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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 20 Dec 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted TechCrunch

    Just a little reminder that we block Oracle (& others) from tracking you across the web with Better (https://better.fyi )https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/811459699409387520 …

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    Oracle senior staffer resigns after CEO joins Trump transition team http://tcrn.ch/2ibY9Wz 
    11:43 PM - 20 Dec 2016
    • 12 Retweets
    • 19 Likes
    • Tom Lange 🇩🇰🇪🇺 LevelNewsOrg Rebecca Parker, LICSW library militant Dr Jehan Kanga 🌈 chill innovation laissez faire 🥧 Paula-Bianca Gaetos 🥧 Daniel Schutzsmith
    3 replies 12 retweets 19 likes
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      2.  👀‏ @jasonfesta 20 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @TechCrunch your device does? Why would this matter to a normal user?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jasonfesta @typeoh @TechCrunch

        I don’t understand the question. (And what’s “a normal user”? It matters to people who want to protect their privacy) :)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4.  👀‏ @jasonfesta 20 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @TechCrunch

        question is how you block Oracle from me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jasonfesta @typeoh @TechCrunch

        Ah, gotcha. Of course we can’t block them if you don’t have Better/outside the browser, I didn’t attend Hogwarts :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6.  👀‏ @jasonfesta 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @TechCrunch

        the sales data that hits Oracle via api is insane. Assume they don't even know what they have.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @jasonfesta @typeoh @TechCrunch

        Indeed + they’ve bought at least one company that I know of that bridges offline/online data.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8.  👀‏ @jasonfesta 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @TechCrunch

        I am want to start "the right click", a method where all tech can provide a way to learn why it works

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Anthony Fox-Davies‏ @AFDIT 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        better looks nice. Can I run it on android and chrome (on Osx)? Also how do you open source the code to prove you do as you say?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @AFDIT

        Hey Anthony, thanks :) Better is a native blocker on iOS & macOS and so only works in Safari. Source code:https://source.ind.ie/better 

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. laissez faire‏ @kittekat4 21 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @TechCrunch good. I want to block everything. I want full privacy

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