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DogMomIrene
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#TodayILearned more about Spyware😡🤢

I haven‘t read Ronan Farrow‘s reporting on Pegasus, but this 61 minute documentary on HBO Max gives a great overview.

Tagged the book that‘s lauded as the best owner‘s manual on going off the digital grid. We‘ve got the book and someday I‘ll read it. Just doesn‘t seem like there‘s much you can do to minimize intrusions unless you‘re truly willing to give up connected tech. I‘m not there, yet.

Bookwormjillk This one might fall in the category of do I really want to know 😂 (edited) 3w
DogMomIrene @Bookwormjillk Exactly! 😓 3w
Suet624 Remember when we heard our tv‘s were catching what we said? I remember the Good Wife having surveillance as a running part of a season? I know ads will pop up on Facebook if I talk about a product with a friend. 3w
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DogMomIrene @Suet624 I never watched The Good Wife, but sounds like they were on top of issues. AI has really upped the creepy factor for me. I had blogged about caring for my dogs. Took a long hiatus because of life stuff, but started to get back into it… only to realize that anything I create and place online will be used to train AI. I‘m in the process of closing up my blog and related accounts. I‘ll stick to reading and just posting about books. 3w
Suet624 Wow. That‘s a huge bummer to have to stop writing your blog. 😳😩 3w
MemoirsForMe Oh, this book and AI give me the creeps too. Big digital brother is always watching. 😬 3w
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe Yes! I‘ve been deleting various online accounts for a few weeks now. Being thoughtful about which accounts, like Litsy, that I‘ll keep. 3w
MemoirsForMe Ditto! 2w
Amiable I love Ronan Farrow‘s work. I saw him in person in Hartford a year or so ago —he was on a panel that discussed the dissemination of disinformation and the future of the media. 2w
DogMomIrene @Amiable Would have loved to have heard him speak on a panel. I love his work too. I haven‘t read his books, but they‘re on the TBR. Also, would love to read a book from him on disinformation and how it spreads. 2w
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catiewithac
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Pickpick

Cory Doctorow‘s entertaining treatise on interoperability. 💻 🛜 🆓

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Bethanyroe
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We have made a lot of changes in recent years to move our family away from Tech dependence in centrality. This book very practical advice on how to do that in all areas of life, and most importantly, it gives the heart and why underneath it all. It‘s not about a fear of some thing, but a desire not to miss and gain the greatest things.

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catiewithac
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Pickpick

Page-turner examination of the corrupting influence of extreme wealth and blind faith in technology. This won‘t be the last book I read by Douglas Rushkoff. A true visionary!

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ClairesReads
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Panpan

The blurb made me think I was the target audience for this book but I‘m really not. I was interested by the geopolitical and global economic influence of chip technology, and although this was a thread which ran through the book, for much of the book this is bogged down in highly detailed discussion of the mechanics of chip technology. I was not smart enough to penetrate this and I got bored. On reflection I should have quit while I was ahead.

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Megabooks
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I‘m interested in what other disabled people have to say about the world we face today. Shew is a cancer survivor with an amputated leg and Crohn‘s. I like that she narrowed down the book to amputees and those with autism and looked at ways advancing science and “miracle” cures (like bionic limbs and sketchy autism cures) actually hinders progress for those with disabilities. Really interesting if you‘re disabled or into disability rights.

sblbooks I have cerebral palsy, so I should read this. 6mo
Megabooks @sblbooks even though I don‘t share her exact disabilities, I very much appreciate her point. It‘s under 200 pages in print and under 5 hours audio. I‘m glad she made it an approachable length and used just a couple of disabilities to prove a larger point. I definitely recommend it! 6mo
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Tkgbjenn1
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Mehso-so

I give this two stars because its subject is interesting. A book about the narcissist of the tech industry. What‘s not enjoyable is the author is as narcissistic as the people she‘s writing about. The book seems to be a tribute to the wonderfulness of Kara Swisher who is always right. She seems to have the impression that she has some influence over the decisions the tech giants make. lost count of the “me‘s” and “I‘s”. All hail Kara Swisher.

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Floresj
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Swisher recounts her professional journalism career reporting on tech and tech giants that matches the swagger that is needed to go ego to ego in covering them. Mostly recaps of events and interviews. Jobs is painted well; Musk is taken down. Interesting points on tech.

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BookishTrish
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Unputdownable journalistic memoir with loads of insight into the tech industry and a very low tolerance for bro culture and BS

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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Well chosen 👏🏻👏🏻 8mo
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