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‘Asian Achievers,’ ‘Gay’: How ISPs Label Customers for Advertisers (Vice)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/22/2021 - 15:38SpaceX’s Satellite Megaconstellations Are Astrocolonialism, Indigenous Advocates Say (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 17:05Leaked Apple Training Videos Show How It Undermines Third-Party Repair (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 09/21/2021 - 11:16Starlink Won’t Be the Broadband Game Changer You Think
It’s unlikely that Elon Musk’s Starlink, a next-generation satellite broadband service, is the silver bullet for the country’s broadband access woes.
Meet the Self-Hosters, Taking Back the Internet One Server at a Time (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 09/07/2021 - 05:55Reddit Responds to Calls From Moderators to Fight Disinformation (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 16:22How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 17:05The US Is Removing Records of Its War in Afghanistan From the Internet (Vice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 08/18/2021 - 16:49T-Mobile Investigates Customer Data Breach
T-Mobile is investigating a forum post claiming to be selling a mountain of personal data. The forum post itself doesn't mention T-Mobile, but the seller told Vice they have obtained data related to over 100 million people, and that the data came from T-Mobile servers. On the underground forum the seller is asking for 6 bitcoin, around $270,000, for a subset of the data containing 30 million social security numbers and drivers licenses.