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Lonestarblue

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2. And you know what is stored in these data centers? Every aspect of our personal lives.

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Sun Jul 28, 2024, 07:00 AM

Jul 2024

Tech billionaires have gotten rich by monetizing our private data—and our politicians have just mostly encouraged it. People like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Google technocrats sweep up our data and make billions selling it. I wish we would do more of what the EU is doing to put on some controls.

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Washington Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State's Green Energy Push [View all] sl8 Jul 2024 OP

This is a huge problem TheFarseer Jul 2024 #1

And you know what is stored in these data centers? Every aspect of our personal lives. Lonestarblue Jul 2024 #2

I think most of them are crypto mining centers doing nothing for the general public... Wounded Bear Jul 2024 #3