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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 21 Dec 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Edward Snowden

    PS. Facebook, Google, etc., and data brokers doing the same thing as their daily business is still perfectly legal.https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/811599828484378624 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Edward SnowdenVerified account @Snowden
    Big: EU's highest court (ECJ) declares UK's mandatory logging of everyone's communications to be unlawful. Details: https://medium.com/@privacyint/press-release-landmark-ruling-by-european-court-could-render-the-uk-governments-new-snoopers-e7caff2b59e7#.avyqg2mnc … pic.twitter.com/tgZ9VooXOT
    11:58 PM - 21 Dec 2016
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    • LevelNewsOrg Joseph Ratliff David Bermejo Reuben Taylor Miles debo@mastodon.social (((tometaxu))) triplenickel ¯\_(ツ)_ bethany
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      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        In 2017, if you want the unfettered ability to spy on people, don’t join a secret service; create a Silicon Valley startup.

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      1. Christian Panton‏ @christianpanton 22 Dec 2016
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        which in turn will be the next place gov's will go data-hunting.

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      2. Giorgio Sironi  🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @giorgiosironi 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @__debo oh really, Google and Facebook know your whole browser history?

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      3. debo@mastodon.social‏ @__debo 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @giorgiosironi

        surely they don't know mine, maybe yours... /cc @aral

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      4. Giorgio Sironi  🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @giorgiosironi 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @__debo @aral

        the NSA does.. not US citizens after all

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      5. debo@mastodon.social‏ @__debo 22 Dec 2016
        Replying to @giorgiosironi

        how can they know my Facebook history when I'm not on Facebok? Anyway, that's not the point here... /cc @aral

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      6. Giorgio Sironi  🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @giorgiosironi 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @__debo @aral

        Google has AdSense to try, but making telcos log your browser history is what the snoopers' charter is about

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      7. debo@mastodon.social‏ @__debo 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @giorgiosironi

        which is what we are talking about, one it's ok but the other apparently not @aral

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      1. Fabian Blechschmidt‏ @Fabian_ikono 22 Dec 2016
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        @Snowden no, it is client side, so you can do something against (if you are part of the competent elite,- I know 😢) but big difference

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      1. Supra‏ @Super__Cyan 22 Dec 2016
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        I fear that everyone is getting carried away with this judgment (not even bearing in mind corporate surveillance).

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