Collaborate Disseminate
The Glass Room looks like a gleaming, all-white Apple store, but they’re not selling anything – they’re showing us how our data is used Continue reading New York exhibition puts us – and our data – on display
Revenge of the Black Nerds’ pro-Fourth Amendment rap reminds us that Americans have an ‘ever-growing list of things to be freaked out about’ Continue reading SamB spreads the message about surveillance via rap
How’s this for a nice Christmas present: their jaw, scraped off the floor and handed back. Continue reading Give the gift of a social engineering demo this Christmas
Privacy boundaries tested as start-up promises humans will only be added to database with their consent – apart from the celebs it added without their consent, that is Continue reading Augmented reality start-up brings facial recognition to phones
A story about users mistaking it for a Facebook extension was flagged as fake news: ‘Meta’, said the developer Continue reading ‘Rich irony’ as Facebook blocks extension to highlight fake news
Google’s invisible reCAPTCHA will decide based on tracking your moves and clicks if you’re a human or a bot Continue reading Are you human or a bot? Google’s invisible reCAPTCHA will decide
The latest fake-news wrinkle: Insiders say it will hand-pick news from favored media partners, including Snapchat, in an upcoming feature called Collections. Continue reading Facebook reportedly looking at curating news (again)
It reportedly has FAA go-ahead to fly commercial drones. Indoor mapping is also in the works, but no worries: it’s not peeping-Tom time. Continue reading Apple set to deploy drones to boost Maps accuracy
Facebook employees have already reportedly pushed to have his posts about banning Muslims from entering the country deemed hate speech. Continue reading Would Facebook or Twitter dare to ban Trump? [poll]
Lying is still illegal, mind you: it was never protected speech. Thus, the new Consumer Review Freedom Act doesn’t protect fake reviews. Continue reading Honest but uncomplimentary reviews protected as Congress outlaws contract gag clauses