Showing posts with label apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apps. Show all posts
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Surprise, you just signed a contract! How hidden contracts took over the internet; Planet Money, NPR, July 14, 2023

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  Emma Peaslee ,  Jeff Guo ,  Jess Jiang ,  James Sneed , Planet Money, NPR;  Surprise, you just signed a contract! How hidden contracts too...
Saturday, March 5, 2022

Yik Yak has returned — and so have reports of cyberbullying, students say; The Record by Recorded Future, February 18, 2022

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Emma Vail , The Record by Recorded Future;  Yik Yak has returned — and so have reports of cyberbullying, students say "Yik Yak, an anon...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Google plans privacy change similar to Apple’s, which wiped $230 billion off Facebook’s market cap; CNBC, February 16, 2022

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Jessica Bursztynsky  , CNBC;  Google plans privacy change similar to Apple’s, which wiped $230 billion off Facebook’s market cap " Goog...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Dysfunctional websites are making it harder for Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s how to fix that.; The Washington Post, March 31, 2021

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Drew Altman , The Washington Post; Dysfunctional websites are making it harder for Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s how to fix that. ...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

‘Zoombombing’: When Video Conferences Go Wrong; The New York Times, March 20, 2020

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Taylor Lorenz , The New York Times; ‘Zoombombing’: When Video Conferences Go Wrong As its user base rapidly expands, the videoconference ...
Monday, October 28, 2019

The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us; Vox, October 8, 2019

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Rose Eveleth , Vox; The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us They see facial recognition, smart diapers, ...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Google Maps Just Introduced a Controversial New Feature That Drivers Will Probably Love but Police Will Utterly Hate; Inc., October 20, 2019

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Bill Murphy Jr., Inc.; Google Maps Just Introduced a Controversial New Feature That Drivers Will Probably Love but Police Will Utterly Hate ...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games; The New York Times, September 12, 2019

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Billy Witz , The New York Times; Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games Coach Nick Saban gets peeved at stu...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right; The Guardian, April 26, 2018

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Editorial Board, The Guardian;  The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right " Encryption on the internet will be abused, but b...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Sorry, Facebook was never ‘free’; The New York Post, March 21, 2018

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John Podhoretz, The New York Post;  Sorry, Facebook was never ‘free’ [Kip Currier: On today's MSNBC  Morning Joe  show, The New Yor...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

The Rise and Fall of Yik Yak, the Anonymous Messaging App; New York Times, May 27, 2017

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Valeriya Safronova, New York Times;  The Rise and Fall of Yik Yak, the Anonymous Messaging App " At the end of that year, Mr. Droll a...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

How to Protect Your Privacy as More Apps Harvest Your Data; New York Times, May 1, 2017

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Brian X. Chen, New York Times;  How to Protect Your Privacy as More Apps Harvest Your Data " Opt out for good Deleting your app fro...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Unroll.me head 'heartbroken' that users found out it sells their inbox data; Guardian, April 24, 2017

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Alex Hern, Guardian;  Unroll.me head 'heartbroken' that users found out it sells their inbox data "F ollowing the story, Un...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Trump Is President. Now Encrypt Your Email.; New York Times, March 31, 2017

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Max Read, New York Times;  Trump Is President. Now Encrypt Your Email. " As lawyers and civil libertarians point out, federal crimina...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use; NPR, March 14, 2017

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Camila Domonoske, NPR;  Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use " The makers of the We-Vibe, a line of v...
Friday, August 12, 2016

US Daily Beast website takes down article discussing Grindr dates with Olympic athletes; Guardian, 8/11/16

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Elle Hunt, Guardian; US Daily Beast website takes down article discussing Grindr dates with Olympic athletes : "Tyler Oakley, a gay so...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

This Daily Beast Grindr Stunt Is Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical; Slate, 8/11/16

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Mark Joseph Stern, Slate; This Daily Beast Grindr Stunt Is Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical : "Anyone who has heard of Grindr h...

Gay and Transgender Egyptians, Harassed and Entrapped, Are Driven Underground; New York Times, 8/10/16

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Liam Stack, New York Times; Gay and Transgender Egyptians, Harassed and Entrapped, Are Driven Underground : "Mr. Long said that online...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Pearls Before Swine; GoComics.com, 12/20/15

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GoComics.com; Stephan Pastis, Pearls Before Swine : [Never Read the Terms and Conditions]
Friday, October 16, 2015

Pennsylvania bills aim to protect students’ data; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/14/15

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Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pennsylvania bills aim to protect students’ data : "The introduction follows by two months the Pit...