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WhatsApp Business chat conversations may also be in the mix for data mining. Business chats, unlike private messages, are only encrypted in transit, meaning the business and any third parties they work with get to decide what to do with that information once they get it. It’s likely that Facebook will then allow those brands to retarget you so that their own ads for promotions will follow you across Facebook and Instagram. It’s unclear whether Facebook will reuse these WhatsApp Business insights and sell them to other ad buyers, such as political campaigns. But importantly, there’s little stopping them from using your data in this way. Facebook can change their terms whenever they wish, as they did in 2016 and are sure to do again. … [Read more...] about WhatsApp and Facebook’s ultimatum to users reveals a privacy disaster

But this time the company will cancel all D.C. area reservations during inauguration week, it announced Wednesday. The booking ban will also extend to HotelTonight, Airbnb’s app for last-minute lodging. According to the company, it will reimburse hosts for the money they would have earned from the cancelled stays. … [Read more...] about Airbnb is blocking D.C. inauguration bookings amid threats of violence

We need to start thinking about what a mid-vaccination world looks like. What happens when a significant percentage of the population is immune and another significant percentage remains unvaccinated? This is the challenge that several apps have suggested they could meet. Multiple airlines announced that they are working together to launch CommonPass, which will store COVID-19 test and immunization records digitally. Such an app could mean that states and countries allow only immunized people to board planes, go to basketball games, or eat in restaurants. It takes only a very small leap to see how this could go very, very badly. First, it opens the door for discriminatory practices using the app as a proxy. Second, and perhaps more important, how will the immunization data get into the app? … [Read more...] about ‘When can I schedule a COVID-19 vaccine appointment?’ Why the government can’t answer this simple question

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“For whatever weird reason, we have the idea that powering through is the best way to get stuff done and a sign of our own virtue,” he says. “We’ve got it upside down and believe amateurs take breaks and pros don’t. Athletes know that taking breaks is not a deviation from performance but is part of performance.” … [Read more...] about 5 ways to persuade yourself to be more productive