Interesting Links for 22-10-2017

[andrewducker]

Balloons providing emergency internet in Puerto Rico

(tags: balloon internet )

Google and the Resurgence of Italian Design

(tags: Italy design google )

Will Facebook and Google be able to access your bank data?

(tags: privacy banking UK europe )

Vikings Razed the Forests. Can Iceland Regrow Them?

(tags: iceland forests trees )

More information on the recent dyslexia/eye research

(tags: dyslexia eyes )

Burger King Reveals the Uncomfortable Truth About Bullying in a Remarkable In-Store Stunt

(tags: food bullying video advertising )

Microsoft has found a way to double the HoloLens Field of View

(tags: augmentedreality microsoft )

If Game Of Thrones was an anime this would be its opening credits

(tags: anime gameofthrones )

Basque leader supports Catalonia

(tags: Spain Catalonia )

The secret Swiss mountain bunker where millionaires stash their bitcoins

Frankly, pretty silly. Any attack will be network-based, or social.
(tags: bitcoin security_theatre security )

The difference between an unwanted pass & sexual harassment

(tags: harrassment relationships gender society power )

Literally Just GIFs Of Women Destroying Shit

(tags: women anger animated_gif )

"Dave The Period Fairy" Has Become A Viral Sensation After A Woman Shared A Nightmare Hiking Experience On Reddit

(tags: menstruation awesome )

The Case of the Small Shoes —a.k.a. Survival Bias (No, people were not "just smaller then.")

(tags: history size )

Franco’s fascism is alive and kicking in Spain

(tags: Spain fascism Catalonia police independence )

Comments

Will Facebook and Google be able to access your bank data?

[doug]

The answer is yes, yes they will, as the article explains towards the end: almost certainly they will register as providers, and people will almost certainly give them permission to access their bank data. It won't be compulsory but I predict lots and lots of people will do it. Probably including me.

[calimac]

I had direct deposit on my last regular job, but I never let anybody have direct access to take money out of my bank account. Lots of bills come with an option for enabling automatic payment, but I ignore them. I only agreed to start using PayPal, which is now essential for certain types of purchases, once they added the option to funnel it to your credit card.

If I saw an instance of bullying, and moved to intervene, and then found out it had been staged in order to find out how many people would intervene, I would be extremely annoyed. To put it mildly.