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Business "One price to all" has been the default since 1840, but online retail is sneakily killing it off Cory Doctorow
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Business Wearing an activity tracker gives insurance companies the data they need to discriminate against people like you Cory Doctorow
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web theory Why the FBI would be nuts to try to use chatbots to flush out terrorists online Cory Doctorow
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