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🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Security Researcher Finds Facebook App Tracking iPhone Movements'
Accelerometer data can be used for invasive tracking, and Facebook seems to be doing so. This is truly scary stuff.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Clearview AI does well in another round of facial recognition accuracy tests. - The New York Times'
The problem with facial recognition isn’t (just) accuracy—it’s the underlying values of such a project.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'For Rules in Technology, the Challenge is to Balance Code and Law - The New York Times'
Glad to see Lessig expressing caution here.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Rand Paul to challenge Biden’s Saudi arms sale | Lexington Herald Leader'
The thing about Rand Paul is that sometimes he gets things very right, even though he so often gets things so wrong.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Predictive analytics in child welfare raise concerns - Youth Today'
We need data to make decisions, but predictive analytics tend to give me the heebie jeebies.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Lexington KY gets ‘perfect score’ for LGBTQ protections | Lexington Herald Leader'
Good news for Lexington! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Stop Warrantless Car Spying by Police'
Something else to write representatives about.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'BTS fan accounts targeted with fake copyright takedowns - The Verge'
Weaponized copyright enforcement is awful.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Podcast Episode: What Police Get When They Get Your Phone | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Time to write some representatives. This is scary stuff.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Ed Tech Usage is Up. So Are Parent Privacy Concerns'
Interesting read on an important subject.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’ - The New York Times'
Facial recognition is worrying.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Internet-Connected Products: Ever-Advancing, Ever-Creepier | by Stephen Moore | Nov, 2021 | OneZero'
Good take on the privacy issues involved with modern gift-giving.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'After Facebook Leaks, Here Is What Should Come Next | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Always appreciate the EFF’s perspective.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The infrastructure bill could be a lifeline for students without internet : NPR'
Internet is a question of infrastructure, and infrastructure is a question of justice.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'How Republicans Have an Edge in the Emerging 2022 Congressional Maps - The New York Times'
Gerrymandering is gross and wrong, no matter who’s doing it.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'A new monument in Frankfort will honor the Kentuckians who died from COVID-19 – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Beautiful gesture and a perfect name for it.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Doctorow has some good thoughts on surveillance capitalism here.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs - The Verge'
Terrifying stuff. I know “Orwellian” gets overused these days, but TVs that watch us are straight out of 1984.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Why a wealth tax for people like Elon Musk is so hard to pull off : NPR'
Interesting and helpful read.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Twenty-first century swashbucklers: The rise of ethical media piracy | Opinion | kykernel.com'
Got some future Pirate Party supporters here at UK.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Apple Has Listened And Will Retract Some Harmful Phone-Scanning'
Good progress but need more.
🔗 linkblog: just read '24 UK employees placed on leave for breaking COVID policy | Lexington Herald Leader'
Glad local reporters are looking into this; when the measures were announced, I was wondering what responses would be.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'The Secret to a Better Internet? Post Less, Chat More. - The New York Times'
Interesting argument. I will say that having a running Keybase chat with distant friends has been terribly helpful during the pandemic.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Sen. Josh Hawley claims without evidence that liberals are attacking masculinity : NPR'
Du Mez is the perfect person to respond to this. Fwiw, Gab is giving some serious Jesus & John Wayne vibes right now, for all the same reasons Hawley is.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Rep. Gosar anime video highlights ties to the online right - The Verge'
The whole point of far right meme culture is plausible deniability. Telling people to relax and that it’s just a joke is not only ridiculous but further plays into the parallels.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Location data harvesting is scary stuff.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'U.S. Holocaust Museum Says China ‘May Be Committing Genocide’ Against Uyghurs - The New York Times'
We have a magnet from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum reminding us (and everyone else who walks past our fridge) to keep an eye out for modern day hate, injustice, and genocide.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber : NPR'
Religious freedom only counts as such when it’s applied across the board and not just for conservative talking points.