Internet vassals, a reading list for vassals, peasants and serfs

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enero 31, 2018

In a new book, political scientist Virginia Eubanks says using computers to decide who gets social services hurts the poor

enero 27, 2018

New Korean law limits what telecoms can install in smartphones

enero 25, 2018

Feudal protection: Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has launched a new cybersecurity firm called Chronicle, which is spinning out from its X research lab. Amazon has just acquired Sqrrl, a security startup launched by ex-NSA staffers, and reportedly wants to offer more security services to customers of its AWS cloud.

enero 25, 2018

Kids are exposed to 1 to 2 million trackers per year, which are collecting some 5 million data points: location, website visited, device identifier, etc., rising to 12 million per year once they are 12 years old.

enero 25, 2018

Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

enero 23, 2018

The average American spends 24 hours a week online

enero 23, 2018

Corporate giants have created an entirely new surveillance capitalism. And we're too hooked to care

enero 23, 2018

7 scandalous things tech companies like Facebook, Apple, and Amazon have done that sound made up — but are actually true

enero 18, 2018

The Economist: How to tame the tech titans The dominance of Google, Facebook and Amazon is bad for consumers and competition

enero 16, 2018

Zeynep Tufekci: IT'S THE (DEMOCRACY-POISONING) GOLDEN AGE OF FREE SPEECH

enero 11, 2018

Monologue of the Algorithm: how Facebook turns users data into its profit.

enero 09, 2018

Ad-tech firm Criteo likely to cut its 2018 revenue by more than a fifth after Apple blocked ‘pervasive’ tracking on web browser Safari

enero 06, 2018

How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.

enero 04, 2018

All the Ways Your Smartphone and Its Apps Can Track You

enero 01, 2018

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Internet vassals, a reading list for vassals, peasants and serfs

Entradas

In a new book, political scientist Virginia Eubanks says using computers to decide who gets social services hurts the poor

New Korean law limits what telecoms can install in smartphones

Kids are exposed to 1 to 2 million trackers per year, which are collecting some 5 million data points: location, website visited, device identifier, etc., rising to 12 million per year once they are 12 years old.

Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match?

The average American spends 24 hours a week online

Corporate giants have created an entirely new surveillance capitalism. And we're too hooked to care

7 scandalous things tech companies like Facebook, Apple, and Amazon have done that sound made up — but are actually true

The Economist: How to tame the tech titans The dominance of Google, Facebook and Amazon is bad for consumers and competition

Zeynep Tufekci: IT'S THE (DEMOCRACY-POISONING) GOLDEN AGE OF FREE SPEECH

Monologue of the Algorithm: how Facebook turns users data into its profit.

Ad-tech firm Criteo likely to cut its 2018 revenue by more than a fifth after Apple blocked ‘pervasive’ tracking on web browser Safari

How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.

All the Ways Your Smartphone and Its Apps Can Track You

Former Google and Facebook executives are sounding the alarm about the pervasive power of tech.