In Hong Kong, Which Side Is Technology On?
It was a sweltering August Saturday in Hong Kong, and the authorities had just shut down one of the most important technologies […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
At an Outback Steakhouse Franchise, Surveillance Blooms
The Outback pilot is still in early stages, but Suri sees broad potential in Presto Vision. The software has the potential to […]
Never Trust a Platform to Put Privacy Ahead of Profit
At this point, it’s painfully unsurprising to hear new examples of tech companies misusing customer data. But a particularly shameful version of […]
Twitter Puts Profit Ahead of User Privacy—Just Like Facebook Did Before
At this point, it’s painfully unsurprising to hear new examples of tech companies misusing customer data. But a particularly shameful version of […]
A Controversial Plan to Encrypt More of the Internet
That centralization of DNS requests worries detractors. Unlike end-to-end encrypted messaging, in which only you and the person you’re talking to can […]
The Same Old Encryption Debate Has a New Target: Facebook
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: United States law enforcement officials want tech companies to undermine encrypted messaging protections. The […]
How Incognito Google Maps Protects You—and How It Doesn’t
Perhaps as a nod to growing concerns about digital behavior tracking, particularly location tracking, Google has introduced a raft of privacy improvements. […]
Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy
Machine learning, for all its benevolent potential to detect cancers and create collision-proof self-driving cars, also threatens to upend our notions of […]
Ring Camera Surveillance Is Transforming Suburban Life
Across the US, consumers are canvassing their communities with a new type of device that’s changing civic life. Camera-equipped doorbells and other […]
Google Tightens Its Voice Assistant Rules Amid Privacy Backlash
After months of revelations that smart speakers get a very human intelligence boost from contractors who transcribe and review customer audio snippets, […]