datapolitical

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Comment · 8 months ago
This really is not going to be safe on something like Mac or Windows until it’s built into the OS.

But given how fast agents are moving, I would be shocked if such tools were not already being built

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Illinois does not have party registration.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
AirTag data is encrypted with a key that resides only on your devices. It cannot be decrypted by Apple.
Comment · 3 years ago
If your job is paying you to beat up pregnant women, would you still say that it was primarily on the corporation?

People are responsible for their own moral choices.

Comment · 3 years ago
Politicians do not use the same companies. There are very specific firms that primarily handle political communications and text messages and phone calls.

And political communications are exempt from CAN-SPAM

Comment · 3 years ago
Can you explain
Comment · 3 years ago
His comment was frank, but it wasn’t insensitive. It’s important to be able to distinguish between those two things.
Comment · 3 years ago
Apple’s location database uses the location of Wi-Fi routers to get proper GPS locations. If someone is spoofing his routers MAC address, then that could fix it.
Comment · 3 years ago
Someone would spin up a nonprofit and buy the assets and keep it going
Comment · 3 years ago
SF publishes the cast vote record…does alameda not?

With the full CVR it should have been obvious they were fucking up the count, because anyone could replicate it.

Comment · 3 years ago
I could see doing this in cargo assuming the planes could land themselves.

But most likely it’s just a negotiating tactic to get a related concession like reduced training hours.

Comment · 3 years ago
My grandfather Fred executive produced the see it now broadcast mentioned in the article. It was noteworthy at the time because it was the first time someone showed both coasts of the US at the same time on the same screen, live.

I never knew the tech behind it until now.

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