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Month: April 2023

Media: Stupid story spin of the day

Media: Stupid story spin of the day

The media twists this story into a pretzel to attempt to create divisiveness. “Millennials are desperate to buy a home – but cash-flush boomers are standing in their way”. Take a look at the actual data – this is standard B.S. journalism.

Study: 99% of U.S. hospitals leak your access data to 3rd parties

Study: 99% of U.S. hospitals leak your access data to 3rd parties

A new study found that 99% of U.S. hospitals employed online data trackers in 2021 that transmitted visitors’ information to a broad network of outside parties, including major technology companies, data brokers, and private equity firms. Source: Hospitals pledge to protect patient privacy, but websites leak data

Media, Economy lacking context: “Bank of Canada Hikes Hitting Immigrants and Millennials Hard”

Media, Economy lacking context: “Bank of Canada Hikes Hitting Immigrants and Millennials Hard”

This “report” lacks critical context: Millennials and immigrants are bearing the brunt of the Bank of Canada’s aggressive interest-rate hikes. But baby boomers who own their homes outright aren’t likely to be feeling the pinch. A generational wealth gap is at the root of the contrasting experiences of these cohorts. Source: Interest Rates: Bank of Canada Hikes Hitting Immigrants and Millennials Hard – Bloomberg Baby boomers had it pretty bad when they were young: The “baby boomers” were hit even…

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Privacy: Clearview AI stole 30 billion photos from Facebook and put them into a digital Police Line up DB

Privacy: Clearview AI stole 30 billion photos from Facebook and put them into a digital Police Line up DB

A controversial facial recognition database, used by police departments across the nation, was built in part with 30 billion photos the company scraped from Facebook and other social media users without their permission, the company’s CEO recently admitted, creating what critics called a “perpetual police line-up,” even for people who haven’t done anything wrong. Source: Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a ‘perpetual police line-up’ The photos were stolen without…

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