Different kinds of people are necessary everywhere but maybe especially in the UX field. Only hiring people with very high IQ is a really bad strategy. Also: so ableist. 😣Here is a direct link to the ad: https://t.co/vWcqOFDKZR https://t.co/5B2tUPBD0v— Kolombiken (@kolombiken) April 2, 2022
Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police
NEW YORK (AP) — A controversial face recognition company that's built a massive photographic dossier of the world's people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
BBC Sounds have changed their app branding. This may seem trivial but that means the appearance of the #CarPlay user interface changes. The middle button...
Black Tesla employees describe a culture of racism: 'I was at my breaking point'
In their own words, former Tesla employees describe what they call a racist work environment that led California to file a civil rights lawsuit against the company.
Is Saying "Dark" to Mean "Bad" an Offensive, Racist Metaphor?
Is it racist or problematic to use the metaphor "dark" or "darkness" to describe something that is bad, sad, evil, or negative? Examples and arguments for why.
How to identify data related risks using your imagination
We know we should do a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) but how do we effectively identify the risks and potential impacts of the data processing we're planning, in a new project, service offer or policy?
In this short video we explain 3 techniques to get your imagination working on the ways your processing could impact people in ways you might easily have missed.
Presented by Clare Paterson, Director & Consultant at CP Data Protection, providing clear & practical data protection advice & training.
I’ve been waiting 15 years for Facebook to die. I’m more hopeful than ever | Cory Doctorow
Facebook is struggling to retain users, fending off regulation, trying to pivot to VR, and paying a massive wage premium to attract the workers it needs to make any of this happen. The company is on the ropes
A de-centralized web will only be safer, more understanding, & more equitable if we invest in those things—including the needed labor, representation, ethics, & social science.Without that, decentralization will be more dangerous, increase misunderstanding, & amplify inequality— J. Nathan Matias (@natematias) February 23, 2022
And if a cryptocurrency is not pledging to create financial liberation, it's instead trying to merge with the legacy system. Among the altcoins, memecoins, and shitcoins, other quasi-cryptos like XRP (Ripple) were touted to be part of a new global payments system...— Concoda.oof 💥 (@concodanomics) February 23, 2022
If you didn't care about helping the poor until you were convinced it was an opportunity for shilling crypto? I don't believe you. If you didn't care about gov't seizing assets of the vulnerable, but suddenly cared when it happened to white supremacists? I don't believe you.— anildash (@anildash) February 21, 2022
Grindr hit with € 6.2 million fine in response to complaint from the Norwegian Consumer Council
\u003cstrong\u003eThe Norwegian Data Protection Authority confirmed that Grindr has been sharing personal data without a legal basis and fined the dating app 65 million NOK (€ 6.2 million).\u003c/strong\u003e
Tinder anmäls - misstänks prisdiskriminera sina användare - Sveriges Konsumenter
En ny granskning av dejtingappen Tinder visar att en användare kan betala upp till 12 gånger mer än en annan - för samma tjänst. Vad de varierande priserna bygger på är omöjligt för användaren att veta. Sveriges Konsumenter misstänker nu att det kan h...
Hello, friends,You may not believe me when I say this, but every year, spies and cops from governments around the world gather at a secretive trade show known as the “Wiretappers Ball.” There they buy spyware, surveillance software and hacking tools they use in spycraft and often on their own citizens.I first encountered the market for off-the-shelf surveillance software in 2011, when my team at The Wall Street Journal obtained the marketing brochures for companies exhibiting their wares at the…