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BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps
BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps wilwheaton: wilwheaton: An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users. In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from…
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Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Social Darwinism Darwin is okay in the board room, but not the class room? robertreich: What kind of society, exactly, do modern Republicans want? I’ve been listening to Republican candidates in an effort to discern an overall philosophy, a broadly-shared vision, an ideal picture of America. They say they want…
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Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook(via @io9)
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook(via @io9) Fahrenheit 451 might be the most famous book about book-burning ever written, and its author, Ray Bradbury, has long insisted that it only be available as a print book, on paper. So what changed? Bradbury’s agent, Michael Congdon, told…
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new-aesthetic: “The object, which is shaped as an oversized 3-dimensional computer cursor (pointer), was placed on a square in Figueres, Catalunya during the cultural festival Ingràvid. Here, people could touch it, move it around and sit on it as an alternative to the benches. Despite being removed from its normal screen based environment, the cursor…
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No matter how crude, hapless and infantile your creations, they’re yours. The hole in the ground will feel like home, because you’re the one who made it, you’re the one who couldn’t work out the block combination that creates a ladder so built a disjointed staircase to nowhere instead, you’re the one who desperately patched…
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austinkleon: Al Jaffee’s Iconic MAD Fold-Ins: The Definitive Collection, 1964-2010 | Brain Pickings Had no clue there was a collection of Jaffee’s Fold-Ins out! This interview is great: When I met Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and the writers who work for them, all of them were so nice to me primarily because they had…