Quick Notes

Johannes Ernst

https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/

2021-01-05

Singaporan COVID-19 contact tracing data not private after all

The police now take the right to access the data for “authorized purposes”. With no clear process by which to limit those “authorized purposes” (ZDNet).
2021-01-05

Roaring 20s?

Seeing another prediction. I’m having some difficulties envisioning this for anybody than the, say, top-10% of the population in countries such as the US. Family balance sheets are wiped out across the board. How can you roar?
2021-01-04

Making a list of data tracked about us on-line

Clearly, I should have bought more stickies.
2021-01-03

When Uber spent $100 million on fraudulent ads

Rather incredible story. Also highly interesting to see how aggressive, high-growth companies look at advertising and conversion.
2020-12-31

Facebook doesn't believe in its own ads either

“…internal Facebook communications … major flaws in ad targeting capabilities, including that ads reached the intended audience less than half of the time and that data behind a targeting criterion was ‘all crap.'” From The Intercept.
2020-12-28

Idea: a pandemic transportation tax

When a pandemic is declared, all transportation costs double. The money raised is used to support patients and essential workers. What’s not to like? Prompted by the horrible TSA transportation numbers for this Christmas week.

Singaporan COVID-19 contact tracing data not private after all