The Economist
The promise of open-source intelligence
4 min · · It is a welcome threat to malefactors and governments with something to hide | Leaders · Shared by 40, including Oren Etzioni, Josep M. Ganyet
digitalfuturesociety.com
Could we live without our data? With Colin Koopman
6 min · · Colin Koopman’s writings are focused on the politics and ethics of contemporary information technologies. Countering the widespread assumption that all the information technology we are immersed in… · Shared by 7
edwardsnowden.substack.com
The All-Seeing "i": Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
7 min · · “Under His Eye,” she says. The right farewell. “Under His Eye,” I reply, and she gives a little nod. · Shared by 264, including Albert Ràfols, Tactical Tech, Gerd Leonhard, Aral Balkan, Faik Ersoy, Michael (मुकेश), Thomas Power, Yann “不停” Heurtaux @shalf@mastodon.social, Tim Bray, Niklaus Gerber, Jonathan Kogan, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Evan Selinger, Josep M. Ganyet, John Nosta, Glenn Greenwald, Leif Wolkenhauer, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell, Stefan Diepolder
theengineroom.org
Dangerous Data: the role of data collection in genocides
4 min · · One way of working out if the data you’re gathering is particularly sensitive is to do a thought experiment: what would happen if this data got into the hands of a malicious actor? Who would be keen to get their hands on it? What are the worst things that they could do with this data?
Sometimes, · Shared by 15, including Privacy Matters, Christopher Allen, Josep M. Ganyet
annefrank.org
The Netherlands: the greatest number of Jewish victims in Western Europe
12+ min · · Three quarters of the Dutch Jews were murdered. Why was this number so high, compared to Belgium or France? The explanation can be found here. · Shared by 10, including Josep M. Ganyet, Christopher Allen
edwardsnowden.substack.com
We Need To Talk About The Insecurity Industry
6 min · · The greatest danger to national security has become the companies claiming to protect it · Shared by 84, including Josep M. Ganyet, Danielle Fong 💁🏻♀️, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues, Thomas Power
The New York Times
Opinion | America, Your Privacy Settings Are All Wrong
5 min · · Using an opt-in approach will help curb the excesses of Big Tech. · Shared by 98, including Dorothea Baur (Dr.), Carissa Véliz, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, DHH, Tim Hayden, Esther Schindler, Josep M. Ganyet
guild.co
Is WhatsApp in breach of the GDPR? A lawyer's view
15+ min · · What is the legal position on WhatsApp and GDPR compliance? A lawyer gives his view. · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
WIRED
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually
2 min · · A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016. · Shared by 234, including Nicolas Babin, Backchannel, Matthias Lampe, rogerverhoeven, Faik Ersoy, Nir Eyal, Mari Smith, Marsha Collier, Michelle Farella, Hrag, Katja Evertz, Johannes Lenz, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet
www-nytimes-com.sare.upf.edu
adAS | Servei de Single Sign-On
· Per poder autenticar-se és necessari tenir configurat un certificat vàlid en el navegador o tenir introduïda correctament en el lector de certificats la targeta corresponent. Premi "Continuar" per… · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web
7 min · · As regulators seek ways to curb the company’s power, there is more focus on the vast index — hundreds of billions of web pages — behind its search engine. · Shared by 24, including luis antónio santos, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Zephyr Teachout, Josep M. Ganyet
news.yahoo.com
Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid accusations of anti-conservative bias
2 min · · Sources told the Washington Post that Facebook removed a strike from Donald Trump Jr's Instagram account — one of many exemptions for Trump's family. · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
National Geographic
Face-mask recognition has arrived—for better or worse
8 min · · New algorithms can police whether people are complying with public health guidance. The practice raises familiar questions about data privacy. · Shared by 95, including Terence Mills, Kai Biermann, Nicolas Babin, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe, Josep M. Ganyet, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Gisele Navarro, Aamir Raz, Neira Jones, Antonio Vieira Santos, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth
OneZero
How to Destroy ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
Summary · · Surveillance capitalism is just capitalism — with surveillance. Here’s how to beat it. · Shared by 431, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Thomas Pleil, Matthias Lampe, Gerd Leonhard, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues, Yann “不停” Heurtaux @shalf@mastodon.social, Bill Johnston, luis antónio santos, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Psymposia, Tim Bray, Christian Surchi, Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Kyle Bunch, getAbstract, Michael Seemann, jérémie Flück, Ines Bieler, anildash.com
directa.cat
"Si no saps que estàs vigilat tot el dia és perquè no vols, i no vols perquè ets addicte al…
10 min · · Hem perdut el recompte de les notificacions que rebem cada dia al mòbil, de les vegades que refresquem les cronologies de les xarxes socials o dels m’agrades que hem regalat. Mentre conversem per… · Shared by 7, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet
The Atlantic
China Is the First Surveillance Superpower
Summary · 20+ min · · Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe. · Shared by 680, including Bob E. Hayes, Noah "Rabbit = Good Friend" Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Making Sense Podcast, Anita Leirfall, Nir Eyal, Paul Roetzer, Brian Roemmele, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Evan Selinger, hardmaru, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Ed Yong isn’t really here, zeynep tufekci, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Gerd Leonhard, Vinod Khosla, Joss Fong ❌, Neeraj K. Agrawal