Laptops that US schools issued to students for remote learning are likely to have monitoring software, disproportionately affecting low-income students and PoC
Sidney Fussell / Wired : Tweets: @dangillmor and @aclu Tweets: Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor : Kids are getting educated about at least one thing in America: They're living in a surveillance state. https...
Laptops that US schools issued to students for remote learning are likely to have monitoring software, disproportionately affecting low-income students and PoC
Sidney Fussell / Wired : Tweets: @aclu and @pardesoteric Tweets: @aclu : Surveillance on school-issued devices forces children and families who can't afford their own devices to choose between their ...
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...
Airbnb says it's cracking down on hosts who record guests, but four guests who found cameras in their rentals say Airbnb is inconsistent in enforcing its rules
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @theatlantic , @mimbsy , @elizabeth_joh , and @andersen Tweets: @theatlantic : When Max Vest found hidden cameras in his Airbnb late at night, he dressed, grab...
Louisville, KY to hold four-year test of self-guided drones that, given GPS coordinates of shootings, take pictures and videos ahead of first responders
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @galsworthycjr Tweets: @galsworthycjr : Using tech to monitor crime-riddled neighborhoods is a two-edged sword. Yes, it could provide essential information to ...
Louisville, KY to hold four-year test of self-guided drones that, given GPS coordinates of shootings, take pictures and videos ahead of first responders
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @galsworthycjr Tweets: @galsworthycjr : Using tech to monitor crime-riddled neighborhoods is a two-edged sword. Yes, it could provide essential information to ...
Facebook says it's notifying ~800,000 users who were hit by a bug in Facebook and Messenger from May 29 to June 5 that unblocked some people they had blocked
this time with a new software bug that ‘unblocked’ people Amy Pollard / Slate : Facebook Accidentally Unblocked a Bunch of Blocked Users Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Facebook's latest screw-up unblocked...
Twitter says it has fixed a “bug” that allowed advertisers to target users based on racist and derogatory terms like the n-word and “Nazi”
tech companies just need to care more Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair : Silicon Valley deserves enormous blame for the role it played … Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : Facebook yanks education, employment, ...