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Facebook & Google, Innovation in Violation (Update Episode)
Tech Tho(ugh)ts
English - May 07, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 20.7 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Season 3) Episode 15
Is it that time again? You bet'cha! Google and Facebook have been announcing some new projects lately- all of which you should avoid. Why is that? Well, simple- nothing's changed, and neither of them have your best interests in mind.
Check if you're affected by FLoC here: https://amifloced.org/
Sources are available on our website, as always.
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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH
Is it that time again? You bet’cha! Google and Facebook have been announcing some new projects lately- all of which you should avoid. Why is that? Well, simple- nothing’s changed, and neither of them have your best interests in mind.
Check if you’re affected by FLoC here: https://amifloced.org/
Sources:
Facebook Data Leaks:
Business Insider, 3 April 2021, “533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online“TechCrunch, 4 September 2019, “A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online“
Mark Zuckerberg on Section 230 Reform:
TheHill, 24 March 2021, “Facebook’s Zuckerberg proposes conditional Section 230 reforms“The Week, 24 March 2021, “Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reforms — but they may help Facebook“
Android sending more data than iOS:
Google’s killing the third-party cookie & FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts):
Statista.com, Accessed 14 April 2021, “Revenue of Google from 1st quarter 2008 to 4th quarter 2020”CNBC, 14 January 2020, “Google plans to kill support for third-party cookies that track you all over the internet”Electronic Frontier Foundation, 3 March 2021, “Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea“Electronic Frontier Foundation, 30 March 2021, “Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.“
Website: https://techthoughts.gay
Instagram: https://instagram.com/techthoughtspodcast/
Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH