This is why criticism of Facebook and Google as "selling people's data" are not just wrong, but counterproductive. Both companies are exceptionally vigilant about protecting their users, and protecting their users' data. There is enormous benefit to the web from this vigilance.
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At the same time, the business model that powers these giants is incompatible with democracy or human freedom. Their technical competence and ethical self-righteousness has removed any restraint on instrumenting their users' lives, or selling manipulation as a service.
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The upshot is that many people at Google and Facebook devote their careers to protecting privacy, and become angry if you accuse them of not valuing that privacy, while they have built out the greatest system for surveillance and targeted manipulation the world has ever seen.
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These companies hire some of the brightest minds in the world. And bright minds excel at rationalizing. Just like any cryptographer can write a code they cannot break, every programmer can lay out a bulletproof ethical case to themselves why they should work their cushy tech job.
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Pinboard's pretty awesome, though.
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Not sure if serious, but I really do wish Maciej would get more people in his corps. The Army of One thing he has going on only scales so much, at tremendous personal cost.
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I would love to hire people on Pinboard, but for the moment I lack the means. I have hired help on the Tech Solidarity side!
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surely someone would be willing to join Pinboard at some discounted rate to help the Tech Solidarity effort?
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100% but the question is would I have the skill set he needs. But surely someone else would if I don’t. For me, it would allow me to volunteer for now in civic tech where my passion lies.
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The skill set required is being able to work with a misanthropic hermit who actively hides from responsibilities. Like so many tech problems, it comes down to human factors.
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Replying to @Pinboard @codinghorror
Still trying figure out if you are talking about me or yourself
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