This is a technical piece, but summary: letting your web browser remember passwords for you allows websites to track you in ways you don’t expect. Disable that function and use something like 1password instead. https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/12/27/no-boundaries-for-user-identities-web-trackers-exploit-brow...
A devastating, desperately sad story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/teen-charged-with-killing-girlfriends-parents-the...
In so many cases, "targeting" is really discrimination. The law still applies on the internet. https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-ads-age-discrimination-targeting
Net neutrality is about freedom. That’s why we need to keep it. My piece: https://words.werd.io/heres-why-net-neutrality-is-a-freedom-of-speech-issue-eabf99179076?source=link...
Find the perfect podcast for you and your love ones. This is really cool. https://pod.cards/?691oXZ
Net neutrality isn't a technical issue. It's all about freedom of speech. Here's why you need to care. https://words.werd.io/heres-why-net-neutrality-is-a-freedom-of-speech-issue-eabf99179076
Trust in the media is declining, you say ... https://theoutline.com/post/2563/how-brands-secretly-buy-their-way-into-forbes-fast-company-and-huff...
I sincerely wish I could kill the part of my brain that tells me I'll never be good enough and reminds me all the reasons why. I think it's always going to be whispering at me somewhere in the background; the trick is to keep it there.
Looking for a technical cofounder? Here's how I think you could go about it. https://words.werd.io/searching-for-a-technical-cofounder-7ffd401c04b4
The Post sounds like a solidly good movie. Brave of this reporter to break the press embargo. https://medium.com/@SaraJBenincasa/an-honest-review-of-the-post-ca4026e3e430?source=linkShare-3b1640...
Things I’ve read about the UK this morning:
It’s about to have the greatest fall in living standards in 60 years
MPs voted that animals can’t feel pain
Scottish cities are losing their ability to receive European cultural designations
What’s going on over there? (Rhetorical.)
I believe in web principles as a symbol of freedom online (although the web as a technology needs to continue to evolve and change). Gatekeepers should not be the future. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/15/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-net-neutrality
If the tech industry can’t collect data responsibly and be good stewards of user privacy, government may step in. https://www.wired.com/story/al-franken-just-gave-the-speech-big-tech-has-been-dreading
Interesting statement from Sean Parker. This is going to become a bigger and bigger issue. https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-unloads-on-facebook-2508036343.html
"We're not just designing software anymore, we're designing minds." http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/marketplace-phones-1.4384876
If you have an election in your area today, please vote. The world needs you.
Of course, these donut heads would never build better infrastructure or consider creating anything that actually helped real people live.
Super-cool! We survive as a community. https://bsos.umd.edu/featuredstory/3347
Well, this is pretty terrible on all kinds of levels. Democracy deserves more. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774
Counterintuitively, liberty needs structure to thrive. If a small group of people have resources and choose the rules, the rest aren’t free.
The world needs more humanist technologists and fewer technical determinists.
Tear down the new institutions. They're just like the old ones. https://words.werd.io/tear-down-the-new-institutions-91516b868a2c
The entire internet depends on open source software, but we have to do better. https://words.werd.io/why-open-source-software-isnt-as-ethical-as-you-think-it-is-2e34d85c3b16
Why do people leave tech? This is an important report. We need new kinds of companies with safer cultures. http://www.kaporcenter.org/tech-leavers/
Some thoughts on finding a technical cofounder (or evaluating a non-technical one). https://words.werd.io/searching-for-a-technical-cofounder-7ffd401c04b4
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