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My Data Has Claimed Asylum in a German Supermarket

Why I quit Dropbox, and why Europe is quietly doing the same thing with its fighter jets, its spy software and its money
My Data Has Claimed Asylum in a German Supermarket
I quit Dropbox this month and moved my files to Proton Drive. Not earth shattering news but one small step for man and all that. Nobody at Dropbox will have noticed. It was one bloke moving a few gigabytes from one cloud-shaped box to another. But the reason I did it is a small symptom of something much bigger going on, and the bigger thing is worth a blog post. I can't remember exactly when I signed up to Dropbox, but it was well over a decade ago. Back in 2008 it was one of those rare... read more
 

Facebook Prison and the Shrinking Room of Freedom

My friend Bruce vanished from Facebook. The reasons are worth thinking about.
Facebook Prison and the Shrinking Room of Freedom
My friend, the author Bruce Joffe, is in Facebook prison. The phrase still sounds faintly comic, like somewhere your aunt gets sent for posting too many Minion memes. But the joke is wearing thin. Bruce was given no real reason for his suspension. He is a sharp critic of Donald Trump, and that may be relevant, or it may not. I cannot prove the connection, which is part of the point. The punishment arrives without a charge sheet. The cell door closes, a vague message appears, and the... read more
 

Robots. Abundance for All, or Just the Survivors?

And Why Are the New Robots All White?
Robots. Abundance for All, or Just the Survivors?
I loved robots when I was a kid. They seemed to be everywhere in popular culture. From the Amazing Magical Robot Game, an educational toy that appeared in my Christmas stocking, to the weekly dose of “Danger, Will Robinson” while watching the cult American classic series Lost in Space, I was hooked. So when I was seven or eight years old and "Tricky’s" the local toy shop, put one in their shop window, I had to have it. Beyond the reach of my pocket money, I devised “The Robot Club” with... read more
 
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