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Privacy panic – Should we rush to delete our Facebook and Whatsapp profiles?
Privacy panic – Should we rush to delete our Facebook and Whatsapp profiles? Or do we just carry on, and trust that no one will be meddling with our privacy and that our data will not be up for grabs? The news that as of last week, Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg owns not only Instagram…
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Interview for the 23th Almanac of the Utrecht Law Society (JSVU)
Danny Mekić’s enterprising spirit has been apparent from an early age. At the age of twelve he started doing volunteer work for internet service provider Het Net, he’s worked for the (international) Eurovision Song Contest as a photographer and programmer and he started his first company at the age of fifteen. In 2009, the magazine…
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Tracking devices and counting cars
What’s the difference between seeing a red car and seeing a mobile device, Peter Beijer asked (NRC, Saturday), in response to Bas Heijne’s reaction to the news that Dixons and other stores track our behaviour using the unique signals of our mobile phones. The answer depends on whether it’s a person or a machine that…
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Facebook is far more powerful than its users realise
Facebook is far more powerful than its hundreds of millions of users realise. „It’s a very scary fact that Facebook has the power to make or break companies or individuals.” That’s a warning from internet expert Danny Mekić on the social network’s tenth anniversary. „Because who decides what information you are shown?” Behind the scenes, Facebook…
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Imprisoned in Facebook
Once anyone has started a social life on Facebook, it’s very difficult to quit again. „Quitting Facebook is like throwing away your own diary”, internet expert Danny Mekic’ says. „You build up something personal that you won’t want to lose any more.” For that reason, many hundreds of millions of users can’t go a day…
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Facebook is far more powerful than its tens of millions of users realise
Facebook is far more powerful than its tens of millions of users realise. „It’s a very scary fact that Facebook has the power to make or break companies or individuals.” That’s a warning from internet expert Danny Mekic’ on the social network’s tenth anniversary. „Because who decides what information you are shown?” Behind the scenes,…