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When you're "deleting" things from services like Google Drive, it's better to think of what you're doing as "hiding things from yourself". It's unlikely that Google actually deleted that data in a way that prevents them from accessing it.
Or was I banned because I insulted a "business" model that ycombinator is watering at the mouth to cash in on?
..or is it because I said truthful/unflattering things about Coinbase?
That said, I would never willingly fly this thing or a Robinson, so I guess I'll never have to deal with either situation.
That's without even getting into the safety issues with this thing that are being conveniently glossed over in the marketing material, which would lead anyone who didn't know better to think a BRS is some kind of foolproof sure thing.
Maybe they're just trying to avoid being faster than Bitcoin.
They're the solution to the problem of "How do I redirect millions or billions of dollars of other peoples' money into my bank account while doing very little actual work?".
I find this particularly amusing when it's directed at people who have been involved with Bitcoin from the very beginning.
>>>> Apple >>>>> Microsoft >^∞ Amazon > Google >>>>>>>> Facebook
None of these companies are trustworthy, but Apple's business model doesn't require them to be quite as untrustworthy as the others to get your money. Microsoft is quickly headed down the ladder with their difficult to avoid or disable telemetry and an OS that spits ads in your face. Amazon is close to becoming Google's equal on this list with their "Alexa in all of the things" push. Facebook is run by Mark Zuckerberg, who acts as an anchor to keep it firmly planted at the bottom of the list.
They were the types of people who could make any social interaction feel like an MLM pitch.
I'm sure "by skin color" will be an option as well.
Also note "strengthened marketing" and "customer counting" being listed as selling points on the airport scenario of a "citywide surveillance" system.
On another note, I find it's useful to mentally replace the term "smart" with "surveillance" to figure out the true purpose of these things.
So smart.
Much of the progress in society is possible only because previous generations eventually die off. What happens when that's no longer the case?
It's also incomplete. No offense, but it honestly looks like someone tried to copy and paste a privacy policy from somewhere else, but didn't get the whole thing. It ends at "Security", with nothing beneath - not that any of what was above provided much information to begin with.
Such as signing them up for a Facebook account, or having their schools force them to use Google hardware and services that track everything they do?
You're still using and supporting Facebook services, then.
> I want to work at google because I want to work with the people there who are just the smartest people around
Be careful with that kool-aid, it's toxic in high doses.
If that's their idea of "motivational speaking", there's a whole new set of problems.
The sad thing is, your story seems to be the rule and not the exception these days. I fear for a future run by people who grew up being constantly sheltered and hidden away from the world around them, while being "raised" by Facebook/Google/etc.
I hope these parents are prepared to keep taking care of their "kids" well into their 30s, because no kid who was kept locked up until age 18 is going to be anywhere near prepared to venture out on their own before then.