标签:privacy

  • On NetEase Mail, Cookies, and Privacy in the Internet Age

    On NetEase Mail, Cookies, and Privacy in the Internet Age

    (It’s been a long time since I last wrote an essay; this is a bit messy, but I’ll gradually restore the blog update frequency in the near future~) The recent 315 gala seems to have taken a heavy toll on many IT companies that did not advertise properly on CCTV. Apple has always been arrogant; you can criticize it for arrogance all you want, but this time NetEase has probably really fallen into trouble. As for the news media’s habit of reporting some negative information in a kind of campaign-style, entertainmentized, highly selective and biased manner, that behavior is contemptible. But in general I do not object to this kind…

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  • The Blog’s Indenture

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    The Blog’s Indenture

    When we register for a free online service, its “terms of service” are often completely ignored. In fact, this thing really ought to be taken seriously; otherwise, before you know it, you’ve signed a deed of sale for yourself. Recently I’ve been looking for alternatives to Ycool Blog, but I still haven’t found anything suitable. I absolutely won’t use Sina Blog, because its terms of service are basically a deed of sale. What I care about mainly are two things: first, privacy protection; second, protection of intellectual property rights. The policies involved differ greatly from one blog to another, and the difference between blogs inside the firewall and those outside…

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