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As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

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Post by SilasX »

geebee wrote: post #179
JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #166

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I'd imagine the issue is more that a recent graduate doesn't necessarily know when or how much to push back

It may also be futile to try to have a meaningful concept and practice of professional ethics without professional autonomy. The ABA and AMA take a lot of heat here on HN and other libertarian-leaning forums, and some of it is deserved, since they clearly do engage in cartel-like behavior. However, it is important to remember that they have established a set of laws and practices that give the members of the professi…

This! Knowing that "this is wrong" is only half the battle. Having the political pull to actually push back and have fellow engineers behind you is the other blade of the scissors necessary to actually cut any wrongdoing.

We have a word for "when everyone who pushes back against wrongdoing must go out on a limb and do it at tremendous personal expense": Gomorrah. (I mean, in the sense of wanton immorality, not the dubious sexual mores.)

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Post by jjulius »

InGodsName wrote: post #171
jjulius wrote: post #161

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>How Zuck doesn't seem smart? Have you seen " the social network " Because watching Zuckerberg played by someone else in a dramatized Hollywood film is a great way to tell if he is smart.

Watch Zuck testifying in Capital Hill and contrast it with "The Social Network", he really acts the same way everywhere. The movie is correct potryal of his character.

You're saying that Jesse Eisenberg matching the mannerisms and manner of speaking is a good way to determine how smart Mark Zuckerberg is?

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Post by MrBra »

temp123131123 wrote: post #121
happppy wrote: post #120

Now I really doubt if whatsapp is secure, even though they say it has end-to-end encryption.

its not secure. if you have facebook app and whatsapp installed. the whatsapp can share data with the facebook app and upload it to their servers. messages on your phone are not encrypted. they are only encrypted during sending.

A good workaround for Android is installing "Friendly" in place of official FB app. Not sure if there's an iOS version too.

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crocodiletears wrote: post #116
mda wrote: post #110

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Trusting Bing, Yandex and Baidu for politically sensitive topics? Are you being sarcastic?

Hardly. I use multiple search engines specifically because I lack trust. While I'm more than likely to take the papers of record at their words, I've known more than enough police officers, journalists, and armchair philosophers to know that consciously or not, individual biases can color the processing and presentation of information. Details that may seem obvious or superfluous through one lens may not be to anothe…

I am sorry, but you just seem to be trying to find truth by reading many different lies, this in my experience, almost never works. Still, good luck.
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