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Thanks to the EFF<\/a> for their E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the EFF for their E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[210,212,209,211],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-the-universe-and-everything","tag-ebook","tag-eff","tag-gadget","tag-privacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-sA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/18\/eff-docucolor-tracking-dot-decoding-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":1772,"position":0},"title":"EFF: DocuColor Tracking Dot Decoding Guide","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2005-10-18","format":false,"excerpt":"EFF: DocuColor Tracking Dot Decoding Guide I am glad I don't have a printer.","rel":"","context":"In "life, the universe and everything"","block_context":{"text":"life, the universe and everything","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/category\/life-the-universe-and-everything\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3523,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/how-many-pages-of-tos-and-privacy-policies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1772,"position":1},"title":"How many pages of ToS and Privacy Policies?","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2013-10-22","format":false,"excerpt":"So, I started this thought experiment: let's assume for the moment that government is completely trustworthy, only has your interests at heart and doesn't secretly sell you out to whoever they feel like. 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