The Shady $12 Billion Industry Tracking Your Every Move
Hello, friends, If you’re a privacy nerd like me, you may have turned off “location” services for many apps on …
Facebook and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month
Hello, friends, Honestly, it was kind of hard to imagine that Facebook’s image could get more tarnished. After all, the …
Fighting for the Right to Pee
Hello, friends, It’s the year 2021, and peeing is on the legislative docket. California lawmakers have just passed a bill …
The Terrifying Rise of Autonomous Killing Machines
Hello, friends, Today marks 20 years since al-Qaeda attacked the United States by weaponizing commercial aircraft to kill 2,977 people. …
Investigating Racial Bias in Mortgage-Approval Algorithms
Hello, friends, Some of the most important problems in our society are not secret. But that does not mean they …
The Double-Edged Sword of Anti-Doxing Laws
Hello, friends, When I first started writing about tech and privacy issues back in 2010, some of my journalist colleagues …
Decrypting Apple’s Plan to Scan Photos on Your Phone
Hello, friends, Earlier this month Apple dropped a privacy bombshell. After years of touting its strong commitment to privacy, the …
Facebook vs. Independent Research
Hello, friends, This week Facebook took the aggressive step of disabling the Facebook accounts of independent researchers at New York …
Bringing the Citizen Browser Project to Germany
Hello, friends, Big Tech is global, but The Markup—which aims to be a Big Tech watchdog—is just a small nonprofit …
The Devastating Human Toll of the Gig Economy
Hello, friends, Imagine if you got assaulted on the job and your boss never called and your company stopped paying …
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