Nita Farahany has detailed her fears artificial intelligence in the workplace could lead to the loss of jobs over employees … More
Tag: Surveillance
Shocking Extent Of Data Harvesting By Big Business Exposed: Children’s Voice Recordings, Mother’s Due Dates, Passport Info
The disturbing scale of the personal data harvested and traded by multinationals can be revealed today. Health details, children’s voice … More
EU’s New ‘Copyright Directive’ Is Less About Copyright, And More About Censorship
When the EU started planning its new Copyright Directive (the “Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive”), a group of … More
Google’s Toronto ‘Smart City’ Facing HUGE Resistance
The world’s most ambitious “smart city,” known as Quayside, in Toronto, has faced fierce public criticism since last fall, when … More
How Political Campaigns Weaponize Social Media Bots
In the summer of 2017, a group of young political activists in the United Kingdom figured out how to use … More
One Of Canada’s Biggest Banks Reminds Us Of The Dangers Of A Cashless Society
Yesterday, CIBC reported a “systems issue” that prevented customers from logging in to their accounts online for the entire business … More
Seattle School Installs Facial Recognition System
RealNetworks is offering schools a new, free security tool: facial-recognition software. But as the technology moves further into public spaces, … More
Suspending The Constitution: The Government Does What It Wants
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the … More
China’s New Tech Oppression: 24/7 Surveillance, Social Scorecards Almost Complete
CHINA’S chilling dictatorship is moving quickly to introduce social scorecards by which all citizens will be monitored 24/7 and ranked … More
Google’s New Pollution Police Coming To A Neighborhood Near You
Google’s Street View cars — the global cruisers that collect data for the making of more accurate maps — now … More
