TechCrunch
Facebook Dating launches in the U.S., adds Instagram integration
6 min · · Are Americans ready to trust Facebook with their dating life? Barely more than a month has passed since the U.S. Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook a record $5 billion over its privacy lapses,… · Shared by 64, including Jon Loomer, John Koetsier, Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー, Matt Navarra, Brooke B. Sellas, Mari Smith, Jessica Gioglio, Gerrit Eicker, Sprout Social, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg
New York Magazine
Ten Years On, Foursquare Is Now Checking In to You
7 min · · The company has become a data-harvesting success story – and is still trying to figure out whether that’s “cool or creepy.” · Shared by 291, including Sachin Rekhi, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Gerrit Eicker, Scott Galloway, Luca Like, Johannes Dornisch, Gabriele, Niklaus Gerber, Esther Schindler, Matthias Lampe, Chris Messina, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Andy Sporring - 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Essays, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa
The Guardian
Facial recognition is now rampant. The implications for our freedom are chilling
5 min · · This new technology is being secretly used on streets and in shopping centres across Britain, making potential suspects of us all · Shared by 111, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Tris Hussey, Gerrit Eicker, Tauno, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Ines Bieler, ahg, Matthias Lampe, Ste Davies, Azeem Azhar, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
Fast Company
Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
5 min · · In China, scoring citizens’ behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law. · Shared by 138, including Klaus Eck, Martin Ford, Gerrit Eicker, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Neeraj K Agrawal, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, 💥 Katie Martell, Christophe Jean, Charles Baldwin, Mathew Ingram, Faik Ersoy, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Thomas Power, Björn Ognibeni, Michael Gass, Claudia Sommer, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Lord Travis Wright, John Nosta, Chris Gledhill
blairreeves.me
The Browser Monopoly
6 min · · There is really only one Big Tech monopoly that I actively worry about. It’s not Amazon, Facebook or Apple, though they are all extremely dominant in their respective fields and do act in anti… · Shared by 146, including Nick Floro, Gerrit Eicker, dunschtig, Rachel Andrew, Christophe Jean, Dominik Grolimund, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, #MuskOut (not parody), Fabrizio Bianchi, Thomas Power, Brian Rinaldi, Fabricio Teixeira, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias Lampe, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ
TechCrunch
WebKit’s new anti-tracking policy puts privacy on a par with security
6 min · · WebKit, the open source engine that underpins Internet browsers including Apple’s Safari browser, has announced a new tracking prevention policy that takes the strictest line yet on the background and… · Shared by 26, including Steven Sinofsky, John Koetsier, Gerrit Eicker
Forbes
Facebook Just Gave 1.3 Billion Messenger Users A Reason To Delete Their Accounts
3 min · · Facebook has been eavesdropping on Messenger conversations, it has emerged. Here’s what happened and what to do. · Shared by 48, including Charles Baldwin, Jane, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Eric Seufert, Thomas Power, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Pam Moore, Gerrit Eicker
Slate
Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.?
4 min · · It’s not the only way, but it’s the easiest. · Shared by 20, including Thomas Power, Tamara McCleary, Jochen Burkhard, Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
Exclusive: the Pentagon is testing mass surveillance balloons across the midwest
5 min · · The high altitude balloons promise a cheap surveillance platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods · Shared by 106, including Jane, Mike Norman, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Gerrit Eicker, Luca Like, Rick Powell, Rajesh Pancholi, Christian Fauteux, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor