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 685, including Bob E. Hayes, Noah Smith, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #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 has left The Atlantic, zeynep tufekci, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, Gerd Leonhard, Vinod Khosla, Joss Fong ❌, Neeraj K Agrawal
atlasofsurveillance.org
Atlas of Surveillance
· Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities · Shared by 158, including Ruben Feurer, Jer Thorp, Alex Hanna (back at alex@dair-community.social), Jon Matonis, Esther Schindler, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Josep M. Ganyet, Francesco Marconi, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙
Salon
We’re losing the war against surveillance capitalism because we let Big Tech frame the debate
9 min · · It’s too late to "conserve" our digital privacy — but to preserve what's left, we must stop defining people as commodities · Shared by 111, including Ethan Zeigler, Faik Ersoy, Gerd Leonhard, Jochen Burkhard, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Josep M. Ganyet, Christian Surchi, Katja Evertz
Truthout
Worker Surveillance Is on the Rise, and Has Its Roots in Centuries of Racism
8 min · · High-tech corporate monitoring of workers today stems from the legacy of tracking enslaved workers in the 18th century. · Shared by 5, including Josep M. Ganyet
youtube.com
Facial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
· John Oliver takes a look at facial recognition technology, how it’s used by private companies and law enforcement, and why it can be dangerous. Connect with ... · Shared by 174, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Christina, Josh Olszewicz, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Carolina A. Miranda, Josep M. Ganyet, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Kashmir Hill, Luca Like, Bob E. Hayes
bgp4.com
What is China’s SKYNET (yes: it is what you think it is)
7 min · · UPDATED 15 JUN 2020 (scroll to the bottom) What is “Skynet”: China’s massive video surveillance network Skynet is the Chinese government’s video surveillance system, which it claims is for tracking… · Shared by 4, including Josep M. Ganyet
El Confidencial
Apps - Aplicaciones: El fiasco de España con la app de rastreo del covid nos deja tres amargas lecciones
9 min · · España ha aplazado una y otra vez su proyecto para probar una app de rastreo de contactos. De poder liderar en Europa hemos pasado a la cola. Esta es la intrahistoria de un fracaso · Shared by 14, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet, Teknautas
Scientific American
How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias
4 min · · Some algorithms were up to 100 times better at identifying white faces · Shared by 12, including Josep M. Ganyet, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯
perpetuallineup.org
The Perpetual Line-Up
14+ min · · One of two American adults is in a law enforcement face recognition database. An investigation. · Shared by 20, including Josep M. Ganyet, Data Science Renee, MIT CSAIL
Financial Times
Tracking coronavirus: big data and the challenge to privacy
· European demands for information from smartphones are raising fears over the reach of state surveillance · Shared by 35, including Josep M. Ganyet, Florian Graillot, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Carla Gentry 🎶, Robin Wigglesworth, gumorenos
OneZero
We Mapped How the Coronavirus Is Driving New Surveillance Programs Around the World
20+ min · · At least 28 countries are ramping up surveillance to combat the coronavirus · Shared by 114, including Fern, Michael Fauscette, Thomas Power, Evan Selinger, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Philip Stehlik, Mark Kaigwa, Josep M. Ganyet, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, W. David Stephenson, Marc R Gagné MAPP
La Vanguardia
“El teletrabajo no era esto”, avisan los expertos
5 min · · Con la declaración del estado de alarma, España pasó de un día para otro a tener a millones de ocupados trabajando desde casa. Transcurridas unas semanas y cuando se empieza a plantear un lento... · Shared by 13, including Josep M. Ganyet
The Intercept
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia
16+ min · · Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future. · Shared by 119, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Josep M. Ganyet, NICK COULDRY MASTODON @couldrynick@indieweb.social, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Psymposia, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bill McKibben, Gerd Leonhard, Dan Hill, Konrad Lischka, Sam Proud, Nicolas Granatino🌻, Bjorn Larsen, Carla Gentry 🎶, Mark Hogan, Naomi Klein
El Confidencial
Confinarse es primitivo, pero hasta hoy ha sido lo único eficaz contra el coronavirus
7 min · · 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 · Shared by 10, including Josep M. Ganyet
elDiario.es
Debate tecnológico trascendental en la lucha contra una segunda ola del virus: ¿cómo identificamos a los contagiados?
7 min · · 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… · Shared by 9, including Josep M. Ganyet
BBC News (World)
UK confirms plan for coronavirus contact tracing app
3 min · · App will send yellow and red alerts to those who have come into contact with a suspected carrier. · Shared by 17, including Josep M. Ganyet, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer