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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jan 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Alec Muffett

    Let me spell it out: it’s not “secure socializing” because Facebook is analyses everything you say and do.https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/689526601835479040 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Alec Muffett @AlecMuffett
    Facebook gets built-in Tor support for secure socializing on Android http://fb.me/25zMi7naB 
    11:22 AM - 19 Jan 2016
    • 14 Retweets
    • 18 Likes
    • Roeland de Vries Gytis Repečka Swinburne Design Jelena Milosevic Lancelot PECQUET Netizen Rights Michael McCarron PPI Activism ((λ()'Dr.ArneBab))
    6 replies 14 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        I wish it wasn’t just me saying this. I wish someone from Tor would say this and not let Facebook use this as PR.https://twitter.com/aral/status/689528251664986112 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        Let me spell it out: it’s not “secure socializing” because Facebook is analyses everything you say and do. https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/689526601835479040 …
        1 reply 5 retweets 10 likes
      3. ((λ()'Dr.ArneBab))‏ @ArneBab 20 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral and just now this got retweeted by the twitter accound of the international pirate party with 22k followers.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ArneBab

        @ArneBab <3

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      1. Wessel van Rensburg‏ @wildebees 19 Jan 2016
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        @aral I would argue there is not, except for the affordances/ UX to sell attention @AlecMuffett @ow

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      1. Ain Tohvri‏ @tekkie 19 Jan 2016
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        @aral @AlecMuffett @ow it's super easy to confirm Facebook is digesting private chats for ads. Enough of an argument to see how wrong it is.

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      1. Wessel van Rensburg‏ @wildebees 19 Jan 2016
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        @aral still... saying that equates to analysing everything you say and do, is simplistic, although I grant this is Twitter.

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      1. Wessel van Rensburg‏ @wildebees 19 Jan 2016
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        @aral is there a significant difference between the code/ data required to build say a social news feed & ad platform? @AlecMuffett @ow

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      1. Pranesh Prakash‏Verified account @pranesh 19 Jan 2016
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        @aral As do some Tor exit nodes (insofar as they can), and any end point. Anonymising your IP address isn't just to escape admachines.

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