Laws that ban facial recognition miss the larger point: we need laws on all tech used for identification and to decide how much of our data should be surveilled
and the ways that data is combined to create searchable profiles of us without any consent on our part. https://www.nytimes.com/... Dahlia Peterson / @dahlialpeterson : “A ban on facial recognition wo...
How White House veterans helped the UAE build a surveillance unit in 9/11's wake that would go on to target activists and journalists as well as terrorists
Reuters : Tweets: @reuters , @kimzetter , @campuscodi , @fpwellman , @attackerman , @sherifmnsour , @bing_chris , @stephennellis , @bing_chris , @dr_ulrichsen , @dnvolz , @reuters , @josephfcox , @ev...
Former far right extremists recall how they were radicalized by YouTube as teenagers because of its algorithm that keeps surfacing extremist content
Former extremists say they were sucked in by propaganda as teenagers, thanks to an algorithm's dark side. Tweets: @amandamarcotte , @mollymckew , @niais , @attackerman , and @cwarzel See also Mediagaz...
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK
dodged a bunch of important Qs and didn't accept ours — so we've more to learn on this Iran stuff. Tony Romm / @tonyromm : the reality is — we can't yet say how big of a deal this is because Facebook ...
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK
dodged a bunch of important Qs and didn't accept ours — so we've more to learn on this Iran stuff. Tony Romm / @tonyromm : the reality is — we can't yet say how big of a deal this is because Facebook ...
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, known for combatting Edward Snowden, resigns ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration
Spencer Ackerman / The Guardian :
Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone
The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security. Usually this is achieved by air-gapping computers from the Internet and preventing workers from inserti...
NSA statement does not deny ‘spying’ on members of Congress
Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Martin Pengelly in New York — The National Security Agency on Saturday released a statement in answer to questions from a senator about whether it “has spied, or i...