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  1. We should add that this is not just for high-school students.

    Many adults go through life oblivious to how they are being led to believe all manner of hogwash, not by #advertisments but by content that looks and sunds #authoritative. sincere and even at times humourous.

    The above BBC #documentary is a must for all ages.

  2. @fsf
    Thanks FSF,

    A passiveAggressive abuse is the #opacityZero that js-requiring sites feature. There might be a way to detect such (when a browser has #javascript disabled) and ask to remove the CSS?

    We've also boosted often since January the growing danger around #lazyLoading images.

    Though not using JS, it can argueably be used to fingerprint visitors, infer their #readingSpeed and as such #targetUsers with *bespoke* lazy-loaded images like #advertisments at the end of an articles, etc.

  3. We were talking to a young man recently.

    He exclaimed, "I just want to be left alone! I don't want to search for something on #Google and get #advertisments about it on #Facebook. I now have a #camera in my work car, pointed AT ME LIKE I'M A CRIMINAL."

    It was a shock to see the detrimental effects of #thePanopticon in action during this chance encounter. It motivates us to get the word out.

    There is another way!

    We hope he's doing better since talking to us.

    #mentalHealth #bigTech #work