Two-Minute-Tuesday: Data, Maritime Choke Points and Condors
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Profiting from your data
Sometimes it feels like online advertisers can read my mind. Do you ever have the same feeling? I know that’s because many of the apps we love shamelessly share and sell our data. But which apps are the worst offenders?
Instagram shares information on purchases, location, contact information, contacts, user content, search and browsing history, identifiers, usage data, diagnostics and financial information. Also, remember that Facebook, the second-worst offender, owns Instagram.
On the other side of the spectrum, these apps don’t share any of your data.
Click here to read more.
Maritime Choke Points
The recent calamity in the Suez Canal was an eye-opener on the importance of maritime trade, with over 80% of global trade shipped via sea. Like the Suez Canal, maritime trade relies heavily on a few optimally located canals or straights that carry enormous traffic. Here’s a look at the major maritime choke points (zoom if you are using a phone).
Andean Condors
I learned about Andean Condors while watching The Long Up, Ewan McGregor’s series about traversing South America on electric motorbikes.
The Andean Condor is a majestic creature found in the Andes Mountains and coastal regions of South America and is the national bird of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. It has a wingspan of over 3 metres, the largest of any raptor, and can glide for about 160km without flapping its wings.
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