Tag: privacy

• Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech – The Citizen Lab

  April 13, 2026

  Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone’s life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance… more ›

• Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”

  March 4, 2026

  Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts… more ›

• The coming crypto apocalypse – The Japan Times

  February 12, 2026

  The future of money and payments will feature gradual evolution, not the revolution that crypto-grifters promised. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/coming-crypto-apocalypse/#Echobox=1770697289 more ›

• ‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

  February 7, 2026

  Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/05/in-the-end-you-feel-blank-indias-female-workers-watching-hours-of-abusive-content-to-train-ai?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• The year of technoligarchy

  January 7, 2026

  In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ more ›

• Michael – Data Workers’ Inquiry

  December 21, 2025

  A rare glimpse into the labor behind “AI” sex companions, where human emotion becomes data. https://data-workers.org/michael/ more ›

• We Failed The Misinformation Fight. Now What?

  December 13, 2025

  Defending democracy in the digital age will require moving beyond the focus of fighting online misinformation. https://www.noemamag.com/we-failed-the-misinformation-fight-now-what more ›

• Private AI Compute: our next step in building private and helpful AI

  November 19, 2025

  Introducing Private AI Compute, our new way to bring you helpful AI with the power of the cloud, while keeping your data private to you. https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-private-ai-compute/ more ›

• Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws | The Verge

  November 19, 2025

  The European Commission has proposed changes weakening EU privacy legislation and delaying parts of the AI Act to make the bloc more competitive globally. https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes more ›

• Ethereum’s Manhattan Project

  November 15, 2025

  Toward a better future with Lean Ethereum, The Trustless Manifesto, and lowercase snarks. https://www.bankless.com/ethereums-manhattan-project more ›