The app inserts code that can track activity on sites its browser is used to access, says a privacy researcher. TikTok says it uses the code for things like debugging.

We each make decisions based on certain values and principles. But whose do we choose as the template for ethical AI?

This document argues for more inclusive language conventions sometimes used by RFC authors and the RFC Production Centre in Internet-Drafts that are work in progress, and in new RFCs that may be published in any of the RFC series, in order to foster greater knowledge transfer and improve diversity of participation in the IETF. It is important to note that this is not standard, it does not represent IETF consensus, and should not be misconstrued as anything other than the authors' views.

Consumer protection: manipulative online practices found on 148 out of 399 online shops screened

BBC journalist Johny Cassidy researched how newsrooms could make charts and graphs more accessible to blind audiences.

Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi said even if all commercial planes made in human history are weighed together, it will still be less than this e-waste.

A conversation with Arvind Narayanan

Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations.

The Internet is allowing us to build a richer, more complex society but the way in which we Internet today is failing to support the governance systems that a more complex world requires. I take a look at why these issues are related, try to develop an intuition for a way forward, and point at the emerging field that is coming together to build that future.

This third volume in the Do No Harm Guide series from the Urban Institute seeks to provide in-depth lessons on how to create visualization products that are more accessible to disabled people.

"We've been doing everything we can to fix this," says school official.

How forming an AI ethics committee will educate and engage your teams and customers about ethical dilemmas artificial intelligence can raise.

Making sure our machines understand the intent behind our instructions is an important problem that requires understanding intelligence itself.

My avatars were cartoonishly pornified, while my male colleagues got to be astronauts, explorers, and inventors.

Is the current obsession with AI Ethics doing any good? Maybe Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics wasn't such a great starting point after all

Guidance for designing ethically humane digital products and services through patterns focused on user well-being.

A European Union ruling against Meta marks the beginning of the end of targeted ads.

The Stable Diffusion Explorer shows how words like "assertive" and "gentle" are mapped to sexist stereotypes.

A Discussion with Alex Hanna

Friction is a design tool, when applied correctly it improves our experiences, decision satisfaction, and can protect us.

Modern institutions are rife with tech that disenfranchises, dehumanises, excludes and even bullies students and teachers. It’s high time for a rethink, says Andy Farnell

2022 was a big year for fighting tech-enabled abuse, from physical trackers to stalkerware. https://t.co/juoxOSgJpd— Eva (@evacide) December 27, 2022

Lensa.ai and other photo apps like it could put your personal biometric data at risk, experts say, and warn that once you give your data to those companies, you have no control over how the companies use it.

The Coral Project is an open source project to help publishers of all sizes build better communities around their journalism. We’re creating tools that help everyone to feel safe, respected, and heard.

Robot vacuum companies say your images are safe, but a sprawling global supply chain for data from our devices creates risk.

Apple has democratized stalking for the modern world. With the Airtag you can keep track of your luggage and your estranged spouse.There’s been an uptick in stalking cases with Apple Airtags at the center and the legal system doesn’t quite know what to do. Often, the cops and the prosecutors don’t even know what an Airtag is. So what do you do when there’s technology at the center of your legal battle, technology that the authorities do not understand.Today on Cyber, Motherboard Senior Editor Samantha Cole comes on to walk us through it.Stories discussed in this episode:The Legal System Is Completely Unprepared for Apple AirTag StalkingHow ‘Porn Addiction’ Took Hold of the InternetRepublicans Are Panicking Because They Somehow Just Found Out You Can Buy Vibrators at CVSWe’re recording CYBER live on Twitch and YouTube. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or