The New York Times
We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.
· The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required a college-level reading ability. · Shared by 133, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Avinash Kaushik, Esther Schindler, Antonio Vieira Santos, Sam DeZerga, Charles Baldwin, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Nathan Benaich, Privacy Matters, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rick Powell, Bjorn Larsen, mastodon.social/@renestalder, John Battelle, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, #MuskOut (not parody)
The New York Times
Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police
10 min · · The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent. · Shared by 132, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, DHH, Jo Alchin, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Ralph Hutter, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Kaspar Manz, Fern, Gideonro, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Larry Balaclava
The New York Times
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
7 min · · Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide. · Shared by 130, including Charles Baldwin, tektology, Martin Ford, Mike Butcher, Mathew Ingram, Craig Brown, PhD, Marsha Collier, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Michael Grupe, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Yvette Dubel, Ouriel @Zengo, Cade Metz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after
The New York Times
A.I. Is Learning From Humans. Many Humans.
15+ min · · Artificial intelligence is being taught by thousands of office workers around the world. It is not exactly futuristic work. · Shared by 129, including Thomas Power, Kathleen Walch, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, MichelleRobbins, Tamara McCleary, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Forbes India, Ronald Schmelzer, Nige Roberts-Willson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Martin Ford, Alex J. Champandard 🌻, Craig Brown, PhD, Stowe Boyd, Kirk Borne, Sean Gardner, The Indian Express, Oren Etzioni, Iain Brown, PhD, Cade Metz
The New York Times
The Privacy Project
2 min · · The New York Times is launching an ongoing examination of privacy. We’ll dig into the ideas, history and future of how our information navigates the digital ecosystem and what’s at stake. · Shared by 128, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Liliane Ferrari ™, luis antónio santos, Fraunhofer SIT, Bill Johnston, Oscar MacDonald, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Abir Oreibi, Times Open, Joe Germuska, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Niklaus Gerber, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
CNBC
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it's hard to delete
3 min · · Google collects the purchases you've made, including from other stores and places like Amazon, and saves them on a page called Purchases. · Shared by 127, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, George M 🇪🇺, Yvette Dubel, Matt Cutts, Builtvisible, Charles Baldwin, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, cbz, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Kiki, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ralph Hutter, Kaspar Manz
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
Quartz
I’m a data scientist who is skeptical about data
8 min · · We’ve conflated data with truth. And this has dangerous implications for our ability to understand, explain, and improve the things we care about. · Shared by 125, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Ronald van Loon, Oscar MacDonald, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Bill Johnston, ❤️ Umair, George Waititu, John Hagel, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Yvette Dubel, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa
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 🇺🇦
VICE
Zoom Removes Code That Sends Data to Facebook
2 min · · The change comes after Motherboard found the Zoom iOS app was sending analytics information to Facebook when users opened the app. · Shared by 121, including Bruce Lawson, Thomas Power, CyberCodeTwins, Stephanie A Kowalski, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Andreas Von Gunten, DHH, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Metropolis, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Peter Steinberger, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, SwiftOnSecurity, René Clausen Nielsen, Lucy Kueng, Mark Little, Xavier Bertschy, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Oliver Ewinger
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
WIRED
AI Is Biased. Here's How Scientists Are Trying to Fix It
2 min · · Researchers are revising the ImageNet data set. But algorithmic anti-bias training is harder than it seems. · Shared by 119, including Josep M. Ganyet, Faik Ersoy, Yves Mulkers, Ines Bieler, Martin Ford, Marc Gasser, Eric Topol, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Ronald van Loon, Rick King, Florian Graillot, Desmond Williams, LARRY ELKAN, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel
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 New York Times
In Stores, Secret Bluetooth Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move
7 min · · As you shop, “beacons” are watching you, using hidden technology in your phone. · Shared by 114, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Oliver Raduner, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Sam DeZerga, Jane, Luca Like, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Miguel, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Charles Baldwin, Carissa Véliz
The New York Times
Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State
11+ min · · In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China. · Shared by 112, including luis antónio santos, Thomas Pleil, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Mathew Ingram, Eric Seufert, Charles Baldwin, Mark Kaigwa, Björn Ognibeni, Azeem Azhar, 瑞拿頭, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Leslie D, Gerd Leonhard, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Fast Company
The new digital divide is between people who opt out of algorithms and people who don’t
4 min · · Here are three ways to take control of the algorithms in your life. · Shared by 112, including 瑞拿頭, Niklaus Gerber, Bertrand Maltaverne, Ines Bieler, Thomas Power, Ste Davies, luis antónio santos, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Paolo Sinelli, Klaus Eck, Bernhard Huessy, Yves Mulkers, Chris Messina, Cindy Krum 📱