The Guardian
'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
17+ min · · Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions · Shared by 272, including Josep M. Ganyet, Rico Grimm, DHH, Clemens M. Schuster, Mathew Ingram, luis antónio santos, Ian M Calvert, fernand0, Claudia Sommer, 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, Mark Kaigwa, Carl Morris, Oliver Reichenstein, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Seemann, Thomas Pleil, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Liv 😷, Antonio Vieira Santos
EL PAÍS
Diez reglas para volverte invisible en internet
6 min · · Todo lo que tienes que hacer para moverte por internet sin dejar un reguero de datos a tu paso. Un adelanto el eslabón más débil eres tú. · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet, EL PAÍS RETINA
The Telegraph
More robots, less cancer, no diabetes
13+ min · · What does the future hold for our health? Take a look at seven visions of the future to see what might be in store · Shared by 9, including Josep M. Ganyet, Vodafone IoT
EL PAÍS
Cómo saber cuándo una ‘app’ accede a la ubicación, la cámara o el micrófono del móvil
5 min · · Los expertos en ciberseguridad insisten en instalar solo las aplicaciones estrictamente necesarias · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
The Wall Street Journal
When Battlefield Surveillance Comes to Your Town
· All-seeing 24/7 video surveillance technology, first developed for use in war, is now affordable enough to be used domestically to fight crime and terrorism. Some lawmakers are wary. · Shared by 29, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Josep M. Ganyet, Christopher Mims 🤌
MIT Tech Review ES
Bastan tres datos para identificar a cualquiera en una base anónima
· Se supone que la información anonimizada protege nuestra privacidad. Pero un nuevo estudio demuestra que el 81% de las veces, tres datos son suficientes para localizar alguien, lo que implica que las… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You
5 min · · Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that can pick out almost any American in databases supposedly stripped of personal information. · Shared by 40, including Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Gabriel Weinberg, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Josep M. Ganyet
The StartUp
How Netflix Uses Big Data
2 min · · Most people are guilty to hours of binging on the online streaming platform, but how does Netflix keep attracting our attentions? Well, the… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
edri.org
Your family is none of their business
3 min · · Who has an interest in collecting children's data? What are the effects of data exploitation on children's future? Find out answers and watch the animation. · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
WIRED
How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts
4 min · · All those services you signed up for but forgot about? They're a security risk. Here's how to get rid of them. · Shared by 65, including Backchannel, Josep M. Ganyet, Jose Manuel Peña Peña, Nico Luchsinger, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social
The Verge
Facebook’s image outage reveals how the company’s AI tags your photos
2 min · · ‘Oh wow, the AI just tagged my profile picture as basic’ · Shared by 118, including Mark Kaigwa, Josep M. Ganyet, Mari Smith, hiten.eth, Florian Hanke 🍎, Real Python, Charles Baldwin, Builtvisible, Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert, Steven Sinofsky, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ronald van Loon, Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, Mahantesh Biradar
WIRED
Think FaceApp Is Scary? Wait Till You Hear About Facebook
5 min · · The idea that FaceApp is somehow exceptionally dangerous threatens to obscure the real point: All apps deserve this level of scrutiny. · Shared by 113, including Lluís Codina, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Rick Powell, Jonathan Kogan, Yvette Dubel, Josep M. Ganyet, Luca Like, Mark Little, Brian Solis, Backchannel
The New York Times
Does Russia Want More Than Your Old Face?
5 min · · The FaceApp fracas forces us to think hard about giving our personal data to companies in authoritarian countries. · Shared by 13, including Josep M. Ganyet, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
The Nation
Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans
4 min · · When someone’s always watching, we lose our sense of self. · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
BBC News (World)
Reconocimiento facial en vivo: el polémico experimento tecnológico de la policía de Londres que tildan de "autoritario"
4 min · · La Policía Metropolitana de Londres ha puesto en marcha un sistema para identificar más rápidamente a posibles sospechosos de crímenes o personas buscadas por las autoridades. Te contamos cómo… · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
CNET
Facebook isn't secretly listening in on your phone conversations. Really.
6 min · · Shared by 21, including Mari Smith, Josep M. Ganyet, Matt Navarra, Johannes Lenz, luis antónio santos