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My attempts to escape Facebook Inc.’s data mining: leaving Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Longread

My attempts to escape Facebook Inc.’s data mining: leaving Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Let’s play a game. It’s 2008. You have a brand new smartphone that is making…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

The Memory Police & How Social Media Changed Friendships ArticleLongread

The Memory Police & How Social Media Changed Friendships

The Memory Police, a haunting novel by Yoko Ogawa, made me reflect about how technology…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Did you have a Facebook account before April 2015? Then you must read this Article

Did you have a Facebook account before April 2015? Then you must read this

If your Facebook account was set up before April 2015, your personal data might have…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

3 key habits to become a successful digital minimalist *Most Popular*ArticleLongreadStart Here!

3 key habits to become a successful digital minimalist

The first few weeks of a digital detox / minimalism overhaul are incredibly hard. Here…

Elena RossiniOctober 24, 2024

How do I resist “Time Thieves”? Through FRICTION ArticleStart Here!

How do I resist “Time Thieves”? Through FRICTION

In praise of friction. Friction is the best defense against Big Tech's assault on our…

Elena RossiniOctober 24, 2024

Amnesty International’s Kumi Naidoo: “Data is power and the asymmetrical nature of that power is terrifying” Article

Amnesty International’s Kumi Naidoo: “Data is power and the asymmetrical nature of that power is terrifying”

Amnesty International's director Kumi Naidoo spoke at Web Summit 2019 about the "surveillance industrial complex"…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

The dark side of AI: writers Jia Tolentino and Ocean Vuong on how algorithms are killing serendipity *Most Popular*Article

The dark side of AI: writers Jia Tolentino and Ocean Vuong on how algorithms are killing serendipity

We're in the golden age of algorithmic recommendations, of artificial intelligence dictating which books and…

Elena RossiniOctober 23, 2024

What Motivated Me To Rebel Against “Time Thieves” * Fave *Longread

What Motivated Me To Rebel Against “Time Thieves”

The top 3 reasons why I actively rebel against "time thieves" (all kinds of media…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Edward Snowden at Web Summit 2019: “Data Isn’t Harmless” Events

Edward Snowden at Web Summit 2019: “Data Isn’t Harmless”

American whistleblower Edward Snowden at Web Summit 2019: "But data isn't harmless. It is not…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

“I’m a realist because…” AnnouncementsEventsStart Here!Uncategorized

“I’m a realist because…”

The Realists is back! In this post I discuss digital minimalism and a screening and…

Elena RossiniOctober 24, 2024

The Real Reason Why Instagram Is Hiding “Like” Counts * Fave **Most Popular*LongreadStart Here!

The Real Reason Why Instagram Is Hiding “Like” Counts

I believe the real reason has to do with surveillance capitalism: extracting more precious user…

Elena RossiniOctober 24, 2024

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Minimizing Your Digital Trail on a Desktop Computer Longread

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Minimizing Your Digital Trail on a Desktop Computer

Hundreds of millions of websites have hidden, secret trackers that measure our behavior online. Here…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Podcast: Hurry Slowly on the Art of Noticing Podcast

Podcast: Hurry Slowly on the Art of Noticing

The cult of productivity and the relentless drive to appear popular on Instagram... what are…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Enhancing privacy on mobile devices Longread

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Enhancing privacy on mobile devices

Hundreds of millions of websites have hidden, secret trackers that measure our behavior online. Here…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Act like a Spy * Fave *LongreadStart Here!

Life under Surveillance Capitalism: Act like a Spy

Mobile phones are the ideal device to track citizens under surveillance capitalism. Here is how…

Elena RossiniOctober 24, 2024

What I’m reading this week: on surveillance capitalism and the potential dark side of a popular meme Link

What I’m reading this week: on surveillance capitalism and the potential dark side of a popular meme

This past week I've come across a plethora of fascinating articles on technology's impact on…

Elena RossiniJanuary 23, 2019

The app that gave me negative body image *Most Popular*Article

The app that gave me negative body image

Yesterday I came across an online video that made my jaw drop. A young woman,…

Elena RossiniOctober 23, 2024

Video: Jaron Lanier on how social media ruins your life Video

Video: Jaron Lanier on how social media ruins your life

A Channel 4 interview with internet pioneer Jaron Lanier, author of "Ten Arguments for Deleting…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Article: How To Do A Digital Detox and Get Your Life Back Link

Article: How To Do A Digital Detox and Get Your Life Back

"Digital devices are highly relevant in today’s fast-paced world, but it’s a whole different thing…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024

Quote: Tech Billionaire Parenting *Most Popular*Quote

Quote: Tech Billionaire Parenting

"Melinda Gates's children don't have smartphones and only use a computer in the kitchen. Her…

Elena RossiniJanuary 16, 2024