Trump is quietly fundraising in Silicon Valley

[Donald Trump’s first trip to the Bay Area since he was elected president was shrouded in secrecy.](Trump visited Silicon Valley on Tuesday, the first time since he was elected, but his biggest supporters in the area don’t want to talk about him. That’s a big contrast when compared most Democratic political fundraisers, which are often public shows of force. [In an era and an industry]( where each campaign donation is a publicity crisis waiting to happen (remember the investor behind SoulCycle [who faced damaging boycotts](), people cannot run away — or at least shut up — fast enough. - Even traditional Republicans are snubbing Trump: Meg Whitman, the billionaire former CEO of eBay who for decades was synonymous with the Silicon Valley GOP establishment, [has compared Trump to Hitler.]( A Whitman spokesperson said she “will not be supporting Trump in any way this cycle.” Other prominent GOP donors in the area, like Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Cisco’s former CEO John Chambers, declined to comment on Trump. [[Theodore Schleifer/ Recode](] [Facebook’s policy chief quit in June, but he hasn’t left.](As Facebook’s lead communicator, Elliot Schrage was the man behind Facebook’s apology tour in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal and the misinformation campaigns on the social network during the 2016 election. But although he said he was leaving the company 15 months ago, Bloomberg reports that he hasn’t left the building. Instead, according to Bloomberg, “Schrage has been quietly helping the company on a number of initiatives as a full-time employee with a new title: vice president of special projects.” - So what is he working on? According to Bloomberg: Libra. Facebook’s cryptocurrency project is probably the most high-profile and controversial project Schrage is focused on, but he is also working with researchers that are using Facebook data to study social media’s impact on elections. It’s not unusual for employees to resign from a company and then stay around to advise their former employer, but what’s less common is when executives announce their departure, find their replacement, then stick around as full-time employees, Bloomberg points out. [[Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg](] [Millions of patients’ medical images and health data are sitting unprotected on the internet.](ProPublica found that the records of more than 5 million US patients are available to view on a typical web browser. After ProPublica alerted one company, MobilexUSA, security was tightened last week. Altogether, medical data from more than 16 million scans worldwide was available online, including names, birthdates, and, in some cases, Social Security numbers. - How did this happen? ProPublica points out that it’s hard to pinpoint who’s to blame. “Under US law, health care providers and their business associates are legally accountable for securing the privacy of patient data,” but ProPublica found no evidence that patient data was copied from these systems. Instead, “these records were often stored on servers that lacked the security precautions that long ago became standard for businesses and government agencies.” [[Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao, and Jeff Larson / ProPublica](] [Tinder and Airbnb are pivoting to video.](Both Tinder and Airbnb are expanding their offerings by making original video programming. Which, as Vice News put it, “is an exciting new prospect that no one asked for.” Apparently, Tinder has finished filming a television series, “as owner Match Group Inc seeks to dive deeper into creating original content," according to Reuters. Tinder’s upcoming multi-episode series is set in an “apocalyptic” storyline, and doesn’t have anything to do with swiping for dates. And ICYMI, Airbnb said in April that it was starting "to develop a slate of original shows to whet customers’ appetite for travel." - Tinder has tried to break out of dating before: Vice points out that Tinder launched an editorial arm called "Swipe Life" last year. The site produces listicles and dating tips. [[Josh Terry / Vice News](] [Join Recode's Peter Kafka at Code Media in Los Angeles this November 18 and 19.](#) There, he'll host unscripted interviews with the most important people in tech, TV, print, digital, and marketing. Guests include CEOs of Vice Media, WarnerMedia, Condé Nast, New York Media, and more. [You can get your Code Media ticket here](. [Insert alt text here] [Thanks to Andreessen Horowitz and Bill Gates, you can get avocados that stay ripe for twice as long.]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( to receive fewer emails, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.