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Contact tracing apps unsafe if Bluetooth vulnerabilities not fixed | ZDNet - 0 views

www.zdnet.com/...ooth-vulnerabilities-not-fixed

ITGS app covid-19 government and politics control surveillance privacy and anonymity bluetooth apps vulnerabilities

shared by dr tech on 27 Apr 20 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 27 Apr 20
     
    "As more governments turn to contact tracing apps to aid in their efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, cybersecurity experts are warning this may spark renewed interest in Bluetooth attacks. They urge developers to ensure such apps are regularly tested for vulnerabilities and release patches swiftly to plug potential holes, while governments should provide assurance that their databases are secure and the data collected will not be used for purposes other than as originally intended. "
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Adobe: to read the Terms of Use, you must agree to the Terms of Use / Boing Boing - 0 views

boingboing.net/...e-to-read-the-terms-of-us.html

ITGS internet AUP adobe control terms of use contract policiesandstandards

shared by dr tech on 06 May 20 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 06 May 20
     
    "I tried to start Adobe Acrobat today, part of the Creative Cloud suite, and it wouldn't start unless I agreed to new Terms of Use. But to read the Terms of Use, I had to agree to the Terms of Use first. This video shows me haplessly clicking the "Terms of Use" link only to be prevented from reading them because, of course, I had not agreed to the Terms of Use"
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WikiLeaks publishes 'biggest ever leak of secret CIA documents' | Media | The Guardian - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...documents-hacking-surveillance

ITGS privacy security control wikleaks

shared by dr tech on 07 Mar 17 - Cached
  • dr tech on 07 Mar 17
     
    "The thousands of leaked documents focus mainly on techniques for hacking and reveal how the CIA cooperated with British intelligence to engineer a way to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices."
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Wake up! Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook are running our lives | Hannah Jane Parkins... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...e-apple-facebook-run-our-lives

ITGS facebook google apple amazon peopleandmachines control

shared by dr tech on 13 May 17 - Cached
  • dr tech on 13 May 17
     
    "It is time now for two things: for people to wake up and realise how much our lives are dominated by such a small number of Silicon Valley bros, one hand in their jean pocket announcing their next move, and for tech companies to acknowledge their power and influence and become truly accountable."
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Revealed: Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence | News | The Guar... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ulebook-sex-terrorism-violence

ITGS facebook terrorism censorship peopleandmachines control

shared by dr tech on 22 May 17 - Cached
  • dr tech on 22 May 17
     
    "Yet these blueprints may also alarm free speech advocates concerned about Facebook's de facto role as the world's largest censor. Both sides are likely to demand greater transparency."
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Democracy? There's an app for that - the tech upstarts trying to 'hack' British politic... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...rying-to-hack-british-politics

ITGS peopleandmachines politics and government hack app democracy control

shared by dr tech on 07 Jun 17 - Cached
  • dr tech on 07 Jun 17
     
    "But, in fact, civic tech is a real thing, featuring real people, with real technical expertise, trying to hack around every democratic deficiency. They are trying to tackle everything from a sheer lack of easily accessible information to the shortcomings of the first-past-the-post system. "
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Google's AlphaGo AI beats the world's best human Go player | TechCrunch - 0 views

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ITGS ai human peopleandmachines control

shared by dr tech on 27 May 17 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 27 May 17
     
    "Google's AlphaGo AI Go player has defeated Ke Jie, Go world champion, in the opening match of a three game series that will include matches with Jie on Thursday and Saturday. The win was by a narrow margin, but AlphaGo has been programmed to ensure victory, not to run up the score or devastate its opponent, so the margin by which it wins isn't necessarily a good indicator of how easy or hard it was for the computer player to win"
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Revealed: Tory 'dark' ads targeted voters' Facebook feeds in Welsh marginal seat | Poli... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...k-ads-data-protection-election

ITGS ads facebook privacy anonymity control social media

shared by dr tech on 28 May 17 - Cached
  • dr tech on 28 May 17
     
    "The Observer has obtained a series of Conservative party attack ads sent to voters last week in the key marginal constituency of Delyn, north Wales. Activists captured the ads using dummy Facebook accounts after finding that their own ad - encouraging young people to register to vote - were being "drowned out" by the Tory ads"
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Some scientists fear superintelligent machines could pose a threat to humanity | The Wa... - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...aianxiety

ITGS singularity ai peopleandmachines control

shared by dr tech on 29 Nov 17 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 29 Nov 17
     
    "The world's spookiest philosopher is Nick Bostrom, a thin, soft-spoken Swede. Of all the people worried about runaway artificial intelligence, and Killer Robots, and the possibility of a technological doomsday, Bostrom conjures the most extreme scenarios. In his mind, human extinction could be just the beginning."
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Content Moderation Case Study: Facebook Removes A Picture Of A Famous Danish Mermaid St... - 0 views

www.techdirt.com/...nish-mermaid-statue-2016.shtml

ITGS facebook moderation censorship control

shared by dr tech on 27 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 27 Mar 21
     
    "In 2016, Danish politician Mette Gjerskov used Facebook to post a link to her own blog post on the TV2 website, which included an image of the statue. Facebook automatically displayed the image with the link, leading the company to then take down the link. The explanation provided by Facebook was that the image had "too much bare skin or sexual undertones.""
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021 | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...breakthrough-technologies-2021

ITGS privacy and anonymity data trusts security information control

shared by dr tech on 28 Feb 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 28 Feb 21
     
    "A data trust is a legal entity that collects and manages people's personal data on their behalf. Though the structure and function of these trusts are still being defined, and many questions remain, data trusts are notable for offering a potential solution to long-standing problems in privacy and security."
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Myanmar's Military Deploys Digital Arsenal of Repression in Crackdown - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...oup-military-surveillance.html

ITGS security people and machines politics and government control surveillance encryption

shared by dr tech on 01 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 01 Mar 21
     
    "The software is made by BlackBag Technologies, an American company that was bought last year by Cellebrite of Israel. Both companies also make other sophisticated tools to infiltrate locked or encrypted devices and suck out their data, including location-tracking information."
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China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...national-digital-currency.html

ITGS people and machines bitcoin e-currency money technology control politics and governments and politics

shared by dr tech on 01 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 01 Mar 21
     
    "If the eCNY is successful, it will give the central bank new powers, including novel types of monetary policy to help the economy grow. In one possibility that economists have discussed, a central bank could program its digital currency to slowly lose value so that consumers are encouraged to spend it immediately."
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TikTok urged to take action over Myanmar death threat videos | Global development | The... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...on-myanmar-death-threat-videos

ITGS social media tiktok videos censorship control politics and government

shared by dr tech on 03 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Mar 21
     
    "TikTok has been urged to take action over a flood of videos shared in Myanmar that feature men in military uniform threatening to kill anti-coup protesters, at times while brandishing weapons. Myanmar's police and army have been widely condemned for using lethal force against peaceful protesters who have held mass rallies over recent weeks calling for the return of democracy. "
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Blockchain technology, used in Bitcoin, aids U.K. vaccine program - Marketplace - 0 views

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ITGS blockchain covid-19 security control ledger

shared by dr tech on 02 Mar 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 02 Mar 21
     
    ""Having a tamper-proof record-keeping system that can be shared across the vaccine supply chain is always important, but critically so here for the COVID vaccines," Harmon said. Hedera's chief executive believes that decentralized computer networks with hundreds or even thousands of participants can play an important role in other aspects of pandemic management - to combat vaccine counterfeiting, for example, and create unforgeable vaccination certificates."
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'Missing from desk': AI webcam raises remote surveillance concerns | Working from home ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...s-remote-surveillance-concerns

ITGS facial recognition ai control people and machines remote work privacy and anonymity

shared by dr tech on 10 May 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 10 May 21
     
    "Explained by "Anna", a desk-sitting avatar complete with an artificial voice, the video introduces TP Observer as "a risk-mitigation tool that monitors and tracks real time employee behaviour, and detects any violations to pre-set business rules". Anna explains that this means home workers will have an AI-enabled webcam added to their computers that recognises their face, tags their location and scans for "breaches" of rules at random points during a shift."
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Trolls can be hunted down and rooted out. So why aren't social media giants doing it? |... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...rms-and-its-not-rocket-science

ITGS social media twitter trolls people and machines control

shared by dr tech on 04 May 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 04 May 21
     
    "What might happen next? First the investigators would find out the culprits' names, telephone numbers, and where they lived. Then the authorities would be alerted. Shortly afterwards, accounts would be closed down. And, in the worst cases, the police would prosecute. Finally, as people began to realise that actions online had actual consequences, many would start modifying their behaviour. The tsunami of online hate might eventually become a sea swell."
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Google's 'experiment' hiding Australian news just shows its inordinate power | Belinda ... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...ust-shows-its-inordinate-power

ITGS google news algorithm control power

shared by dr tech on 15 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 15 Jan 21
     
    "In the midst of a global pandemic and an unprecedented misinformation glut, Google has decided to hide some Australian news sites from its search results. It is "experimenting" with the lone supply of fact-checked, accountable information Australians can access right now."
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