This Changes Everything

My thoughts on the Spotify acquisition of Anchor and Gimlet and what it means for podcasting. It’s Leo on the line, Line 10…

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It shouldn’t, but just in case I’m embedding the audio here. I would have done that earlier but I was on the road.

Facebook must be scanning Apple’s iCloud e-mail inbox or some data mining company fetching data then sell to Facebook?

I was threading e-mail with my son’s school nurse via my iPhone iCloud e-mail account. When I logged to Facebook in my Samsung Tab E, it popped “person you may know.” Why the heck it was telling the nurse’s Facebook with her pseudo-name which I asked if was hers she confirmed it’s her.

So who’re scanning Apple’s e-mail inbox? Do Apple allow Facebook or some data mining companies do it which they’d share data to Facebook?

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Leo’s News Links

Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid - The New York Times 23 October 2020

It also hacked into Wi-Fi systems at San Francisco International Airport and at least two other West Coast airports in March in an apparent bid to find one unidentified traveler, a demonstration of the hackers’ power and resolve.

RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos | ZDNet 23 October 2020

Youtube-dl is a Python library that allows developers to download the source audio and video files behind YouTube videos. In a letter sent to GitHub, RIAA argued that the "clear purpose of this source code [the youtube-dl library]" was to "circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube" and to […]

Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting - WSJ 23 October 2020

The dispute involves the NYU Ad Observatory, a project launched last month by the university’s engineering school that has recruited more than 6,500 volunteers to use a specially designed browser extension to collect data about the political ads Facebook shows them.

Facebook's Oversight Board starts accepting cases | Reuters 22 October 2020

However, Facebook’s director of governance and global affairs Brent Harris said on a call with reporters the company would not submit a case for expedited review before the election.

Central Bank of Bahamas Launches Landmark 'Sand Dollar' Digital Currency - CoinDesk 22 October 2020

CBDCs have been a hot topic this year; China, for instance, appears to be close to launching its digital yuan, which in recent days has seen its biggest public trial. Others, like the U.S., Russia and the European Union are looking into their respective CBDC launches.

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