privacy You know who does creepier stuff with your data than Cambridge Analytica? Your ISP Cory Doctorow
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Business Facebook hired a pollster to track Zuck's public image, but he quit because working for Facebook filled him with shame Cory Doctorow
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Business Surveillance advocate Eric Schmidt is stepping down as head of Google parent company Alphabet Cory Doctorow
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