Rob Pegoraro
Technology Blogger, USA Today, Discovery News
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Journalist covering/often vexed by computers, gadgets and other things that beep. Seen at @USATODAYtech, @DisCo_Project, @Discovery_News, @sulia, and elsewhere.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?
The first keyboard I used was on a manual typewriter, and now I own one myself... largely for ironic purposes.
How is social media changing news?
The conversation with readers about a story no longer starts after you publish that piece; it's now a continuum.
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followers 21,660
tweets 
Swire notes that discoverability of browser privacy settings can vary. But how do you regulate against crummy UIs? #DoNotTrack
Soltani: Hulu will track you in incognito mode across multiple machines--they say users didn't mean to opt out of Flash-cookie tracking.
You could, however, force the user to make a #DoNotTrack choice in a first-startup splash screen with no defaults selected.
"As long as it's hard and not a lot of people do it, we're fine" - @ashk4n describes the ad industry's attitude towards #DoNotTrack.
How would #DoNotTrack work? IAB's Zaneis says the user should have to opt into it; ACLU's Calabrese says make it the default.
RT @BerinSzoka: I'm SHOCKED that @NetCaucusAC event has turned into the same general debate about #privacy we always see, not about #DoNotT…
ACLU's @CRCalabrese: A lot of people are afraid of the Internet, but giving them empowering tools like #DoNotTrack can address that fear.
AdChoices "being served in more than 1 trillion ads every month": Interactive Advertising Bureau counsel, svp @mikezaneis. #DoNotTrack
Looks like somebody at @SideCar read my review--an update to the app adds a "Detour Mode" so you don't have to guess the donation. (Thanks!)
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