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It used to be commonplace for a data broker to create SDKs (software development kits) that would be useful to app developers as a quick and easy way to add commonly needed features. The catch was that these SDKs also collected user data – including location data – which brokers could then sell.

Apps Sell Your Location Data Despite Apple Policies, Using Simple Workaround

9to5mac.com

For complex organisms, the average lifespan of a species is only about four million years—roughly about where we are now.

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

There's a big difference between having a right or a freedom that you could execute if you had bothered educating yourself well enough, and the inability at a very basic and fundamental level of doing something because you lack the inclusion in an exclusive group.

The Father of Web3 Wants You to Trust Less

VC funding and lobbying blitzes

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