Conference 2025. What they proved for the first time:
When your fingerprint changes, the price advertisers pay to target you changes with it. In real time. This is not passive collection. This is

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Digital Access and Democracy: Technology’s Role in Freedom

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@christinelu

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21 April 2026 18h16

You say this while studying in America tweeting on an app that your country blocks its citizens from using. Why do you get to enjoy the benefits of democracy while thinking others don’t?