Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of web trackers and analytics. They are used almost exclusively to feed the ad industry and you should block them wherever possible. Rym has installed the microcode patch for some Intel chips and you should too if you have one of them.
In the news, Microsoft is moving to a security-first posture, nostalgia accounts on social media are making up nonsense, and chatbots are intruding into and slowly ruining online social spaces.
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Content tagged with internet
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Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech
February 26 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before …
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Archiving the Internet
March 27 2023
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the immense challenge of archiving the Internet. This is a …
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Online Advertising and Adtech
January 30 2023
Tonight on GeekNights, Rym is back from his ski trip, so we resume our regularly …
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Federated Architecture
November 21 2022
Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss Federated Architecture in light of the collapse of Twitter. Federation …
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The POSSE Model and The End of Twitter
November 7 2022
Tonight on GeekNights, in the shadow of Twitter's collapse at the hands of a narcissistic …
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Hosting in 2022
April 4 2022
Tonight on GeekNights, we revisit the topic of hosting we last covered in 2006. …
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The Dark Web
July 8 2019
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the Dark Web. In the news, our flights were …
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Bookmarks
April 15 2019
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble Bookmark. They were more important back when …
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Instant Messaging in 2016
December 12 2016
Tonight on GeekNights, we cover a topic that we covered first in 2006: Instant …
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