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To say the entire media has bungled the story is disingenuous. Go look at other articles that don't mention CA or any other political scandal[2]. This is a real non-story.
[1] https://outline.com/rBfeXn
[2] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez...
They are not completely absolved of blame because they should be monitoring for personal data (somehow), but the app developers should be to blame more using this data without users' knowledge.
Now if Facebook were to use this data for their own purposes, we'd have (another) real scandal on our hands.
Very important reading: https://www.amazon.com/Price-Privilege-Advantage-Generation-...
FTA: Notwithstanding these warnings, in December 2010, Hobby Lobby executed an agreement to purchase over 5,500 Artifacts, comprised of cuneiform tablets and bricks, clay bullae and cylinder seals, for $1.6 million. The acquisition of the Artifacts was fraught with red flags. For example, Hobby Lobby received conflicting information where the Artifacts had been stored prior to the inspection in the UAE. Further, when the Artifacts were presented for inspection to Hobby Lobby’s president and consultant in July 2010, they were displayed informally. In addition, Hobby Lobby representatives had not met or communicated with the dealer who purportedly owned the Artifacts, nor did they pay him for the Artifacts. Rather, following instructions from another dealer, Hobby Lobby wired payment for the Artifacts to seven personal bank accounts held in the names of other individuals.
Seems there is no end to this cycle
Recently I started making my own with a recipe similar to what was posted here (but mostly from Ken Forkish's book The Elements of Pizza), and I'm pretty happy with the results so far. It's at least something to hold me over until trips home.
What exactly is a revelation here?
Once you realize that, you're free.
Even if you don't have a family, people don't want to sleep outside.
I highly recommend downloading this extension for websites with crappy overlays like this one!
> our government should be doing what it can to boost our economy in a long-term fashion while ensuring our freedom and safety. If that involves an overreaching security group, so be it.
If you trust the government with that much power I suppose this whole issue over surveillance seems quaint to you. Most people however would like to have some input over the powers wielded by their government. Something about a 'for the people, by the people' type thing.