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David Auerbach is a writer and software engineer. He previously worked for Google and Microsoft for ten years and has also been a technology columnist and New America Fellow. His book BITWISE: A LIFE IN CODE is forthcoming from Pantheon in 2018.

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Facebook’s Still Spying on You

THE BIG IDEA

Only the destruction of the vast majority of Facebook’s data stores of consumer information will prevent further abuses.

David Auerbach | Published Mar 22, 2019
opinion

It’s Not Just Facebook & Trump—The Whole Web Is Stalking You

The Data Hydra

The internet was never designed for privacy, and between consumer profiling and government surveillance, there’s been little incentive to make it any more private.

David Auerbach | Published Mar 20, 2018

Nothing But Respect for My President: Android Abe Lincoln

Replicant-In-Chief

Lincoln has loomed so large for so long in the American imagination that he’s like the ‘Mona Lisa’: you cannot look at him fresh.

David Auerbach | Published Feb 18, 2018

The Sci-Fi Roots of the Alt-Right

Star Wars & God Emperors

Pournelle, Gingrich and Trump see a future that must be secured by authoritarian institutions that group together humanity’s best and prevent the rest from stifling them.

David Auerbach | Published Sep 17, 2017

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