“A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. Many companies use dark pattern techniques to make it difficult to find how to delete your account. JustDelete.me aims to be a directory of urls to enable you to easily delete your account from web services.”
See also How to Delete Your Old Online Accounts (and Why You Should)
A Pushy Number: Libs’ pollster Crosby Textor granted access to 27 million unlisted mobiles
When the Coalition communications minister very quietly changed the regulations to enable access to millions of unlisted mobiles for ‘political research, the Liberal Party’s pollster Crosby Textor was quick out of the blocks with an application to access the database, writes Jommy Tee.
License-Plate Scans Aid Crime-Solving but Spur Little Privacy Debate WSJ
The Learning Loop by
1. Experience
2. Reflection
3. Abstraction/Lesson
4. Action
"This process creates a feedback loop so that you are continuously adapting and learning from your (or others) experiences."
NEWS YOU CAN USE: A Quick Guide To Free Speech And Avoiding Big Tech Online.
PROTESTING IN THE AGE OF MASS SURVEILLANCE.
The New York Times Editorial Board – Using an opt-in approach will help curb the excesses of Big Tech. “Despite what corporations profess, much of this personal data is used not to improve products themselves, but to make those products more attractive to advertisers. One straightforward solution is to let people opt in to data collection on apps and websites. Today, with few exceptions, loads of personal data are collected automatically by default unless consumers take action to opt out of the practice — which, in most cases, requires dropping the service entirely. Virginia recently had the opportunity to extend firmer data protection rights to its residents. But the state’s Consumer Data Protection Act, signed into law this month, is a business-friendly package, supported by Amazon and Microsoft, that puts the onus on consumers to opt out of most data collection, except for the most sensitive personal details. Washington State lawmakers are advancing similar legislation. Corporations say opt-out provisions put control into the hands of consumers. But users are no more likely to switch off data collection than they are to read through the onerous and lengthy terms and conditions policies that litter the web. Many companies bury their data collection controls deep within their websites. Even if consumers can find them, their choices most likely don’t apply to a company’s subsidiaries or affiliates. Because of how personal data is shared, “there could be thousands or hundreds of thousands of companies that have data on you,” said Stacey Gray, senior counsel at the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. “Users, however, typically do not change their default settings even when it means their data is being collected.”..
SEO MBA – Avoid slide-crimes with these 5 concepts for more effective presentations – I worked at Google for two years, and in that time I learned nothing about SEO – instead I spent two years putting presentations together. Turns out this is a rather useful skill. In the SEO industry there’s an abundance of presentations – but a lot of what you get exposed to are conference presentations. These are great, but they have a very different style from corporate presentations. They tend to use GIFs, memes, and entertainment as a way to keep you engaged. It’s a performative way of presenting information – where the goal is to keep you engaged from start to finish. In the corporate world, however, the point of a presentation is typically to convince the decision-maker of your point as quickly and clearly as possible. Since most of these are happening inside companies and aren’t posted on slideshare, we get exposed to these presentations less frequently. When you think of a good corporate presentation, you might think of something that needs to be visual. A quick Google provides me with a “consulting slide template” that looks like this: Now, don’t get me wrong, I love making pretty slides, and working at Google taught me to be pretty good at it. But that’s not the key to effective presentations. Instead, it’s about how compelling your argument is and how clearly you can make your point. When you’re putting together a presentation, you need to be laser-focused on the clear, concise and credible aspects of executive presence so here’s 5 lessons for making more effective presentations:
Every slide should have a single key point – this might be something like “Organic traffic is increasing” or “The recent algorithm update drove 20% decline in traffic”. Once you decide on the single point of the presentation, everything should be oriented around that key point. The biggest slide-crime I see is generic slide titles. People think that presentations need logical flow, and if we’re going to talk about site speed, we should title the slide like a book chapter…”
“There are reasons to think that the view from the deathbed is worse, not better, than the view from the midst of life” — Neil Levy (Oxford) on the idea that those close to death have special insight into what makes for a good life
What’s good about philosophy and what philosophy is good at — a conversation with me about these and related issues on “Brain in a Vat”
Can you name an ancient woman philosopher? Great. Now name five more. — Dawn LaValle Norman (Australian Catholic) can help you out
Coming soon: a tool for the accurate machine-reading of medieval Latin texts — learn more about it and attend a training session on how to use it this week (via Bob Pasnau)
Perhaps it should have been “Immanuel and the Purple Crayon” — Marshall Thompson (FSU) looks at philosophical themes in children’s books
“He’s got the instincts of a grand unifier” and “the heart of a multiplier” — the fascinating ideas of Spinoza, discussed in an interview with Sam Newlands (Notre Dame)
“When Harvard’s administrators tell Professor West that they cannot bring him up for tenure because it’s ‘too risky’ and he’s ‘too controversial,’ they completely undermine the point of tenure” — Robin D. G. Kelley (UCLA) on Cornel West, tenure, and Harvard
Notably Good Experiences with Philosophy Journals
As stories of philosophy journal horror storiescontinue to come in, one commenter made a suggestion. (more…)
After many years of experimentation, Spanish hairdresser Alexis Ferrer has developed a process for vibrant, full-color printing onto hair extensions, culminating in his recent collection, La Favorite(photographed by Rafael Andreu on model Emma Fuhrmann).
