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My Frantic Life as a Cab-Dodging, Tip-Chasing Food App Deliveryman
by Luigi Scorca July 22, 2019

July 22, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/doordash-ubereats-food-app-deli…

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The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal | UK news | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo July 21, 2019

July 21, 2019

<https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/20/the-great-hack-cambridge-an…> This week, a Netflix documentary on Cambridge Analytica sheds light on one of the most complex scandals of our time. Carole Cadwalladr, who broke the story and appears in the film, looks at the fallout – and finds ‘surveillance capitalism’ out of control Cambridge Analytica may have become the byword for a scandal, but it’s not entirely clear that anyone knows exactly what that scandal is. It’s more like toxic word association: “Facebook”, “data”, “harvested”, “weaponised”, “Trump” and, in this country, most controversially, “Brexit”. It was a media firestorm that’s yet to be extinguished, a year on from whistleblower Christopher Wylie’s revelations in the Observer and the New York Times about how the company acquired the personal data of tens of millions of Facebook users in order to target them in political campaigns. [...]

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Knowing the “Value” of Our Data Won’t Fix Our Privacy Problems | Electronic Frontier Foundation
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 20, 2019

July 20, 2019

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/knowing-value-our-data-wont-fix-our-p… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Antitrust regulators are using the wrong tools to break up Big Tech — Quartz
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 20, 2019

July 20, 2019

Antitrust regulators are using the wrong tools to break up Big Tech By Tim O'ReillyJuly 17, 2019 CEO of O'Reilly Media https://qz.com/1666863/why-big-tech-keeps-outsmarting-antitrust-regulators/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Finding Rover and other apps are using facial recognition on dogs.
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 20, 2019

July 20, 2019

Say Hello to Dog Facial Recognition Technology Should you worry about your pet’s privacy, yours, or both? By JANE C. HU JULY 17, 20194:19 PM https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/dog-facial-recognition-privacy-finding… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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FTC approves settlement with Google over YouTube kids privacy violations - The Washington Post
by Alberto Cammozzo July 20, 2019

July 20, 2019

<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/19/ftc-approves-settlemen…> The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a settlement with Google in its investigation into YouTube for violating federal data privacy laws for children, said two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss it on record. The settlement — backed by the agency’s three Republicans and opposed by its two Democrats — finds that Google inadequately protected kids who used its video-streaming service and improperly collected their data in breach of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, which prohibits the tracking and targeting of users younger than 13, the people said. The company is expected to pay a multimillion-dollar fine, but the exact amount and the contours of the FTC’s settlement are unclear. The matter now rests in the hands of the Justice Department, which rarely upends the FTC’s settlements with companies under its watch. Agency spokeswoman Cathy MacFarlane and Google spokesman Chris Dale declined to comment on the investigation. The settlement comes at a time when technology giants are facing increased scrutiny both from governments and from users, as concerns mount regarding how users’ data is collected and protected. The FTC and the Justice Department recently divvied up Amazon, Apple Facebook and Google for supervision, something that could result in closer scrutiny of the companies’ power. And this week, lawmakers grilled executives from those companies at a hearing as part of a sprawling House investigation into alleged anti-competitive business practices by big tech. The FTC approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook this month over its privacy practices and the mishandling of personal information stemming from the Cambridge Analytica controversy. Officials in the United States and Europe are reexamining the market power and competitive practices of some of the world’s wealthiest companies. The way big tech has handled its youngest users, in particular, has also drawn increased regulatory attention. The FTC recently embarked on a new effort to rethink how it enforces COPPA. The agency’s chairman, Joe Simons, announced his intentions to update the process this week, attributing the need to reexamine its rules amid “rapid technological changes.” Among the FTC’s concerns are websites, video games and other services that are not explicitly marketed to children but still attract large numbers of young users. Companies have also complained that the law is unclear. COPPA prohibits companies from collecting children’s data in most circumstances or targeting them with personalized advertising, but the law applies to only websites or apps that are directed at children or have “actual knowledge” that users are younger than 13. Privacy advocates have filed years of complaints about YouTube to the FTC, alleging that some of the most popular channels on the streaming site — which the company says is meant for people over age 13 — are directed toward children. They include videos featuring nursery rhymes, cartoons and people opening kids’ toys. YouTube has said children can watch with parental approval, and it has no way of knowing whether kids actually receive it. [...]

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Facebook is backpedaling from its ambitious vision for Libra | Ars Technica
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/facebook-is-backpedaling-from-i… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Soon, satellites will be able to watch you everywhere all the time
by J.C. DE MARTIN July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613748/satellites-threaten-privacy/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Satya Nadella, ceo di Microsoft: «L’intelligenza artificiale non deve farci paura»
by don Luca Peyron July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019

"L’amministratore delegato dell’azienda fondata da Bill Gates ci racconta la sua visione del futuro: «Con l’AI faremo crescere l’economia. La tecnologia renderà la società più inclusiva, ma le idee innovative non valgono nulla senza etica ed empatia" Buona lettura dl https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/19_luglio_18/satya-nadella-ceo-microsoft… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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The Tech Revolt
by Giacomo Tesio July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019

Suona un po' auto celebrativo, ma è una lettura molto interessante. https://story.californiasunday.com/tech-revolt They Slacked. They messaged on Signal. They circulated pledges on Google Docs. They talked on the phone. They spoke quietly to one another in the cafeteria and spoke up at company-wide meetings. Whether it was protesting projects with ICE and the Chinese government or walking out to demand better treatment of women, political activism  has entered tech with a force that the industry has never experienced.

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