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2026-04-08 20:52 UTC

Ars sat down with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson to discuss his new book, &quot;Your Data Will Be Used Against You&quot;. Really insightful interview and I&#39;ll add this to my reading list. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/how-our-digital-devices-are-putting-our-right-to-privacy-at-risk/

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@huntingdon@mstdn.social 2026-04-08 21:37

@paulknightly@mstdn.social For starters, you don't own the data you generate when driving your car. The manufacturer and its dealer use it, your insurance company and the govt have ready access to it. You? LOL. Modern cars, btw, generate enormous volumes of data. Some periodically phone home to report, using built-in cell phone-like capability. Sensors reveal number of people in the car, how active they are, use of every control, speed, direction of travel, timing and use of pedals, ad nauseum.

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@f800gecko@mastodon.online 2026-04-08 22:02

@paulknightly@mstdn.social I once spent time helping a large public entity buy enterprise-level financial case management software. Ten—'(10)' as the procurement lawyers always liked to add—or more years ago, Oracle salespeople were already telling me, 'Kyle, I'm not allowed to share details, but you would not believe the shit we can do for law enforcement with these tools...'

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