The Intercept
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia
~16 min read · From 2020 · Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future.
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Teknautas
Confinarse es primitivo, pero hasta hoy ha sido lo único eficaz contra el coronavirus
7 min read · From 2020 · Sería imperdonable que llegase un nuevo pico y estar igual, sostiene el director de Ciencias de la Vida del Supercomputing Center de BCN, donde persiguen fármacos, vacunas y otras soluciones
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elDiario.es
Debate tecnológico trascendental en la lucha contra una segunda ola del virus: ¿cómo identificamos a los contagiados?
7 min read · From 2020 · Investigadores europeos apoyados por gobiernos como el español preparan un sistema basado en el bluetooth de los móviles para rastrear contagios tras el confinamiento: está en juego quién controlará…
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BBC News (World)
UK confirms plan for coronavirus contact tracing app
3 min read · From 2020 · App will send yellow and red alerts to those who have come into contact with a suspected carrier.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Josep M. Ganyet, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
twitter.com
Albert Cuesta Zaragosí 🎗😷 on Twitter
From 2020 · “Ahir al @diariARA em van obrir una doble pàgina per explicar coses sobre l’ús dels dispositius mòbils (no només telèfons) contra la pandèmia de #covid19.”
Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet
protonmail.com
Using Zoom? Here are the privacy issues you need to be aware of
4 min read · From 2020 · If you’re using Zoom while working from home, you should be aware of the company’s questionable privacy practices, including its “attention tracking” tool.
Reader View · Shared by 49, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, tante, Josep M. Ganyet, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁
NBC News
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
4 min read · From 2020
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France Culture
Steve Bannon : "Si vous pensez que la campagne électorale de 2016 a été méchante, vous n’avez encore rien vu"
5 min read · From 2020 · À quelques jours du "Super Tuesday", l’ancien conseiller spécial de Donald Trump a reçu chez lui Frédéric Martel, journaliste et producteur sur France Culture.
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Guardian Tech
Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps
8 min read · From 2020 · Worried about the data collected about you? A new generation of startups is making apps to put your privacy settings straight
Reader View · Shared by 594, including Johannes Lenz, Katja Evertz, Mark Kaigwa, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jansnet, Brian Ahier, Jane, Howard Getson, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Rob Go, Oliver Raduner, henrik, Faik Ersoy, Merkstatt, Joshua Walker, Matthias Lampe, Luca Like, Josep M. Ganyet, Jonathan Kogan, Christian Müller
The New York Times
How to Track President Trump
~15 min read · From 2019 · Smartphones leave a trail that anyone — and any foreign government — could follow.
Reader View · Shared by 79, including Christopher Mims 🤌, John Koetsier, Jerry Neumann, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Stuart A. Thompson, Matthias Lampe, Carl Zimmer, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, luis antónio santos, Anil, Luca Like, Josep M. Ganyet
Forbes
China Will Outpace US Artificial Intelligence Capabilities, But Will It Win The Race? Not If We Care About Freedom
3 min read · From 2019 · If our democratic societies decide to go down the same path as China because they’re afraid we “won’t keep up,” then we’re all bound to lose. A race to the bottom—a race to degrade privacy and abuse…
Reader View · Shared by 14, including Oliver Christie, Josep M. Ganyet, Iain Brown, PhD
The Washington Post
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened.
From 2020 · U.S. and German intelligence agencies partnered on a scheme to dupe dozens of nations into buying rigged encryption systems — taking their money and stealing their secrets.
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Fast Company
Why you can’t escape dark patterns
6 min read · From 2020 · GDPR was supposed to enhance privacy protections. But companies are using dark patterns to circumvent them, and there’s not much regulators can do about it.
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nysun.com
Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone
3 min read · From 2020 · I left my 9-year-old at Bloomingdale's (the original one) a couple weeks ago. Last seen, he was in first floor handbags as I sashayed out the door. Bye-bye! Have fun! And he did. He came home on the…
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The Conversation
The Conversation
4 min read · From 2020
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VICE
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
9 min read · From 2020 · An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.' Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.
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