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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 May 25

    According to the @washingtonpost, the value to its business of violating your human right to privacy is $30/year. #SurveillanceCapitalismpic.twitter.com/GMwrbLfJB0

    12:59 AM - 25 May 2018
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      2. Alexander Hanff‏ @alexanderhanff May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        Sooo another unlawful requirement - in order to protect your privacy you suffer a detriment of $30 per year, this is not compliant with #GDPR

        1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 25
        Replying to @alexanderhanff @washingtonpost

        What is interesting here is they admit they can provide the service without violating your privacy but choose to violate your privacy by default without further payment. Will be interesting to see what enforcement this will garner. 1st plan isn’t GDPR-compliant. CC @PaulNemitz

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Alexander Hanff‏ @alexanderhanff May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost @PaulNemitz

        Anyone know of *any* EU based news/media sites which are #GDPR/#ePrivacy compliant? I can't think of a single one off the top of my head... cc @maxschrems (Max you planning on taking on media as well?)

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. Henry‏ @rndblue May 25
        Replying to @alexanderhanff @aral and

        EU-Media is huge issue. I just visited the top 20 pages according to this website (https://www.4imn.com/topEurope/ ) and nearly all had a cookie banner or no banner at all. The only compliant looking sites: https://www.mirror.co.uk/  and https://www.express.co.uk/  #GDPR

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      6. Alexander Hanff‏ @alexanderhanff May 25
        Replying to @rndblue @aral and

        Neither Mirror or Express are lawful - they all launch a shit load of cookies before the user consents (before the banner is even shown) - completely unlawful under 2002/58 Art. 5(3) #privacy

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Henry‏ @rndblue May 25
        Replying to @alexanderhanff @aral and

        Oh, wow. I just checked the visual consent gathering. The media outlets have a long way to go.

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      2. btc 'cash' fork‏ @btcfork May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        Screenshot says $90 / yr ...

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 25
        Replying to @btcfork @washingtonpost

        Yep, which is $30/year difference with the subscription plan where they continue to violate your privacy.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. btc 'cash' fork‏ @btcfork May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        Ah oh, got it. Thanks 500 bits @tipprbot

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      1. Doc Searls‏ @dsearls May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        I'm writing about this and need to know all the details. Has anybody unpacked it fully yet? Anyone from @washingtonpost explaining their side, whatever it is? Let me know here or by DM. Thanks! #privacy #journalism #gdpr

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      1. Peter van Grieken‏ @petervangrieken May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        Privacy is more and more something that you can only keep if you can afford it.

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      1.  😄 sascha‏ @codevoodoo May 25
        Replying to @aral @washingtonpost

        Finally there's a price tag for that

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