Five Links #8
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Five links for your inbox from this week.
1. Categorising music by seasons
For a couple of years, I’ve been using a fairly terrible playlist system of grouping songs by month. That doesn’t really work because I often don’t listen to enough music in a month to put together a playlist, so I skip months.
Organising by season, however? That could really work.
2. Terms of Service; Didn’t Read
“‘I have read and agree to the Terms’ is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that.”
3. Twitter fined $150m for selling user data collected under the auspices of 2FA
Aside from being generally horrible, this is terrible for user trust in security measures. It also demonstrates how single pieces of data can be used to de-anonymise users when compared to other datasets:
The offences occurred between May 2013 and September 2019, according to the court document, with the information ostensibly used for purposes including two-factor authentication. But Twitter would then use this data to allow advertisers to target specific groups of Twitter users, by matching the telephone numbers and email addresses to the advertisers’ own lists of telephone numbers and email addresses.
4. OneTab
I was introduced to this wonderful app in a recent Unoffice Hours. It’s a wonderfully simple way to get rid of lots of tabs, without binning the websites forever.
5. Firefox iOS Inactive Tabs
I recently noticed a new ‘Inactive Tabs’ button in Firefox iOS. It’s a new featured where windows that haven’t been opened for two weeks get shifted to a new area. I went from over 100 tabs to about ten.
It turns out it’s an experimental feature, not available to everyone, but it certainly seems like a good one.
Projects + other things
- Scruples: we’re booking new projects from August.
- My Unoffice Hours are available every two weeks on Wednesdays. Next slot: June 29th.
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Dave