The Internet Exchange is a weekly publication by Mallory Knodel.
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India asking Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram to justify the username feature could lead to far-reaching consequences that may discourage innovation and encourage copycat demands globally
restofworld.org/2026/india-w…
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The Decentralization Research Center and Project Liberty Institute present an initial report introducing data cooperatives as a model that could enable individuals and communities to have a voice, choice, and stake in the digital economy: projectliberty.io/news/how-c…
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Today, the FTC is sharing a series of resources focused on its ongoing research into the surveillance pricing ecosystem, which uses personal data to target different customers with different prices for the same goods and services: bit.ly/4fXMh6Z /1
![Text: What Goes into Surveillance Pricing What's the price of X? [arrow] What's the price of X for consumer C through channel Z at location L at time T? Photo of X with price tag Price is increasingly multi-dimensional: - Price targeting tools can be used to make pricing recommendation changes at different frequencies - from minutes to monthly: Different people can get different prices. Companies can determine prices for different locations, stores, customers, up to and including individual transactions. Companies can pursue price complexity and scale with fewer resources.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ghg3LUEWoAAvc45.png?name=orig)
ALT Text: What Goes into Surveillance Pricing What's the price of X? [arrow] What's the price of X for consumer C through channel Z at location L at time T? Photo of X with price tag Price is increasingly multi-dimensional: - Price targeting tools can be used to make pricing recommendation changes at different frequencies - from minutes to monthly: Different people can get different prices. Companies can determine prices for different locations, stores, customers, up to and including individual transactions. Companies can pursue price complexity and scale with fewer resources.
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I wrote a post about how AI will get along with end-to-end encryption. TL;DR: maybe not so well! blog.cryptographyengineering…
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If there's a way to use Bluesky without locking myself to the platform, I will join the party there in a hot second. And if there's a way to join the Bluesky party from the Fediverse, then god*damn* I will party my ass off.
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This is an excellent primer on some of the privacy dangers posed by large scale AI, from a cybersecurity perspective. Written in clear language, it's the most accessible rundown I've seen yet on these topics. Thank you, @TedOnPrivacy!
desfontain.es/blog/privacy-i…
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Rijesh Panicker and @bharath_red speak to Mallory Knodel (@future_email), executive director of the Social Web Foundation, looking beyond the AI hype to discuss the impact of AI on society.
YouTube: shorturl.at/OklaR
Spotify: shorturl.at/qjHSF
Apple Podcasts:shorturl.at/qXumr
Had a fascinating conversation with Mallory Knodel (@future_email) and Rijesh on ATP exploring the opportunities and risks of AI. Don't miss it! open.spotify.com/episode/51D…
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How is artificial intelligence going be deployed? We know historically that when machinery came into production, John Stuart Mill said, machinery should lighten the load of labor, I cannot understand why when machinery is actually employed, it is doubling the load of labor. [1/8]
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The Tech Coup in full effect ↘️
Elon Musk plans to spend election night with Donald Trump, giving the former president direct access to the person controlling X, a key information platform, on what could be a chaotic evening. nyti.ms/3Apvv1R
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one of the only things that has made me feel slightly useful is donating esims. at this point i'm topping them off daily if they're actively used.
if you can afford to, please consider donating some.
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FREELANCERS: I'm commissioning history articles about the internet for the BBC. Looking for pitches about chapters & corners of the web that people will remember, but haven't thought about in the while. Nostalgia, surprising stories, foundational communities, get in touch!
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Had a fascinating conversation with Mallory Knodel (@future_email) and Rijesh on ATP exploring the opportunities and risks of AI. Don't miss it! open.spotify.com/episode/51D…
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Hey you in NYC! Come celebrate the release of Beautiful Solutions, the book I've co-edited full of solidarity economy stories from around the world. We're gathering on the LES on October 23: eventbrite.com/e/or-books-li…
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🎉📚 Join us to celebrate the launch of Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation! 🌍✨
From food sovereignty to energy democracy — and across the globe — this book is an essential resource for anyone working toward a solidarity economy. 🌾💪🌍
eventbrite.com/e/or-books-li…
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India shuts down the internet far more than any other country. The country had 771 blackouts between 2016 and 2023, and there have been 51 so far this year. We mapped the affected areas.
New from @_ananyaaa
restofworld.org/2024/india-i…
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🚨 Update on #ChatControl: Luxembourg stands firm against mass surveillance of private messages! But this digital zombie refuses to die. Here's what you need to know 🧵
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NEW PAPER!
1. Small AI models often perform better than big in context.
2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to surveillance, to research capture.
This & what to do c/o @GaelVaroquaux, @SashaMTL and me ♥️👇
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
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Social Web Foundation Launched — How In Is W3C on Fediverse? | By @ricmac with @evanpro, @future_email, @tomcoates
#OpenSource #Fediverse
thenewstack.io/social-web-fo…
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#YerevanDialogue2024 | AI: A Boom for Emerging Markets?
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/z3KMWWONHQo…
Featuring: @Hayrapetyan_M, @therohitbansal, Anush Ghambaryan, @KeepSmiling0_o, & Mallory Knodel, @SheilaPaylan
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We start the final day with a discussion on "AI: A Boom for Emerging Markets?"
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/smeQ-1C4avU…
Featuring: @Hayrapetyan_M, @therohitbansal, Anush Ghambaryan, @KeepSmiling0_o, & Mallory Knodel.
Moderated by:@SheilaPaylan
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