links for 2009-10-05

Posted by Mark Belinsky on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

• PayPal's Electronic Profiling | appfrica
  Paypal flags transactions from certain countries as "suspect" automatically. Rather than profiling by individual behavior, they are do that other kind of profiling…. I wonder who else is as well.
  (tags: privacy Economy racism fraud)
• Don’t, Don’t, Don’t vs. Do, Do, Do | Will Richardson
  A simple idea for education: instead of schools having a list of things one cannot do on their networks, why not have a list of what is encouraged.
  (tags: education)
• Amish Hackers | The Technium
  Honest look at a misunderstood and marginalized community – the Amish. Not luddites, just picky about their tech because of the impact it has on communities. A must read.
  (tags: culture technology religion Society amish hack community)
• Countries billionaires could buy | Forbes
  Breakdown of billionaire worth contra GDP. Unfortunately it leaves off the number of people in those countries.
  (tags: Economy capitalism gdp)

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