Harald Eilertsen

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'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:54:07 +0100

This is by far the best and most informative piece I've read about surveillance capitalism, how it affects us, and why we should care. Starts off as a review of Shoshana Zuboff's latest book – The Age of Surveillance Capital, but the interview with Shoshana Zuboff at the end is also absolutely worth reading!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook

I haven't read the book yet, but this is one I'll definitely have to read!

#surveillancecapitalism #internet #privacy

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Beni Grind

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:58:45 +0100

@Harald Eilertsen Honestly, for some reason it didn't occur to me that I could just email an order to them and then pick it up when they notify me that it arrived... I don't mind paying a premium for this service.

h.EAR.t

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:58:17 +0100

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:12:00 +0100

@Tobias Yes, there were so many quoteworthy passages in the piece I ended up not quoting anything. But it really does put things into perspective. Can't wait to read the book.

The Watchdogs That Didn’t Bark

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:46:38 +0100

It’s also hard to overlook the fact that a lot of privacy advocacy groups in the U.S. get funding from the same tech companies that would ostensibly be affected by government regulation of consumer data collection. EFF, for example, took in about $822,000 from Google, including donations from employees that are matched by the company, in fiscal 2017. CDT collected about $590,000 in donations and support from Google in 2016 and received $250,000 from Facebook last year. As for OTI, Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt co-founded and has been a significant donor to New America for years. He and his wife’s philanthropic foundation committed to $4 million in funding New America from 2016 to 2021. All of these groups maintain complete independence from their donors.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180921123410/https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/why-arent-privacy-groups-fighting-to-regulate-facebook.html

#politics #internet #privacy

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tomgrz

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:25:01 +0100 from Diaspora

The best way to tame an oversight institution is to give it food. Feed it enough treats and it will beg for more.

tomgrz

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:26:22 +0100 from Diaspora

The Green Party US understands this, deeply. They do not take money from Corporate-linked PACs.

tomgrz

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:26:52 +0100 from Diaspora

The Green Party US understands this, deeply. They do not take money from Corporate-linked PACs or Foundations.

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:39:22 +0100

Derek Caelin wrote the following post Sun, 30 Dec 2018 02:23:56 +0100

"We found that at least 61 percent of apps we tested automatically transfer data to Facebook the moment a user opens the app. This happens whether people have a Facebook account or not, or whether they are logged into Facebook or not."

😱😱😱

Investigating Apps interactions with Facebook on Android | Privacy International

https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/investigating-apps-interactions-facebook-android

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EU parliament calls for Privacy Shield to be pulled until US complies

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 19:18:03 +0200

Interesting, and about time, if you ask me:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/05/eu-parliament-calls-for-privacy-shield-to-be-pulled-until-us-complies/

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Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:20:29 +0200 last edited: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 20:13:58 +0100

Welcome to a world where Juggalo makeup is your best shot at avoiding involuntary surveillance.

https://theoutline.com/post/5172/juggalo-juggalette-facepaint-makeup-hack-beat-facial-recognition-technology

My immediate question was of course how to Black Metal corpsepaint fare against the surveillance tools? But they answered that too:

Face-painting styles like “corpse” makeup also obscure the face. However, they don’t create enough contrast to effectively confuse most facial recognition systems

#juggalos #surveillance #facialrecognition

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Brian Ó 🐟

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:25:26 +0200 from Diaspora

Woop woop!