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On: Permissions asked for by Uber Android app

[socrates2015]

If the author is correct, then Uber is not only asking for permission but actually reading all the information and sending it back to its servers.

On: Tom Magliozzi, Co-Host of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies at 77

[socrates2015]

RIP. Listened to the show since I was a kid and it was always great.

On: How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users

[socrates2015]

The central business model of our tech times is converting data into money. The eternal pressure will be to gather more and more data over time since that will result in more money.