Below are posts associated with the “data brokers” tag.
🔗 linkblog: Bad Data “For Good”: How Data Brokers Try to Hide in Academic Research | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
I hadn’t realized so many academics were working with data brokers. It’s kind of scary! The EFF has some good points here about so-called “data for good”—and rightly brings up that ethics review boards should be thinking about this sort of thing.
🔗 linkblog: DHS bought “shocking amount” of warrantless phone-tracking data, ACLU says | Ars Technica'
Opting out of location sharing is a good and important step, but there are no tech solutions to this horror—only political ones. We need good legislation, and we need it now.
🔗 linkblog: How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
The only thing worse than the already-bad reality of powerful, private data brokers is public agencies buying what they have to sell.