Jessamyn West
Librarian, technology instructor and writer in rural Vermont; longtime community manager at MetaFilter and author of a book on the digital divide.
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Their wordsif you're not paying for the product (and sometimes even if you are) then you ARE the product.
↗Oral testimony for the Vermont data privacy and online surveillance billlibrarian.net 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsDeceptive patterns built into software designs means that the way to say "no" to a software's request (for your personal details) is often smaller and harder to see than the one where you input your personal data.
↗Oral testimony for the Vermont data privacy and online surveillance billlibrarian.net 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsWe know through research and journalism that even websites and companies which say they are not tracking people are often tracking people and we only find out through lawsuits. They just lie. There is no real penalty for lying.
↗Oral testimony for the Vermont data privacy and online surveillance billlibrarian.net 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsany alt text is better than none (yes, even if an AI does it but I'd really suggest not doing that if you can, for many reasons).
↗Social media is real life, make it accessiblelibrarian.net 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIf your library is accessible, your social media content should be as well.
↗Social media is real life, make it accessiblelibrarian.net 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 13 days earlier
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Our reading
A product's limitations are often deliberate choices rather than genuine engineering constraints.
Their wordsI understand the technology, more or less, I'm just surprised it's so limited. And that those limitations are choices more than engineering limitations, mostly.
↗Finally got an Apple Watch, it’s okaylibrarian.net 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsI also feel like part of the Watch's purpose is to keep you using it; the Health app tracks stuff over time, so it's more useful the more you wear it.
↗Finally got an Apple Watch, it’s okaylibrarian.net 2nd of 2 in this piece