From chema at rinzewind.org Wed Dec 5 17:22:45 2018 From: chema at rinzewind.org (=?utf-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9=20Mar=C3=ADa=20Mateos?=) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:22:45 -0500 Subject: Facebook's seized files published by MPs - BBC News Message-ID: <1544026965.227045.1599866520.3C0706D9@webmail.messagingengine.com> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46456695 Highlights from the documents: * Facebook allowed some companies to maintain "full access" to users' friends data even after announcing changes to its platform in 2014/2015 to limit what developers' could see. "It is not clear that there was any user consent for this, nor how Facebook decided which companies should be whitelisted," Mr Collins wrote * Facebook had been aware that an update to its Android app that let it collect records of users' calls and texts would be controversial. "To mitigate any bad PR, Facebook planned to make it as hard as possible for users to know that this was one of the underlying features," Mr Collins wrote * Facebook used data provided by the Israeli analytics firm Onavo to determine which other mobile apps were being downloaded and used by the public. It then used this knowledge to decide which apps to acquire or otherwise treat as a threat * There was evidence that Facebook's refusal to share data with some apps caused them to fail * There had been much discussion of the financial value of providing access to friends' data Cheers, -- Jos? Mar?a (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org From chema at rinzewind.org Wed Dec 5 18:20:01 2018 From: chema at rinzewind.org (=?utf-8?Q?Jos=C3=A9=20Mar=C3=ADa=20Mateos?=) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:20:01 -0500 Subject: Facebook's seized files published by MPs - BBC News In-Reply-To: <1544026965.227045.1599866520.3C0706D9@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1544026965.227045.1599866520.3C0706D9@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <1544030401.247891.1599933312.7F8028E1@webmail.messagingengine.com> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, at 11:22, Jos? Mar?a Mateos wrote: > https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46456695 Direct link to the documents: https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-and-sport/Note-by-Chair-and-selected-documents-ordered-from-Six4Three.pdf Cheers, -- Jos? Mar?a (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org From bbrace at eskimo.com Thu Dec 6 20:29:34 2018 From: bbrace at eskimo.com ({ brad brace }) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 11:29:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: Numbered Message-ID: Numbered Past Origin: 18 inadvertently curated volumes of my photos, paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, serial art installations; along with intriguing american metal signage documentation; visual language development; empty carnivals, breezy beach pavilions, private evidentuary investigations; with no visible signs of support; splinters: video clouds: textures, shadows, rust, reflections, fluids, finessed focus, 35mm glass-mounted transparencies, angled light, color temps, peripheries, plumbing, perspectives, windows displayed: time marked: long-forgotten works rendered non-extant; limited social interaction, abusive pretend-careers; questionable institutional education; collegial dismay; "white cars at night" with flash; web-offset on newsprinted isbn-books/pages; MetaConstruct actual/painted elements (which were later partly reconstructed); strong spatial differentiation/construction/outlier preferences; very early burning-man event vistas [esp. numbered2107.pdf], initial years of the 'red drawings,' (perpetual series/exchange); early home studios and web-site source originals; there's always more to recover... from brad brace: published in 2019 colour shifts from various medium treatments and multiple transfers amassed and retained new york (manhattan 60s 70s), washington (long beach peninsula 70s), california (90s bay area), oregon (80s 90s portland), massachusetts (90s boston), texas, new orleans and South (90s); ontario (60s 70s 80s toronto), nova scotia (70s 80s halifax); & a bunch o' mostly similar places primarily in canada and the states. dropped here and pushed there: 1969-1999 >>> Earlier/Other Approaches to Similar Source Material: <<< Iconography 90`s: typography & public-sculpture see Public Icon: http://www.bbrace.net/PI/public.html see Public Icon: http://www.bradbrace.net/PI/public.html Chromogenic Prints: c41: http://www.bbrace.net/c41/c41.html c41: http://www.bradbrace.net/c41/c41.html http://bradbracebook.store/000pdfs/c41.pdf Pavilion: (very early web-page): http://www.bbrace.net/pavilion.html http://www.bradbrace.net/pavilion.html [larger originals contained in numbered1101.pdf] =+= Numbered Past Origin: http://bbrace.net/numbered/numbered.html Numbered Past Origin: http://bradbrace.net/numbered/numbered.html Numbered Past Origin: http://bradbracebook.store/000pdfs/pdfs numbered/ numbered0181 numbered0200 numbered0201 numbered0204 numbered0210 numbered0362 numbered0834 numbered1038 numbered1041 numbered1042 numbered1043 numbered1055 numbered1101 numbered1103 numbered1106 numbered1267 numbered3143 numbered3144 From lidia.pmr at gmail.com Sat Dec 8 14:30:36 2018 From: lidia.pmr at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?L=C3=ADdia_Pereira?=) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 14:30:36 +0100 Subject: Call for Submissions: Pervasive Labour Union #13 Message-ID: After three years of (semi) regular existence, wherein we have touched on topics ranging from Terms of Service, Smart Cities and Immateriality, it is now high-time that the Pervasive Labour Union zine takes a very close and serious look at the universe of the alternatives. Alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube: you name it. What do these alternatives look like? Sure, plenty of services advertise themselves as "The alternative", but are they really all they claim to be? What are the requirements of a 'true' alternative? The Pervasive Labour Union zine already broached some of these topics on its Special Issue with the Homebrewserver Club on XMPP - "Have you considered the alternative?" . To follow the HBSC?s strategy, a premium should be put on alternative approaches, not on any specific alternative apps. We need federated social networking solutions based on open standards that are able to communicate among themselves, regardless of the platform being used. Looking forward, what the new issue intends to achieve is a broader, more in-depth look at the field of The Free Network, which, according to Sean Tilley's article on the topic [ https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334], includes both The Fediverse and The Federation networks. These networks are comprised of projects such as Diaspora, Mastodon, GNU Social, etc. Which protocols can and are being developed to achieve interoperability between the different alternatives? How do scale and trust influence the field? What are the forces at play within this realm and how to engage with them? With this issue, we propose not only to collect a field guide of sorts, but also to open up the discussion on the alternatives and how to tackle the challenges posed by network effects, scalability and financial viability. As always, we welcome: - Texts (max. 1000 words). Texts can range from satire, theory, poetry, propaganda, educational etc. to personal rants; - Images (illustration, photo montage, photography, etc.); - Any other creative interventions that you might consider fit with the theme. DEADLINE: February 5th You can submit your contribution to lidia at majesticmoo.se, lidia.pmr at gmail.com or nikos.vv at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From geert at xs4all.nl Sun Dec 9 09:14:51 2018 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 09:14:51 +0100 Subject: links Message-ID: <63D28528-403C-4C85-8E31-61A830090E28@xs4all.nl> Yellow Jackets and What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/france-paris-yellow-jackets-facebook From: "Frederick Noronha fredericknoronha at gmail.com [bytesforall_readers]" Part 1: Is Facebook in India truly independent of political influence? Not really -- it has backed Modi and the BJP (in India) https://www.newsclick.in/part-1-facebook-india-truly-independent-political-influence Part 2: Did Facebook in India help Modi and the BJP, or was it vice versa? https://www.newsclick.in/part-2-did-facebook-india-help-bjp-and-modi-or-was-it-vice-versa Part 3: Who were the key players for Facebook's support to Modi and the BJP? https://www.newsclick.in/part-3-who-were-key-players-responsible-facebooks-support-modi-and-bjp Scuttlebutt, a decent(ralised) secure gossip platfor (sea-slang for gossip, a watercooler on a ship) https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From inte at networkcultures.org Mon Dec 10 09:12:15 2018 From: inte at networkcultures.org (Inte Gloerich) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:12:15 +0100 Subject: the big clean-up.... Message-ID: <115A1E3A-D225-4CD8-A8F6-58B28E8ED0FE@networkcultures.org> https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/07/the-internet-war-on-sex-is-here/ https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/06/facebook-ban-sexual-preferences/ https://www.businessinsider.com/tumblr-alternatives-that-allow-nsfw-2018-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T#dreamwidth-3 Inte Gloerich Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday t: @INCAmsterdam m: +31 6 21 15 66 09 // READ: MoneyLab Reader 2: Overcoming the Hype -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chema at rinzewind.org Thu Dec 13 16:18:05 2018 From: chema at rinzewind.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Mar=EDa_Mateos?=) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:18:05 -0500 Subject: 'They don't care': Facebook fact-checking in disarray as journalists push to cut ties | Technology | The Guardian Message-ID: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/13/they-dont-care-facebook-fact-checking-in-disarray-as-journalists-push-to-cut-ties -- Jos? Mar?a (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org From geert at xs4all.nl Tue Dec 18 21:57:58 2018 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:57:58 +0100 Subject: links, collected by gert van velzen Message-ID: <344DC9A8-4A38-4914-A3A7-D24A9B5F312E@xs4all.nl> Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html The Time Has Come to Finally Delete Facebook https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html From Airbnb to city bikes, the ?sharing economy? has been bought up by big money | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/airbnb-city-bikes-sharing-economy-big-money Google faces its first challenge under Europe?s strict new data protection rules https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive The Facebook Era is Over https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/ Political Reality: Buy Ads on Facebook or Risk Losing the Election - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620 How Big Oil Dodges Facebook?s New Ad Transparency Rules ? ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From douwe at dosch.nl Wed Dec 19 08:47:31 2018 From: douwe at dosch.nl (Douwe) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 08:47:31 +0100 Subject: links, collected by gert van velzen In-Reply-To: <344DC9A8-4A38-4914-A3A7-D24A9B5F312E@xs4all.nl> References: <344DC9A8-4A38-4914-A3A7-D24A9B5F312E@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <2BED6E26-CD2D-42F1-AE00-AECC9B1FCEAC@dosch.nl> Another morning, another privacy scandal at Facebook. One more for the list! As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html "Facebook allowed Microsoft?s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users? friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users? private messages.? > On 18 Dec 2018, at 21:57, Geert Lovink wrote: > > Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook - The New York Times > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html > > The Time Has Come to Finally Delete Facebook > https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html > > From Airbnb to city bikes, the ?sharing economy? has been bought up by big money | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/airbnb-city-bikes-sharing-economy-big-money > > Google faces its first challenge under Europe?s strict new data protection rules > https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive > > The Facebook Era is Over > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/ > > Political Reality: Buy Ads on Facebook or Risk Losing the Election - WSJ > https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620 > > How Big Oil Dodges Facebook?s New Ad Transparency Rules ? ProPublica > https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules > _______________________________________________ > unlike-us mailing list > unlike-us at listcultures.org > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/unlike-us_listcultures.org From douwe at dosch.nl Fri Dec 21 09:03:43 2018 From: douwe at dosch.nl (Douwe) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:03:43 +0100 Subject: Some FB related links today: study and court case In-Reply-To: <344DC9A8-4A38-4914-A3A7-D24A9B5F312E@xs4all.nl> References: <344DC9A8-4A38-4914-A3A7-D24A9B5F312E@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <7AAC3699-B752-43B1-B793-3219643B73E6@dosch.nl> How much is social media worth? Estimating the value of Facebook by paying users to stop using it https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0207101 Court Case doc of Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v. Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V. joined parties: Facebook Ireland Limited, Landesbeauftragte f?r Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=209357&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=2968825 Nice quote: 89. A long time ago (the fans of a certain sci-fi franchise might wish to add ?in a galaxy far, far away?), it was cool to be on a social network. Then gradually, it started to be cool not to be on a social network. Nowadays, it appears to be a crime to be on one (and for which novel forms of vicarious liability have to be put in place). > On 18 Dec 2018, at 21:57, Geert Lovink wrote: > > Walt Mossberg, Veteran Technology Journalist, Quits Facebook - The New York Times > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/walt-mossberg-quit-facebook.html > > The Time Has Come to Finally Delete Facebook > https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/its-time-for-all-of-us-to-finally-delete-facebook.html > > From Airbnb to city bikes, the ?sharing economy? has been bought up by big money | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/airbnb-city-bikes-sharing-economy-big-money > > Google faces its first challenge under Europe?s strict new data protection rules > https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114111/google-location-tracking-gdpr-challenge-european-deceptive > > The Facebook Era is Over > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-era-over-gina-bianchini/ > > Political Reality: Buy Ads on Facebook or Risk Losing the Election - WSJ > https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620 > > How Big Oil Dodges Facebook?s New Ad Transparency Rules ? ProPublica > https://www.propublica.org/article/how-big-oil-dodges-facebooks-new-ad-transparency-rules > _______________________________________________ > unlike-us mailing list > unlike-us at listcultures.org > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/unlike-us_listcultures.org From gertml at xs4all.nl Sat Dec 22 02:47:23 2018 From: gertml at xs4all.nl (gertml) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 02:47:23 +0100 Subject: The Datafication of Employment Message-ID: <31fd2c4d635e5654ab41b4095dcb4fb9@xs4all.nl> The Datafication of Employment https://tcf.org/content/report/datafication-employment-surveillance-capitalism-shaping-workers-futures-without-knowledge/?session=1 From geert at xs4all.nl Mon Dec 24 09:00:37 2018 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 09:00:37 +0100 Subject: links Message-ID: <48D392C2-5099-46BD-A054-9612D60136C3@xs4all.nl> Revealed: how Italy's populists used Facebook to win power https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/revealed-how-italy-populists-used-facebook-win-election-matteo-salvini-luigi-di-maio After a year from hell, Facebook parties like it's 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/17/facebook-christmas-party-celebration Is 2019 the year you should finally quit Facebook? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/21/quit-facebook-privacy-scandal-private-messages How can I remove Google from my life? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/dec/20/how-can-i-remove-google-from-my-life We all fell for Facebook?s utopianism, but the mask is at last being torn away https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/09/facebook-utopianism-mask-being-torn-away Did Facebook Cause Riots in France? http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/did-facebook-cause-the-yellow-vest-riots-in-france.html?fbclid=IwAR0jC2L2Ztz63rJrxWF-xfLooSVP3zHPDM38KCXvgztS0S3sE5zknoCoPBI The New York Facebook Pop-Up Privacy Cafe https://theweek.com/articles/812561/drank-hot-chocolate-facebook-popup-learned-horrifying-things-about-privacy Did you delette your FB account in 2018? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748135 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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