The New Yorker
Taking Back Our Privacy
11+ min · · Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the end-to-end encrypted messaging service Signal, is “trying to bring normality to the Internet.” · Shared by 308, including Jochen Burkhard, Luca Like, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Kyle Chayka, Bailey Richardson, Carissa Véliz, Nrupal Akolkar, hiten.eth, Jane, henrik, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Bill Gurley, Matthias Lampe, Birgit Schefer, hakan, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓
NPR
Your Technology Is Tracking You. Take These Steps For Better Online Privacy
8 min · · NPR's Laurel Wamsley talked with the experts about how to better protect your information — from your text messages to your location — while you're on the phone and computer. · Shared by 461, including Ines Bieler, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jane, Aamir Raz, Katja Evertz, Bilal Aslam, Nrupal Akolkar, rogerverhoeven
WIRED
Amazon's Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy
2 min · · Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. · Shared by 76, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Esther Schindler, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Backchannel
WIRED
‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work
2 min · · California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test. · Shared by 192, including Katja Evertz, Michael Fauscette, Matthias Lampe, Nicolas Babin, Backchannel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, CyberCodeTwins, Tim
datenschutz-notizen.de
Wie sicher sind verschlüsselnde Cloud-Speicher-Dienste?
5 min · · Die Verschlüsselung ist eine wirksame Maßnahme zur Sicherstellung von Vertraulichkeit von Daten. Insbesondere dient diese Maßnahme der Umsetzung der Anforderungen aus Art. 32 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO zum… · Shared by 8, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Verge
Face masks are breaking facial recognition algorithms, says new government study
4 min · · If you’re worried about mass surveillance, here’s another reason to wear a face mask · Shared by 146, including @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jameson Lopp, Nicolas Babin, DHH, Bob E. Hayes, Mark Tabladillo PhD, luis antónio santos, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists)
The New York Times
How The New York Times Thinks About Your Privacy
11+ min · · Online privacy is complex, but it doesn’t have to be. · Shared by 67, including Times Open, Faik Ersoy, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Vox
The hidden trackers in your phone, explained
12+ min · · How covert code enables your phone’s apps to spy on you. · Shared by 223, including Liv 😷, blinch, Esther Schindler, Brian Ahier, Mark Kaigwa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Oliver Raduner, Privacy Matters, Kashmir Hill, Shubhankar Adhikari, Christian Surchi
The Guardian
Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database
4 min · · In the United States, at least one in four law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology. The implications are troubling · Shared by 129, including ExApologist, Liv 😷, Fern, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Evan Selinger
VICE
Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime
2 min · · Technologists from MIT, Harvard, and Google say research claiming to predict crime based on human faces creates a "tech-to-prison pipeline" that reinforces racist policing. · Shared by 64, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Bob E. Hayes, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ian M Calvert, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
The Guardian
Google says it will no longer save a complete record of every search
1 min · · The firm will now delete its saved records of a new user’s activity after 18 months · Shared by 21, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
MIT Technology Review
This startup is using AI to give workers a “productivity score”
4 min · · In the last few months, millions of people around the world stopped going into offices and started doing their jobs from home. These workers may be out of sight of managers, but they are not out of… · Shared by 298, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nicolas Babin, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Nige Roberts-Willson, caroline sinders, Thomas Power, Bill Johnston, Andreas Staub, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Esther Schindler, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Neil Hart 💙, Michael Fisher, Ronald van Loon
CNET
Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in incognito mode
1 min · · The search giant is accused of invading the privacy of millions of Americans. · Shared by 159, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Judith Lewis, Sebastien Meunier, KevinStrasser.com, Amber Mac, John Nosta, Thomas Power, Nick Szabo, Lee Odden - B2B Marketing
The Verge
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology
3 min · · IBM is also advocating for police reform. · Shared by 215, including Birgit Schefer, Chris Gledhill, Evan Selinger, Howard Getson, Jordi Serrano, Chris Messina, Marc Benioff, John Nosta, Ian M Calvert, Christian P. Stobbe, Ste Davies, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Marsha Collier, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Kerry Bodine, Patrick Sanwikarja, John Thornhill, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Rebecca Roache
The Guardian
IBM quits facial-recognition market over police racial-profiling concerns
3 min · · CEO writes to US Congress calling for ‘national dialogue’ about use in law enforcement · Shared by 47, including Bruce Lawson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Zoom to exclude free calls from end-to-end encryption to allow FBI cooperation
2 min · · Privacy advocates are concerned, saying basic security shouldn’t be a paid feature left open for the possibility of working with law enforcement · Shared by 83, including Fern, Dov, Amber Mac, Christian Surchi, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, William Gibson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯