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plhetp··on Julie Rubicon (A story about Facebook's data center Enchilada and PIG)
Certainly not everything, but isn't possible that there's a correlation between what people talk about with each other and their actions. This might give a glimpse into the future (and outcome of certain things) when it comes to talent shows or elections.
plhetp··on Julie Rubicon (A story about Facebook's data center Enchilada and PIG)
Could this be true? Can Facebook really 'predict' future events?
plhetp··on Apple Says the Government Bungled Its Chance to Get That iPhone’s Data
I'm using uBlock Origin and had no problem reading the entire article. But I agree, something like Blendle* seems a great solution.

*Blendle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9453821

plhetp··on Apple vows to resist FBI demand to crack iPhone linked to San Bernardino attacks
Saw that, but this article gives a nice backstory to Apple's letter and why the FBI thinks this iPhone is significant:

"... the most recent backup took place on Oct. 19, 2015, indicating that Farook may have intentionally disabled the backup feature."

plhetp··on ‘I have nothing to hide’ is killing the privacy argument
I agree. You can't battle the information overload with books, since they aren't as available as the internet for the entire world population.
plhetp··on ‘I have nothing to hide’ is killing the privacy argument
Theoretically I think it's great to live in a society were everyone can be themselves, without the need to 'fit in' with everyone else. To be able to do everything you truly want, without having to worry about what others might think. But I think that such a society isn't possible in the real world, since we tend to judge each other in a matter of seconds. I believe that if everyone knows everything about me, that doesn't make them judge me on the whole me, but only on the things that stand out. Just because I like to 'things' in my own home, doesn't mean that i'd like my colleagues to know about it. Or Facebook. Or the government.

It should always be my own decision (freedom of choice) to make something public.