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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 27, 2026

English – The Conversation | Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient by Sandra Matz, Professor of Business, Columbia University AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The article argues that privacy is not dead; it has simply become inconvenient because tech companies make it easy to surrender personal data in exchange for immediate benefits such as navigation, recommendations, and ride‑hailing services. While many users justify this trade‑off with the “it’s worth it” or “I have nothing to hide” fallacies, the author explains that the hidden risks—ranging from profiling that reveals sensitive health or political information to the potential misuse of data by future regimes—far outweigh the superficial conveniences. Because reading and understanding every privacy policy is unrealistic for most people, the burden of protection must shift from individuals to systemic safeguards: stronger privacy‑by‑design standards, restrictive default settings, decentralized technologies like federated learning, and collective governance models such as data trusts. Ultimately, the solution lies in building trustworthy systems that preserve privacy without sacrificing convenience. Read more: https://theconversation.com/privacy-isnt-dead-its-just-that-tech-companies-have-made-it-inconvenient-278278 #BigTech #BigData #Federatedlearning #Datatrusts #Privacy_by_design

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@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu · Oct 30, 2023

Total Trust - Totales Vertrauen #Film Wenn das die Gegenwart ist, wie sieht dann unsere Zukunft aus? "Was passiert, wenn der Schutz unserer #Privatsphäre missachtet wird? Wie umfassend sind die aus Big Data gewonnen Informationen über unsere Aktivitäten und Überzeugungen, Abneigungen, Vorlieben und Gewohnheiten? Lässt sich sicherstellen, dass diese Daten nicht in die falschen Hände geraten? Sind sie vielleicht schon in den falschen Händen? „Total Trust“ ist ein zutiefst beunruhigender und bewegender Film über die unheimliche Macht von #BigData und #KI, über ihren Gebrauch und Missbrauch im öffentlichen wie im privaten Leben, über Zensur und Selbstzensur. Anhand eindringlicher Schicksale von Menschen in China, die überwacht, eingeschüchtert und sogar gefoltert wurden, erzählt „Total Trust“ von den Gefahren aktueller Technologien in den Händen einer ungezügelten Macht. Mit China als Spiegel schlägt der Film Alarm: Der zunehmende Einsatz von digitalen Überwachungstools ist längst ein globales Phänomen – auch in demokratisch geführten Ländern." (Pressetext) https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=ZDBLvJoKOtY #Überwachung #Technology #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Antireport #Hamburg #Hansaplatz #Autoritarisierung

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@paka@mastodon.scot · Apr 12, 2026

Switzerland Ends #Palantir Contract Over #Data #Sovereignty Risks - #Cybersecurity

#Switzerland’s decision to discontinue the use of Palantir is not a #technology story.

It’s a #risk management story. The platform was not rejected because it failed to perform. On the contrary, it delivered advanced data fusion and operational insight.

It was rejected because the residual sovereignty risk was considered unacceptable.

#security #BigData #insecure #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism

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@paka@mastodon.scot · Apr 12, 2026

This case shows the growing dilemma that many countries now face. In a global supply chain economy, the most capable #digital #platforms are rarely national

They are built, operated, updated, and legally #governed elsewhere

For #sensitive domains such as #defense, #intelligence, #public #safety, and #critical #infrastructure, this creates a structural tension between performance and control.

https://zendata.security/2026/02/14/switzerland-ends-palantir-contract-over-data-sovereignty-risks/

#BigData #privacy #security #corruption #dictators

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Márton Salomváry

@mrc@mastodon.berlin · Mar 27, 2026

I might have said this earlier but worth repeating. DuckDB is freaking amazing! Today I worked on a 56G TSV file containing 55 million rows of JSON serialized documents (all of OpenLibrary editions). I can query this file including filtering on nested JSON structures and most queries complete in a few dozen seconds worst case, but I can also create derived indexes to bring down query times to milliseconds. All in memory on an M1 Mac with 64GB RAM. #DuckDB #OpenLibrary #BigData

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