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	Podcast:		Coder Radio
	Episode:		480: Google's 1984 Moment
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:16:47
	Publish Date:		2022-08-24 13:30:00
	Description:		We're spooked to learn how one man's life has been turned upside down just because he used Google Photos. Plus Mike's thoughts on .Net 7's trajectory and a little hope for Ionic. Sponsored By: Linode: Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Tailscale: Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Support Coder Radio Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — Check out "TCG-Con Tampa" Why Pixelmator Photo is switching to subscription pricing — TL;DR: Pixelmator Photo will now cost $4.99 per month, $23.99 per year, or $54.99 for a lifetime license but existing paid users get unlimited access for free. Our West Coast Meetup Chat Room on Matrix — Join our room and get the inside deets. Jupiter @ JPL - Get your name in the Hat! — We picking names SOON. Announcing .NET 7 Preview 7 — This preview of .NET 7 includes improvements to System.LINQ, Unix file permissions, low-level structs, p/Invoke source generation, code generation, and websockets. A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. — Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious. Matthew Green on Twitter — He took a private photo intended for a doctor. In a situation where human being expect (but may not be entitled to) the most extreme privacy that our technical situations have to offer. Instead his child’s genitals were transmitted to a team of people and he lost years of data. Matthew Green on Twitter — This is the situation that every normal person fears will happen when “classifiers work as intended” on their private data. It’s fine to argue this is an extreme and regrettable edge case we can design out of the system. To say it’s defensible? That’s dangerous. Deirdre Connolly¹ on Twitter — "Fun" reveal in this story: per the (erroneous) referral to police, Google complied with a warrant for this user's /entire Google search history/, as well as location history, messages, and any documents they had associated with the account Your browser does not support the audio element.