How a new class of online lending apps, which promise to “advance” users' wages, are much the same as traditional payday lenders
except that the high-tech gloss also means that in addition to money, users are forking over an immense amount of data” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Anne Fleming / @aflemingesq : Alex Horowitz of ...
How a new class of online lending apps, which promise to “advance” users' wages, are much the same as traditional payday lenders
Apps promising to “advance” a user's wages say they aren't payday lenders. So what are they? — Jonathan Raines needed money. An app promised to help. Tweets: @aflemingesq , @hypervisible , @theatl...
Researchers are increasingly using “digital exhaust”, passive social media and smartphone data, to conduct scientific health studies, such as for autism
Earlier this summer, a team at England's Keele University published a behavioral study on children with autism. Tweets: @ruchowdh and @theatlantic Tweets: Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh : “Digital pheno...
While new laws in cities like Oakland and Seattle restrict police surveillance tech, Ring video doorbells remain unhindered despite serving similar purposes
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @privacyproject , @sidneyfussell , @theatlantic , @cmsandefur , @evanselinger , and @eff Tweets: @privacyproject : “There's a tension inherent to any fight abo...