La Vanguardia
Google recolectó sin permiso datos médicos de millones de personas
2 min · · El gigante tecnológico Google ha recolectado sin permiso datos médicos de decenas de millones de estadounidenses, informó este lunes en exclusiva el diario The Wall Street Journal, que citó… · Shared by 2, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | Google’s Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
8 min · · Google is teaming with one of the country’s largest health-care systems on a secret project to collect and crunch detailed health information of millions of Americans across 21 states. · Shared by 123, including Frank Stratmann, mdy, Ben Fry, Daniel Kraft, MD, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick King, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tomio Geron, Rf, felix salmon, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Fuchs , Paul Roetzer, Azeem Azhar, Josep M. Ganyet, Molly Wood, Lisa Suennen, Lily Ray 😏, Melissa Fach 🇺🇦
EL PAÍS
Columna | Socializar los algoritmos
2 min · · Hay que propiciar una regulación legal sobre los algoritmos que exija diseños que tomen la dignidad humana como referente · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology
13+ min · · Millions of Flickr images were sucked into a database called MegaFace. Now some of those faces may have the ability to sue. · Shared by 79, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Stammy, Craig Brown, PhD, Privacy Matters, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram, Alexis Sanders, Thomas Pleil, Thomas Power, Matteo Fogli, Jane, Kashmir Hill, MIT Press
The New York Times
Filming the Show: Pardon the Intrusion? Or Punish It?
6 min · · A seized phone. A stopped concert. A text from Rihanna. All new fuel for a heated debate about theater etiquette in the digital age. · Shared by 17, including Felix M, Tiffany Shlain, mdy, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The New York Times
How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct
5 min · · Google has now given us an option to set search and location data to automatically disappear after a certain time. We should all use it. · Shared by 82, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, IAPP, Nancy, Gary Thomas 🌐, The Indian Express, Kelly Hoey, Tiffany Shlain, David McCandless, Azeem Azhar, Nick Floro, henrik, luis antónio santos, Philippe Surber, Futurity News, Niklaus Gerber, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, Xavier Bertschy, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Fast Company
Mozilla and Creative Commons want to reimagine the internet without ads, and they have $100M to do it
2 min · · The funds would support projects using a new “web monetization” protocol, including open source tools and individual creators · Shared by 85, including Esther Schindler, Mathew Ingram, Katja Evertz, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jochen Burkhard, Gerrit Eicker, Mitch Kapor, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Bertrand Maltaverne, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Richard MacManus
Fast Company
Facebook is teaching computers the fine art of conversation
9 min · · Bots still can’t converse like humans. But Facebook’s AI researchers are making major inroads—with implications for the company’s messaging apps and beyond. · Shared by 95, including Dr Catherine Breslin, Mari Smith, Cathy Pearl, Brian Roemmele, Johannes Lenz, Matt Navarra, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The New York Times
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
20+ min · · Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. Tech companies, the government and the authorities are no match. · Shared by 114, including luis antónio santos, Scott McLeod, Maia Szalavitz, Matthew Holt, Jill I-Am-Permanently-OFF-Bird-Site Duffy, Ajit Pai, Antonio Vieira Santos, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Michael Seemann, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, publici, Making Sense Podcast, felix salmon, George M 🇪🇺, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Deborah Blum, Mark Kaigwa, Bjorn Larsen
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
El mapa de los que luchan por un Internet libre
3 min · · Este artículo aborda las resistencias digitales, el movimiento a favor de la descentralización y el desarrollo de protocolos abiertos como características cercanas a los valores de libertad y… · Shared by 3, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
ProPublica
Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek.
7 min · · Hundreds of computer servers worldwide that store patient X-rays and MRIs are so insecure that anyone with a web browser or a few lines of computer code can view patient records. One expert warned… · Shared by 84, including K. Williams, Rasu Shrestha MD MBA, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Steve Faktor, Brian Ahier, Trey Tweets Into the Void, John Koetsier, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Carla Gentry 🎶, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Esther Schindler, zeldman
The New York Times
This Article Is Spying on You
5 min · · The same news organizations that do a great job of reporting on privacy problems — have privacy problems. · Shared by 44, including Ste Davies, luis antónio santos, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Brad Brooks, Luca Like, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Privacy Matters, Nieman Reports
The New York Times
Facebook Says It Has Suspended ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Apps
6 min · · The scale of suspensions, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, was far larger than the social network had previously revealed. · Shared by 54, including Bjorn Larsen, DHH, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, The Indian Express, Dean of Big Data 🎓 #DOBD, Tiffany Shlain
MIT Technology Review
The new battle in Hong Kong isn’t on the streets: it’s in the apps
8 min · · Activists are using Airdrop, livestreams, and innovative maps to keep their protest alive. But the authorities have plenty of tech of their own. · Shared by 46, including Dr. Alec Couros, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Vikram Dutt, Anthony Hamelle, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, luis antónio santos, Thomas Wong, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
The Guardian
Facebook confirms 419m phone numbers exposed in latest privacy lapse
2 min · · The information was stored in an online server that was not password protected, according to a report from TechCrunch · Shared by 120, including Matthias Lampe, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Liv 😷, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Ian M Calvert, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler, Dean Anthony Gratton, Thomas Power, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Oliver Raduner
The New York Times
Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras
7 min · · Facial recognition technology is drawing scrutiny in a country more accustomed to surveillance than any other Western democracy. · Shared by 22, including Craig Brown, PhD, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ste Davies, Martin Ford