Global: It begins: Amazon’s constantly-listening robotic home assistant was near a domestic murder case, and now the Police wants access to anything it might have heard. There have been similar cases in the past, but this is where it starts getting discussed: There are now dozens of sensors in our house. Do we still have an expectation of privacy in our home?
The logo of “Facebook” is reflected in the pupil of an eye. (Photo: Joerg Koch/DAPD)
(ANALYSIS) — Facebook has long let users see all sorts of things the site knows about them, like whether they enjoy soccer, have recently moved, or like Melania Trump.
But the tech giant gives users little indication that it buys far more sensitive data about them, including their income, the types of restaurants they frequent and even how many credit cards are in their wallets.
Ironically, the law was billed as a win for freedom.
A.I. awakenings, sex spies and the shortest solstice + this day in history w/“Funky Drummer” and our song of the day by Best Coast on your Morning Monarchy for December 20, 2016.
The I-Que Intelligent Robot from the US Genesis Toys. (Image: YouTube Screenshot)
Advocacy groups for children and consumers are going to file complaint with national authorities regarding the internet-connected toys manufactured by the US Genesis Toys company that may gather personal data from children, the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Privacy: In the spirit of commemoration, I thought we could mark this November the Fifth by taking some time out of our daily lives and consider again where society is going. Where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. It may not be much, yet, but it is there. How did this happen?
By Neema Singh Guliani | ACLU | October 7, 2016 Since the Snowden disclosures, it has been clear that the NSA conducts unconstitutional, dragnet surveillance of Americans’ international communications. However, it now appears that the NSA is using surveillance authorities to conduct an entirely new type of surveillance: requiring major companies to conduct mass e-mail […]
