Digital Ethics

A feature of email is that my inbox is an immutable copy of everything I received no-one can change. With email, I can prove I've been harassed, sent malware, wrong links, illegal orders by my employers, the date of an event I've missed because it was wrong and I'm innocent, etc. With Google AMP, the sender will be able to "update" those emails and deny his mistake, hide proofs, fake the history. This technology put people at risk. #SaveEmailFromGoogleAMP

pUC-Berkeley’s Nicholas Weaver has been studying cryptocurrency for years. He thinks it’s a terrible idea that will end in disaster. /p

This would be the worst surveillance apparatus outside of China, and completely disproportionate.

In early 2018, officials at University College London were shocked to learn that meetings organized by “race scientists” and neo-Nazis,…

This article focusses on legal and human rights issues of artificial intelligence (AI) being discussed and debated, how they are being addressed, gaps…

When Syreeta McFadden was young, she dreaded being photographed. Cameras made her skin look darkened and distorted. Now a photographer herself, she's learned to capture various hues of brown skin.

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. Th...

I’m happy the article’s author resisted the narrative that statistical pattern matching (vaingloriously and misleadingly called ‘AI’) *can* predict the future, choosing to identify the real problem… pic.twitter.com/K50QrsbWV9— Dwayne Monroe is fashionably Hegelian (@cloudquistador) December 28, 2021

Amazon has fixed its voice assistant so that it will not suggest the dangerous “challenge” again.

“It is detestable to consider the armchair mental gymnastics of ‘robot rights’ as a pressing ethical issue in light of real threats and harms imposed by AI today on society’s most vulnerable.”

Researchers in China created a machine that can file a charge with more than 97 percent accuracy based on a description of a suspected criminal case.

Dozens of officers infiltrated Socialist Workers party for decades, recording personal details of members

It transmits our locations and browsing habits 70 billion times a day to advertisers amid trillions a year by other firms, a new report shows.

A serious new warning has been issued for all iPhone and iPad owners ahead of Apple's controversial plan to scan users' photos...

SecureDrop 2.4.0 is scheduled to be released on May 19, 2022. We will send out another notification through this blog, Twitter, Mastodon, and the support portal when the release is live. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. A complete list of changes can be found on GitHub.

The ransomware attack is likely to impact a number of agricultural machinery brands, including Challenger, Fendt, Ferguson, Massey, and Valtra, in the run-up to a crucial time of year for crop farmers.

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To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency

“Autonomous vehicles are recording their surroundings continuously and have the potential to help with investigative leads,” an internal training document states.

Keyword search warrants, geofence warrants, and the ability to buy data will all make it easier to prosecute people seeking abortions and their helpers.

A journey to the outer limits of content moderation.

Facebook's parent company, Meta, faces allegations after a former outsourced content moderator filed a lawsuit Tuesday.