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This is the scariest chart you'll see this week - 0 views

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  • Kevin DiVico on 14 Jun 13
     
    "These are the top 10 countries to request user data from tech companies in 2012. Guess who's leading the pack? In other national security news, The Atlantic reports "defenders of Edward Snowden's leaks got a bit trickier Wednesday afternoon, with revelations about his embarrassing past. Turns out, Snowden was once a teenager and, worse, that time period was encapsulated online.""
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What Happened to Diaspora, the 'Facebook Killer'? It's Complicated | Motherboard - 0 views

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shared by Kevin DiVico on 10 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • In Utah, the NSA builds a $2 billion data center that will, according to Wired, the agency intends to siphon “all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital ‘pocket litter.’”
  • Kevin DiVico on 10 Oct 12
     
    It's impossible to grasp the consequences or outcomes of new technology, especially when that technology is developed by a twenty-something hacker. That much was already clear in January 2010, when Mark Zuckerberg told TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington that Facebook isn't just a place to connect with your friends. It was a place to be more public than ever before. "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people. That social norm is just something that has evolved over time," he said. "But we viewed that as a really important thing, to always keep a beginner's mind and what would we do if we were starting the company now and we decided that these would be the social norms now and we just went for it."
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