Connected Toys Are Raising Complicated New Privacy Questions - 0 views
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Ian Forrester on 08 Aug 16"Toys and other devices are collecting loads of data from children. What could go wrong?"
Horrifying New Credit Scoring in China | mathbabe - 0 views
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"we're doing anything at all we want, with personal information, possibly discriminatory and destructive, but there are a few people who will benefit from this new system versus the old, so we're ignoring costs and only counting the benefits for those people, in an attempt to distract any critics."
Robo Hobo Bamboozles Passers-By | Hackaday - 0 views
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"Tripling as a feat of engineering, a social commentary on homelessness, and an interactive puppet show, [Ables] causes us to pause on the issue of homelessness and human-robot interaction. For a more whimsical interaction, a robot ball that follows you around is a pleasant way to get used to the presence of robots in society."
Runkeeper is secretly tracking you around the clock and sending your data to advertiser... - 0 views
Large botnet of CCTV devices knock the snot out of jewelry website | Ars Technica - 0 views
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"Researchers have encountered a denial-of-service botnet that's made up of more than 25,000 Internet-connected closed circuit TV devices."
Open Rights Group - Tesco Mobile customers should think twice before viewing ... - 0 views
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Tesco Mobile has announced a new optional scheme in which its customers can get £3 a month off their phone bill. In return, customers agree to see adverts on their lockscreen "every few times" they unlock their phone.
Why Google Trailing Apple on Encryption Support Is a Human Rights Issue - 0 views
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"A leading privacy activist says Google's lack of support for strong encryption makes second-class citizens out of people who can't afford Apple devices."
Google engineer apologizes after Photos app tags two black people as gorillas | The Verge - 0 views
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Google came under fire this week after its new Photos app categorized photos in one of the most racist ways possible. On June 28th, computer programmer Jacky Alciné found that the feature kept tagging pictures of him and his girlfriend as "gorillas."
Machine Bias: There's Software Used Across the Country to Predict Future Criminals. And... - 0 views
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Algorithms used in American criminal justice is found to be biased against blacks
Google faulted for racial bias in image search results for black teenagers - The Washin... - 0 views
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If you searched for "three white teenagers" on Google Images earlier this month, the result spat up shiny, happy people in droves - an R.E.M. song in JPG format. The images, mostly stock photos, displayed young Caucasian men and women laughing, holding sports equipment or caught whimsically mid-selfie. If you searched for "three black teenagers," the algorithm offered an array of mug shots.
Do Google's 'unprofessional hair' results show it is racist? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views
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Search term brings back mainly results of black women, which some say is evidence of bias. But algorithms may just be reflecting the wider social landscape
Dropbox's Infinite feature needs deeper access to your computer - 0 views
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"Dropbox is "proposing to copy the keys to your house, move in and live with you.""
Domino's wants to track customers now, too | The Verge - 0 views
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Domino's pizza-company is about to test out a new feature in Australia, one that flips the script of allowing customers to track a pizza that's being delivered. Now the company wants track customers
Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You | WIRED - 0 views
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"When a rogue researcher last week released 70,000 OkCupid profiles, complete with usernames and sexual preferences, people were pissed. When Facebook researchers manipulated stories appearing in Newsfeeds for a mood contagion study in 2014, people were really pissed. OkCupid filed a copyright claim to take down the dataset; the journal that published Facebook's study issued an "expression of concern." Outrage has a way of shaping ethical boundaries. We learn from mistakes."
CDT and Fitbit Report on Best Privacy Practices for R&D in the Wearables Industry | Cen... - 1 views
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Wearable sensor technology has the potential to transform health care and our understanding of our own bodies and habits. The investigation and testing of these sensors in the commercial sector offer an unprecedented opportunity to leverage biometric data, both to improve individual health through the development of better products and to advance the public good through research. However, research with wearable sensor data must be done in a manner that is respectful of ethical considerations and consumer privacy
Databox Project - EPSRC Project on Privacy-Aware Personal Data Platform - 0 views
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Databox project is a new £1.5M EPSRC project led by Dr. Hamed Haddadi (QMUL) in collaboration with Dr. Richard Mortier (University of Cambridge) and Professors Derek McAuley, Tom Rodden, and Andy Crabtree (University of Nottingham) who will explore the development of the Databox as means of enhancing accountability and giving individuals control over the use of their personal data.
Nintendo's Charming 'Miitomo' Could Be the Most Brilliant Data Mining App Ever | Mother... - 0 views
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It sounds innocent enough. But users are growing suspicious of the app's whimsical, canned questions, many of which read like a marketing survey.
WebUSB API - 0 views
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Describes an API for direct access to Universal Serial Bus devices from web pages.
Are your devices always listening to you? Psychtech podcast - 0 views
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Episode 55: This week we discuss why some people believe that their devices are always watching or listening to them. Oh, and whether or not it's true. Companies are finding more creative ways to target ads and content and consumers are consenting every day. But what are they consenting to?
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