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jgmrequel

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jgmrequel··on The TikTok Ban Act, RESTRICT, will give Gov't unprecedented privacy access
Start of the twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Fynnderella1/status/1640016692305711105
jgmrequel··on Abuse prevention is tradecraft
I believe he linked to the tweet because the article is Medium members only right now instead of public.
jgmrequel··on Amazon appears to be tracking every tap on Kindle
While I'm surprised at the granularity, this seems like it would be needed at some point to generate read times and such. Kindle tells you how much time is left in a book and this is either a WAG or something based on data.
jgmrequel··on The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple
However Apple or Amazon didn't back up their claims. If Bloomberg published an article of this magnitude which could be demonstrably disproved, it'd kill Newsweek's reputation.

More importantly, think of what would be Bloomberg's reasons to publish a false story versus Amazon and Apple's reason to deny a true story.

jgmrequel··on Warner Bros Settles FTC Charges It Failed to Disclose It Paid Online Influencers
They were barred before - I think this language means next time they are caught, it'll hopefully be much worse.
jgmrequel··on US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
I'm a daily rider on the 4/5 and C lines, and I didn't see the ads for this. A semi-random sampling of my colleges where I work (upper east side) saw mixed knowledge about the tests.
jgmrequel··on US government conducted airflow tests on NYC subway to understand bioterror risk
I am curious to find out how many reports they got from riders who saw the researchers. I know that if I saw someone releasing gas like in the picture in the article, I'd quickly find someone to talk to about it.

That said, hopefully they can validate models which will provide optimum locations for detectors, as well as action plans once a detection occurs, such as kill all cars near the detection and change venting airflows.