Do you think we're becoming easier to control than any society in history? >> Yes. The algorithm was able to figure out who was pregnant based on purchases. It's kind of surprising like what they were because the purchases were pretty innocuous. It was buying cotton balls and unscented lotion and things like that that triggered the algorithm. And in one instance, a father of a teenage girl comes to the store and complains and says, "Hey, you know, I I don't know why we're getting all these baby ads. " And i ...

Debian 的 Data Protection Team（数据保护团队）成立于 2018 年，背景并不复杂：欧盟《通用数据保护 条例》（GDPR）正式落地，全球所有涉及个人数据处理的组织，哪怕是非营利、志愿者驱动的开源项 目，都无法再"装作没看见"。 这个团队的职责，并不是写代码，而是处理一些"没人爱干、但必须有人干"的事情，比如： 在过去几年里，这个团队一直低调运作，很少被普通开发者注意到。 直到现在——它突然没了。 在开源世界里，Debian 一向以稳健、保守和"长期可维护"著称。 三名成员同时退出，团队授权被撤销 但就在 2026 年刚刚开始，这个拥有 30 多年历史的老牌 Linux 发行版，却悄然暴露出一个不太体面的现 实问题——负责 GDPR 与隐私合规的数据保护团队，已经彻底无人值守。 几天前，Debian 项目负责人（DPL）Andreas Tille 向社区发出了一封罕见的"紧急招募信"，直言不讳地 指出：数据保护团队的三名被授权成员已经全部退出。 没有交接、没有替补、没有候选人，整个 Debian 项目，目前连一个正式的数据保护负责人都没有。 一个"看似冷门"，却越来越要命的团队 除了被 ...

RT Henrick Johansson (@compliantvc)Attended a European Hacker event last nightAsked a founder what he's working onBut then I caught myselfI had just violated GDPR by soliciting sensitive information from a third party without proper consent and pre-approvalI promptly departed the event and turned myself into the policeIt was a grave mistake and I profusely apologize to the community. This will never happen again. ...