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Re: Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban
I’m surprised to see no comments on this yet:
[The White House app] ships with 3 embedded trackers including Huawei Mobile Services Core (yes, the Chinese company the US government sanctioned, shipping tracking infrastructure inside the sitting president's official app)
The executive branch has decided this company is so dangerous I can’t buy a monitor made by them - but it’s embedding its SDK in its official app?!
I realize the decision makers probably don’t even know it’s there - it was just added by whatever contractor built the app, but that’s arguably even worse.
And I have absolutely no doubt that if it was discovered in a political opponent’s app, and the administration wanted to harm them, there would be no compunction about using that fact against them.
jrmg, 11 hours ago
I’m surprised to see no comments on this yet:
[The White House app] ships with 3 embedded trackers including Huawei Mobile Services Core (yes, the Chinese company the US government sanctioned, shipping tracking infrastructure inside the sitting president's official app)
The executive branch has decided this company is so dangerous I can’t buy a monitor made by them - but it’s embedding its SDK in its official app?!
I realize the decision makers probably don’t even know it’s there - it was just added by whatever contractor built the app, but that’s arguably even worse.
And I have absolutely no doubt that if it was discovered in a political opponent’s app, and the administration wanted to harm them, there would be no compunction about using that fact against them.
jrmg, 11 hours ago
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NASA показало перший за 54 роки знімок усієї Землі. Його зробив астронавт та командир місії «Артеміда-2» Рід Вайзман.
На фото видно всю планету, а також два полярних сяйва — угорі праворуч і внизу ліворуч — і зодіакальне світло внизу праворуч.
У цьому матеріалі ми розповідаємо подробиці місії «Артеміда-2» та чому ця космічна експедиція важлива.
Фото: NASA/Рід Вайзман
На фото видно всю планету, а також два полярних сяйва — угорі праворуч і внизу ліворуч — і зодіакальне світло внизу праворуч.
У цьому матеріалі ми розповідаємо подробиці місії «Артеміда-2» та чому ця космічна експедиція важлива.
Фото: NASA/Рід Вайзман
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I once saw a guy ask whether he should start a dog walking business and the top response was something like "dog walking isn't scalable, you should build a dog walking platform instead." This person liked dogs! He liked walking! He lived in a neighborhood full of busy professionals with dogs!
But the Passive Income Brain thing had gotten so deep into how people talked about business online that "do the simple obvious thing that works for you" was considered naive, and "build a technology platform for an activity you've never actually done as a business" was considered smart.
The dog walking guy could have been profitable in a week.
The app guy would have burned through his savings in six months and ended up with a landing page and no users.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-income-trap-ate-a-generation-of-entrepreneurs/
But the Passive Income Brain thing had gotten so deep into how people talked about business online that "do the simple obvious thing that works for you" was considered naive, and "build a technology platform for an activity you've never actually done as a business" was considered smart.
The dog walking guy could have been profitable in a week.
The app guy would have burned through his savings in six months and ended up with a landing page and no users.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-passive-income-trap-ate-a-generation-of-entrepreneurs/
Westenberg.
The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs
I had coffee last year with a guy - I won't use his real name - who told me he was "building a business." I asked what it did. Dropshipping jade face rollers.
I made him say it twice.
Jade face rollers.
He'd found them on Alibaba for $1.20
I made him say it twice.
Jade face rollers.
He'd found them on Alibaba for $1.20
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Вітаю всіх християн хто празнує з Великоднем, хто ще ні того з Вербною Неділею
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