The Verge
Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard
2 min · · So everything will just work with whatever smart assistant you already have. · Shared by 144, including Johannes Dornisch, Peter Schmidhuber, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Sachin Rekhi, Kunal Bhatia, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Leo Blazquez, Thomas Telandro, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The New York Times
A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers
11+ min · · The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. One of the world’s biggest spying networks is aimed at regular people, and nobody can stop it. · Shared by 97, including ExApologist, John Battelle, Noah Toly, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, hardmaru, Thomas Power, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Katja Evertz, Luca Like, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, John O'Farrell, Liv 😷, Martin Ford, Desmond Williams, sehee hahn, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, mrbrown
The Guardian
We've spent the decade letting our tech define us. It's out of control
8 min · · Technology has grown from some devices and platforms we use to an entire environment in which we function · Shared by 246, including Jonathan Kogan, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Damian Madray, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, luis antónio santos, Gabriele, Josep M. Ganyet, Dean Anthony Gratton, Joan Lockwood, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Andreas Staub, Katja Evertz, douglas rushkoff, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Evan Selinger, Gerd Leonhard, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Ⓓarío Macchi
The New York Times
How Your Phone Betrays Democracy
10 min · · You protest, they watch. · Shared by 92, including Jonathan Kogan, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Luca Like, Carla Gentry 🎶, Mike Butcher, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Neeraj K Agrawal, Stuart A. Thompson, Thomas Pleil, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Eric Topol, Matteo Fogli, Scott McLeod, Faik Ersoy
The New York Times
Total Surveillance Is Not What America Signed Up For
7 min · · Congress should take bold action to regulate the location data industry. · Shared by 82, including Matteo Fogli, Neeraj K Agrawal, Eric Topol, Loughlin O'Nolan, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Scott McLeod, DHH, Mathew Ingram, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Faik Ersoy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
WIRED
The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things
3 min · · So-called lightweight encryption has its place. But some researchers argue that more manufacturers should stick with proven methods. · Shared by 69, including Backchannel, Bernhard Huessy, Niklaus Gerber, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Stephan Woodtli
The Washington Post
‘Bots’ are becoming more humanlike. What does that mean for 2020?
· Some Twitter users accused “bots” of promoting hashtags after the Democratic presidential debates. Here’s what you need to know about how online manipulation is evolving. · Shared by 36, including Thomas Power, Chris Messina, Jonathan Kogan, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Faik Ersoy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Stephan Woodtli
rufposten.de
Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website
3 min · · I did a detailed privacy check of the Tiktok app and website. Tiktok commits multiple breaches of law, trust, transparency and data protection.Here are all technical and legal details. You can · Shared by 88, including Johannes Lenz, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Matthias Lampe, Larry Balaclava, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Kahlil Lechelt, Dr. John Grohol 🇺🇦, Desmond Williams, Thomas Fuchs
The New York Times
I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.
4 min · · I wanted the web to serve humanity. It’s not too late to live up to that promise. · Shared by 234, including Steve Faktor, mdy, Matthias Lampe, luis antónio santos, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Edward Tufte, Pablo Felip, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Xose Alberte Cea, davidabrock, Anita Leirfall, Tiffany Shlain
WIRED
1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server
3 min · · Here's the next jumbo data leak, complete with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles. · Shared by 81, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Draven, Luca Like, #MuskOut (not parody), Brian Roemmele, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel, Matthias Lampe, Marsha Collier, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, @brianleroux@indieweb.social 💙
youtube.com
This AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds 🤐
· ❤️ Check out Weights & Biases here and sign up for a free demo: https://www.wandb.com/papers The shown blog post is available here: https://www.wandb.com/art... · Shared by 155, including Pablo Fernandez Cid, Thomas Billeter, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Will Preston, Matthias Lampe, rudolph regter, Rick King, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 瑞拿頭, Sibylle Peuker, Dr. Alec Couros, Tom Connor
amnesty.org
Facebook and Google’s pervasive surveillance of billions of people is a systemic threat to human rights
4 min · · There needs to be a radical transformation of Facebook and Google's surveillance business model as it poses a systemic threat to human rights, · Shared by 103, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Aral Balkan, Mark Kaigwa, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Luca Like, Fern, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, luis antónio santos, Alex Barrera, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, Brian Roemmele, Kat, Mark Coeckelbergh
Pew Research Internet
Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information
12+ min · · Majorities of U.S. adults believe their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and that it is not possible to go through daily life without being… · Shared by 85, including Tim Hayden, Brooke B. Sellas, Steve Farnsworth, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, linamkhan, Privacy Matters, Susannah Fox, Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Philanthropy News Digest
freedomonthenet.org
The Crisis of Social Media
3 min · · What was once a liberating technology has become a conduit for surveillance and electoral manipulation. · Shared by 108, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, luis antónio santos, Ste Davies, Oscar MacDonald, Rick Powell, Bruce Lawson, Bertrand Maltaverne, Katja Evertz, Matt Navarra
EL PAÍS
Europa ultima un plan para dar la batalla en el negocio de los datos
9 min · · El objetivo es impedir que las grandes firmas estadounidenses monopolicen el acceso y manejo de la información de las empresas · Shared by 6, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
MIT Technology Review
Inside the Microsoft team tracking the world’s most dangerous hackers
8 min · · From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth. · Shared by 125, including Builtvisible, Matthias Lampe, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Thomas Power, Marsha Collier, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mark Tabladillo PhD