Facebook's decision to crack down on NYU's Ad Observer highlights the increasingly fraught dynamic between tech companies and academics
Laura Edelson was in a state of panic, and I knew I was a little bit to blame for her freakout. — “If this is true,” Edelson told me this week during … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @jcstearns , @justinh...
Critics say Microsoft 365's productivity score feature is enabling workplace surveillance by letting managers track employee activity at an individual level
we just don't use the ‘S’ word around here.” 🤦🏿♂ ️ https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @dhh : Holy fuck. The word dystopian is not nearly strong enough to describe the fresh hell...
Countries that raced to deploy coronavirus-tracking software are now fielding complaints over extensive data mining and poor security practices
As countries race to deploy coronavirus-tracking software, researchers are reporting privacy and security risks that could affect millions … Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @antoniocasilli , and @puiwingta...
Apple says COVID-19 contact tracing apps can include duration of proximity when deciding what is a proximity event, potentially limiting false positive pings
Surveillance and the pandemic: it doesn't have to be a nightmare Sergio De Simone / InfoQ : Google and Apple Jointly Working on Contact Tracing for iOS and Android Samantha Wiley / iLounge : Apple and...
How Foursquare, which tracks the location of millions via their smartphones and has 100K+ clients including Snapchat and Uber, makes sure its data isn't misused
exactly what most tech companies don't do.” http://www.engadget.com/... Martin Bryant / @martinsfp : For whatever reason, I've always had the gut sense that Foursquare is a responsible data custodian....
Businesses have been collecting, selling, and reusing personal data for decades; Google and Facebook only made the process more visible via better ad targeting
Google and Facebook are easy scapegoats, but companies have been collecting, selling, and reusing your personal data for decades … Tweets: @patrickmoorhead , @william_partin , @ibogost , @markbartholo...