More likes help feed the ad targeting machine. Making likes private leads to more liking, and consequently, better ad targeting, so that's what we get.
This is v sad @rossjanderson was a great battler against dangerous stupidity. His Security Engineering textbook was so readable, a hidden pop science classic. We met 3 wks ago to discuss working together with his team. He'll live on thru his work, influence and, no doubt, friends
When the tools to fabricate reality become so readily available and easy to use that anyone can do it, perhaps we can finally accept that we never could trust what we see and hear.
@bashthebox @aranptappers We'll go back to a web of trusted sources. Real humans writing about things they care about, curating links to other people writing about things they care about. That web is still there, underneath all this noise.