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CORRECTION: There’s incredible power to data in the hands of companies operating at immense scale.
It’s why there’s now a movement to limit this,
why companies like Digi.me, who I’ve previously mistaken for a data collection company, actually let users manage and safeguard their
information.


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Bing is laughed at but it’s actually a profitable product, which demonstrates the power of the control tech companies can have.

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*Clarification: The top Bing searches at the beginning is from a satire website (although I suspect they're not far off from the truth) https://www.thebeaverton.com/2012/07/...

Credits

Big thanks to Varsity Star for making the music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EbSc...

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https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-fa...

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https://www.wired.com/2015/05/opinion...

Steve Ballmer going crazy:    • Video  

   • Hawaii Five-0 product placement: "Bin...  

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/...

Burj Khalifa Graphic based on: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Microsoft ad:    • Surface Pro 3  vs. MacBook Air -- Hea...  

AstroPad App: https://astropad.com

Digi.me: https://digi.me

http://ampletter.org

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