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I've Used Bluesky for 6 Months – Here's What You Should Know

Buffer Social

Among them is Bluesky , which is a decentralized, invite-only social network built on an open-source protocol  (I’ll explain what this means even though I barely understand it myself). This ambiguity raises questions about its long-term sustainability and how that might affect user experience in the future.

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Can Open Source be Helpful to Extend Apple’s Home Automation to More Devices?

Tweaklibrary

Luckily, around the same time I heard about this Apple’s HomePod Mini that took me by surprise because of its privacy aspect. Times when privacy can only be considered as a joke, Apple is offering something that comes with a home assistant that is fully privacy-oriented. Extend Apple’s Home Automation Through Open Sources.

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Time for an Update

Net-Savvy Executive

Drilling down Some of the more evergreen posts have been explorations of the details and implications of the questions around social media intelligence. Yes, quote marks around privacy and surveillance , because the way those words are used seems to vary by speaker.

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An Explicit Link Between PRISM and Social Media Intelligence

Net-Savvy Executive

People seem to be expecting a sort of semi-privacy online, but the technology doesn''t have that distinction. Here are the organizations mentioned, along with links to some of their relevant work: Big Brother Watch : Online Privacy Survey. As Wright demonstrates in his article, open-source social media monitoring raises issues, too.

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What is OpenVPN | OpenVPN Explained

Tweaklibrary

OpenVPN as a protocol is an open-source protocol and contains rules and procedure to setup a secure connection by encrypting and creating a secure transport for the data to get transmitted from one place to another. Because it is open-source, anyone can use it for free. Hence, to answer the question “Is OpenVPN Secure?”,

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Former Facebook User Explains Why He Quit

Ari Herzog

I pressed him for details and emailed Adriel a series of questions. The privacy/ “Like&# issues themselves were not huge for me; I’ve always had very public settings on my profile and I’m generally very open on the web. Here are his responses… Do you agree Facebook has gone rogue ?

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Whose Ethics Apply in Social Media?

Net-Savvy Executive

Today's Wall Street Journal had Twitter abuzz about social media monitoring and privacy in closed communities ( 'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web ). It's obviously an ethical question, but whose ethics apply? But does their expectation of privacy online translate into an ethical obligation for researchers? How did you pick it?