Josep M. Ganyet
Interested in life, the universe and everything. Work: @Mortensen, Teach: @UPFBarcelona, Talk: @RAC1 @beteve Write: @LaVanguardia @VIAEmpresa @cavallfort
Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure
The world seems to be shocked by the news that WhatsApp turned any phone into spyware. Everything on your phone, including photos, emails and texts was accessible by attackers just because you had…
Análisis | Internet: la utopía escondía negocio y vigilancia
El investigador Evgeny Morozov sostiene que la primigenia pureza de las redes nunca existió, pues fueron promovidas por el Pentágono y Wall Street. Y esto solo se arregla con política
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
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Christian FauteuxI can confirm that the phenomena described in this article express themselves even in the highest scientific circles.
Think You’re Discreet Online? Think Again
Thanks to “data inference” technology, companies know more about you than you disclose.
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Leslie DEven 9 years ago it was far subtler than this article indicates. We could identify people by their unique browser settings, geolocate using IP addressesSee more, store every site visited and most purchases made at certain companies and build profiles of people’s behavior that leads to purchase. We could have matched to names because there are obscure companies that store your name with all identifying information such as browser settings or other obscure identifiers, plus everything in every cookie. The only limit to the data collected is computing power and the technical know how to manipulate massive data. Without privacy laws, we will never know the massive amount of data stored about our online and offline lives and how it is used to manipulate and control us, so far just for consumer behavior and election engineering- but what will someone think up next?
San Francisco desarrolla una ley histórica para prohibir el reconocimiento facial
La ley y la tecnología suelen ir mal acompasadas, pero en esta ocasión una ciudad parece querer poner freno a las malas prácticas tecnológicas basadas en el reconocimiento facial. Aunque, claro, no…
Jack Dorsey’s TED Interview and the End of an Era
The C.E.O. of Twitter no longer seems capable of controlling the system he’s created.
The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona
In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence.
La lluita contra les ‘fake news’ comença a l’escola
El Col·legi de Periodistes forma alumnes per ser crítics a internet
Who should be in charge of protecting our personal data?
Consumers and enterprises, technology leaders and governments: all of them emphasize the need for global cybersecurity. But while most agree this is an urgent priority, research shows that nobody is…
When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
The Italian Futurists praised invention, modernity, speed, and disruption. Sound familiar?
We Built a (Legal) Facial Recognition Machine for $60
Using a public camera, we looked for prominent people walking through a New York City park. What we found shows the technology's promise — and perils.
Jack Dorsey: How Twitter needs to change
Can Twitter be saved? In a wide-ranging conversation with TED's Chris Anderson and Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discusses the future of the platform -- acknowledging problems…
RECREATING HISTORY on Vimeo
Moments in history, whether bigger or more intimate, are often recreated in film. This produces something that is transcending, powerful and nevertheless, haunting.…
Empleados de Amazon escuchan a diario conversaciones que mantienen los usuarios con…
La compañía reconoce anotar un pequeño número de interacciones para “mejorar la experiencia del cliente”
Europe's Quest For Ethics In Artificial Intelligence
A group of EU experts just published Ethics Guidelines for AI. The European Commission aims to make them a standard for Europe and the whole world. What will this mean for the future of the industry?…
Healthy, happy and tropical – world's fastest-growing cities demand our attention
When we plan a better future for an increasingly urbanised world, we need to be aware that more than half of all children now live in the tropics. That calls for solutions with a tropical character.
How China Turned a City Into a Prison
Children are interrogated. Neighbors become informants. Mosques are monitored. Cameras are everywhere.
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Charles BaldwinEvery vehicle and smartphone has GPS as well, most likely.
Des de quan som bilingües els catalans? Primer estudi del procés d'introducció…
Les classes populars mantenen l'ús del català al llarg dels anys, i és durant el franquisme quan es consolida el procés de bilingüització
Meurtres, pornographie, racisme… Dans la peau d’un modérateur de Facebook
« Le Monde » a obtenu les témoignages exceptionnels de ceux qui nettoient Facebook de ses contenus interdits. Ils racontent le quotidien de ce métier si particulier.
Artificial intelligence: Commission takes forward its work on ethics guidelines
Brussels, 8 April 2019 The Commission presents today next steps for building trust in artificial intelligence by taking forward the work of the High-Level Expert Group. Building on the work of the…
