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Reply to comment by booksfoodfun in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127

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bobartig t1_jdr8f5n wrote

Reply to Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo

White Castle just got dinged for a multi-million dollar amount for their fingerprint scanning employee tracker tech that sent biometric data to a third party in Illinois. Currently, Illinois' BIPA is the strongest and most enforced biometric law on the books in the US, but a few other states have them winding through the legislature (there are a few other niche laws, like NY and I think NJ regulate facial recognition use by residential management/landlords).

Even the big players with access to sophisticated lawyers are messing this up, and the legal landscape is only becoming more perilous. In the era of "big data distrust", I don't see why Panera thinks this is the way to go over a token on an app, or something that goes into a digital wallet.

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seanrbrantley t1_jdr6yme wrote

Reply to The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127

She’s onto something though because I’ll have some random shit like shrek go through my mind, not speak a word about it, no type a word about it, just have a thought, and it’ll be shoved in my face later that day by some streaming service or website. Shits freaky

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BenContre t1_jdr5jx5 wrote

Reply to Silicon Valley Elites Are Afraid. History Says They Should Be by Mynameis__--__

Some (not all!) people in tech have absolutely no connection with humanity. They are wizards in their technical field. Narrowly focused. Gobbling up RSUs or whatever they’re called. Riding the stock market boom. I know bc I was this way in a field outside of tech. I also used to miss the forest from the trees.

Others outside of tech share this as well. However, the former have vastly more influence. It is terrifying for me to dawn on the realization that they have no responsibility, recognition, or appreciation for what they do impacts the lives of many.

I think of someone flipping switches and turning dials and not knowing what happens when they do this only to know in a remote part of the world (heck just down the street in SF) life is forever altered.

The Wall Street of the West. Money driven. No values. Just hoodwinked others with talk about disruption, innovation, and changing the world. Patagonia and vests instead of suits and nice shoes. Psychedelics instead of coke.

Source - time spent in Soma, DP, FiDi, Sand Hill Road.

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kariam_24 t1_jdr4p09 wrote

Reply to comment by nopower81 in U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves - over internet cables by Global_Informant

Just like you ignored in other replies, internet is basicly all fiber, what you are mentioning are just access network that connect you to your provider.

Starlink which have fiber network (look at ground stations instead of being ingorant), even without ground stations they would have to connect to other providers.

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