And public. 
Congressman Scott DesJarlais. TN-4 was a doctor who had an affair with one of his patients. Medical ethics be damned. After the woman told DesJarlais she was pregnant, he pressured her into getting an abortion. This is a doctor who was disciplined by his stateās medical board for dating patients- yes more than one.
Heās still a member of Congress. He still has Committee assignments. Heās a member in good standing in the GOP in spite of his personal habits running counter to his public GOP-supported views. Heās a member that has publicly voted against abortion rights, but privately pushed women in his life to get them. He was Hershal Walker before Hershal Walker, and yet he is still getting reelected.
In short, republicans donāt really care about this abortion stuff. Some want it outlawed, while others just want it outlawed in their state. They want to have access away for prying eyes in their states and districts- just in case.
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DuckDuckGo is not a marketing arm of Microsoft. They did get caught with some MS trackers in their browser, due to their use of Bing as a search engine. They have since tightened up on their use of these.
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Your comment might be a nice addition to the Rust Never Sleeps: Alec Baldwin thread in the Hive. Thereās a lively conversation going on over there, if youāre interested.
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Maybe just looking for this info will get you kicked out of high school - if not prosecuted - as a ācorrupting influenceā or ādrug dealerā.
Donāt discount the many ways a corrupt regime can ruin you. Esp if you lack friends in high places or high priced lawyers.
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The best way to make sure you donāt mishandle data is to avoid collecting it in the first place.
Of course, that is incompatible with most online business models these days.
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Do you know whatās up your nose? The flora may surprise you.
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Thanks, will do.
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Black Easter/ the Day After Judgement.
Now.
Someone needs to. Click baiting and attention mining is turning us into a nation of fat-ass angry zombies.
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Thanks; I would hope.
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Actually Charles Babbage said that.
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Babbage was actually responding to Ada Lovelace saying āNever put anything on a punch card that you wouldnāt put on a t-shirtā,
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As a TPM subscriber I am always glad to see Pro Publica articles re-printed here.
I often donāt have many comments to make, but Iām always glad I read them
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Using Google analytics is almost required if you want to have a site that attracts visitors, and if you want to be able to promote your site online. How are these sites supposed to exist if they canāt be found?
I find the idea of Google analytics, overall, horrific. Essentially every company gives away their most valuable information, their customer list, to Google? Wtf is up with that?
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OK. Letās get some journalists who understand the technology and psychology to write about that. But it doesnāt have anything to do with whether some web pharmacy is sending your health data to Google (they arenāt). On the other hand, real-life pharmacies are perfectly happy to sell prescription flow data to drug companies, thatās a thing theyāve been doing for decades and as far as I can determine ProPublica has yet to seize on that story.
Another story that ProPublica ran this month was a highly misleading scaremongering āWhat to Know About Cellphone Radiationā which made all kinds of false claims and inferences. Iād really prefer to not see their work reposted here. I just donāt think they have standards of journalism that are up to snuff.
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I just donāt see how you get ācustomer listā from Google Analytics. The terms of service for Google Analytics expressly forbid passing any personally identifiable information to Google.
You will not and will not assist or permit any third party to, pass information to Google that Google could use or recognize as personally identifiable information.
How could it be any more clear?