"“The pandemic has proved to be a catalyst to saying no to the ‘9-to-5’ schedule. The tables have turned in favor of the Worker,” Rodriguez told me. “They are in power today. They value work flexibility. They are ambitious. They value work-life balance and are not afraid of saying no to employers who don’t share … Continue reading A Boring Dystopia: Mouse Movers
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Why is Plaintext Better than HTML for Email?
"In short, HTML emails are a security nightmare, are mostly used for advertising to you and tracking you, are less accessible for many users, and don't offer anything especially great for it."https://useplaintext.email/ He buried the lede. I went ahead and put it at the top. For more detail, read the below. Another in my ongoing … Continue reading Why is Plaintext Better than HTML for Email?
We Know What You Did During Lockdown. An FT Film Written by James Graham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WTpO9y2Dh4 Obvious, but worth saying again. Algorithms aren't moral agents, and hence, they are not in the position to make moral judgments.
Privacy is For Finding Out Who We Are When We Are Not Performing Ourselves
"Privacy is essential to human agency and dignity. Denying someone privacy—even when it’s as seemingly small as a parent who won’t let their kid close the door—has a corrosive effect, eroding trust as well as our sense of interiority. When we scale up the individual to a body politic, it is the private sphere that’s … Continue reading Privacy is For Finding Out Who We Are When We Are Not Performing Ourselves
Coveillance
"Increasingly powerful surveillance tools have shifted the power dynamics between people and institutions. To address this new dynamic, we’ve been creating a toolkit, in collaboration with the ACLU of Washington, that demystifies surveillance technologies in Seattle in the historical context of structural inequities in the United States."https://coveillance.org/
Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Deep Dive Into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance
"...This paper will focus on corporate “third-party” tracking: the collection of personal information by companies that users don’t intend to interact with. It will shed light on the technical methods and business practices behind third-party tracking...The first step is to break the one-way mirror. We need to shed light on the tangled network of trackers … Continue reading Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Deep Dive Into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance
Still Spying on Dissent
"Throughout its history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has used its expansive powers to investigate, monitor, and surveil First Amendment-protected activity. As early as 1924, public concern about the FBI’s violation of First Amendment rights and other civil liberties spurred official attempts to check the FBI’s power. This report covers FBI surveillance of political … Continue reading Still Spying on Dissent
The Fashion Line Designed to Trick Surveillance Cameras | The Guardian
"But to an automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system, the shirt is a collection of license plates, and they will get added to the license plate reader’s database just like any others it sees. The intention is to make deploying that sort of surveillance less effective, more expensive, and harder to use without human oversight, … Continue reading The Fashion Line Designed to Trick Surveillance Cameras | The Guardian
Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW63Q9hLK2o "Talkwalker's state-of-the-art social media analytics platform uses AI-powered technology to monitor and analyze online conversations in real-time across social networks, news websites, blogs and forums in 187 languages." Post Sharon Lerner's, "The Plastic Industry’s Fight to Keep Polluting the World." Two views with two likes. Talkwalk.com's artificial intelligence decides a conversation might be happening … Continue reading Assistant Account Executive at Public Relations Agency Uses Talkwalker.com
Duckduckgo.com
"Virtually all internet users tend to be Google search engine users, by default. The main strategy for Google is to try to hold on to the users it has by implementing better security and privacy protection measures. This is something definitely on their agenda, but the issue still remains that user data is tracked. Therefore, … Continue reading Duckduckgo.com
Newly Disclosed NSA Documents Shed Further Light on Five Eyes Alliance
"(Compare that with, for example, the statement by David Lange, the former prime minister of New Zealand, who remarked that “it was not until I read [the] book [“Secret Power” by Nicky Hager, which details the history of New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau] that I had any idea that we had been committed to … Continue reading Newly Disclosed NSA Documents Shed Further Light on Five Eyes Alliance
Walgreens Tests New Smart Coolers
"Walgreens is piloting a new line of “smart coolers”—fridges equipped with cameras that scan shoppers’ faces and make inferences on their age and gender. On January 14, the company announced its first trial at a store in Chicago in January, and plans to equip stores in New York and San Francisco with the tech.Demographic information … Continue reading Walgreens Tests New Smart Coolers
Who Watches the [Artificial Intelligence] Watchmen?
Open Question: What are the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence in the surveillance domain? Recently, I came across a good basic guide for finding hidden cameras and bugs with a level of detail I've never seen online before. As with everything related to security, the first question to ask is: what is your threat model? … Continue reading Who Watches the [Artificial Intelligence] Watchmen?
How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Bugs (The Professional Way) – Sentel Tech Security
"The simple strategies that we are going to show you will effectively clear most rooms for hidden cameras and bugs without having to use super expensive countersurveillance gear or an outside company.Most of the processes and steps that we are going to show you are adopted from some of our best government agencies, where countersurveillance … Continue reading How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Bugs (The Professional Way) – Sentel Tech Security
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