Your Location Data Is Being Sold—Often Without Your Knowledge
As location-aware advertising goes mainstream—like that Jack in the Box ad that appears whenever you get near one, in whichever […]
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The tyranny of algorithms is part of our lives
Credit scores already control our finances. With personal data being increasingly trawled, our politics and our friendships will be next. […]
Aussie law enforcement worried about limited access to data due to new technologies
Australia’s law enforcement agencies say 5G and IPv6 technologies will make it significantly more difficult to access communications and warn […]
AI, Personalization, and Privacy: Top Tech Trends
The promise of AI is evident, but what happens to information professionals and, more broadly, the economy, as AI applications […]
Twitter is public, but it could offer a lot more privacy
Twitter issued a call for proposals to measure its “contribution to the overall health of the public conversation” so that […]
Privacy project Tor claimed to be in US Government’s pocket
In an explosive revelation, the Tor Project, which produces a browser said to be the gold standard for privacy, is […]
AI needs to embrace trust, respect, and privacy
TechRepublic spoke to IBM’s Rob High about the ethical, privacy, and security obstacles that artificial intelligence has to overcome. IBM […]
Toronto smart city plan faces privacy concerns
Sidewalk Labs, the unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. selected to help transform a parcel of land known as Quayside, […]
Facebook nudged grade-school children during testing of Messenger Kids
Facebook says getting children to communicate on its Messenger Kids app took nudging, even though experts they consulted for the […]
Is Artificial Intelligence the Ultimate Test for Privacy?
Nothing challenges the effectiveness of data protection law like technological innovation. You think you have cracked a technology neutral framework […]
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
The program began in 2012 as a partnership between New Orleans Police and Palantir Technologies, a data-mining firm founded with […]
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Face Recognition Features
In recent days, more and more Facebook users started seeing a notification about how the social network uses its facial […]