The Problem With Tracking Kids at College – Let Grow
Dumb down “struggle” and you dumb down a generation. …And yet the colleges themselves have decided – like enablers —… read more
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None – The Markup
“Once we become accustomed to an ecosystem where everything is collected, it both becomes harder to change and we become… read more
The end of anonymity on Chinese social media – Rest of World
On October 31, Weibo, as well as several other major Chinese social media platforms including WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and… read more
Visitors to Colombia warned over dating apps after eight US deaths in two months – The Guardian
In the last two months of 2023, eight US citizens died in the city of Medellín, in incidents involving drugging… read more
A surveillance artist shows how Instagram magic is made – Input
Depoorter, however, will reveal that The Follower came about out of boredom as he remotely observed the habits of an… read more
‘I felt like I was a prisoner’: The rapid rise of US immigration authorities’ electronic surveillance programs – Coda
Across the U.S., a surveillance system tracking the movements of tens of thousands of people seeking refuge or permanent residency… read more
You Have a New Memory – Slate
But here I go telling Sydney and ChatGPT all of this by publishing this essay on the internet. Am I… read more
The Streets Are Watching: How Billboards are Spying on You – Big Brother Watch
Billboard advertising is becoming increasingly data-driven with high-tech tools being used to make sure that screens show the right adverts… read more
Targeted Billboard Ads Are a Privacy Nightmare – Gizmodo
“We’ve uncovered new ways in which millions of people’s movements and behaviours are tracked to target us with ads on… read more
Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police – EFF
A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies,… read more