Notices by Ind.ie (indie@mastodon.ind.ie)

‘Facebook labelled 'digital gangsters' by [UK] report on fake news’

“Facebook deliberately broke privacy and competition law and should urgently be subject to statutory regulation, according to a devastating parliamentary report denouncing the company and its executives as ‘digital gangsters’.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/18/facebook-fake-news-investigation-report-regulation-privacy-law-dcms

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/facebook-labelled-digital-gangsters-by-report-on-fake-news/2598

‘As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants’

“Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/as-facebook-raised-a-privacy-wall-it-carved-an-opening-for-tech-giants/2537

‘This early GDPR adtech strike puts the spotlight on consent’

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/13/this-early-gdpr-adtech-strike-puts-the-spotlight-on-consent/

“In Fidzup’s case, complying with GDPR has had a major impact on its business because offering a genuine choice means it’s not always able to obtain consent.”

Fascinating to see what is a genuinely GDPR-compliant consent flow. Hopefully the complexity of which will make businesses see the collection of people’s data as risky and expensive.

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/this-early-gdpr-adtech-strike-puts-the-spotlight-on-consent/2529

‘Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret’

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html

“At least 75 companies receive anonymous, precise location data from apps whose users enable location services to get local news and weather or other information, The Times found. Several of those businesses claim to track up to 200 million mobile devices in the United States”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/your-apps-know-where-you-were-last-night-and-they-re-not-keeping-it-secret/2525

‘Can Facebook be forced to comply with privacy laws?’

“Facebook is accused of undermining democratic institutions, but its CEO fails to face up to MPs at a hearing in London.”

Al Jazeera Inside Story featuring @aral.

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2018/11/facebook-forced-comply-privacy-laws-181128171228326.html

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/can-facebook-be-forced-to-comply-with-privacy-laws/2514

‘Wanted: The ‘perfect babysitter.’ Must pass AI scan for respect and attitude.’

“The systems depend on black-box algorithms that give little detail about how they reduced the complexities of a person’s inner life into a calculation of virtue or harm. And even as Predictim’s technology influences parents’ thinking, it remains entirely unproven, largely unexplained and vulnerable to quiet biases over how an appropriate babysitter should share, look and speak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/16/wanted-perfect-babysitter-must-pass-ai-scan-respect-attitude/

‘The Next Data Mine Is Your Bedroom’

“The language of these patents makes it clear that Google is acutely aware of the powers of inference it has already, even without cameras, by augmenting speakers to recognize the noises you make as you move around the house.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/google-patent-bedroom-privacy-smart-home/576022/

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/the-next-data-mine-is-your-bedroom/2508

‘LinkedIn processed 18 million email addresses of non-users for targeted advertising’

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising-1

“LinkedIn processed the email addresses of 18 million non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission, an audit by the [Irish] Data Protection Commissioner has found.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/linkedin-processed-18-million-email-addresses-of-non-users-for-targeted-advertising/2505

‘Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html

“As evidence accumulated that Facebook’s power could also be exploited to disrupt elections, broadcast viral propaganda and inspire deadly campaigns of hate around the globe, Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg stumbled. Bent on growth, the pair ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/delay-deny-and-deflect-how-facebook-s-leaders-fought-through-crisis/2496

‘Just Don’t Call It Privacy’

“What is at stake here isn’t privacy, the right not to be observed. It’s how companies can use our data to invisibly shunt us in directions that may benefit them more than us.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/sunday-review/privacy-hearing-amazon-google.html

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/just-don-t-call-it-privacy/2422

‘How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet’

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-27/ad-scammers-need-suckers-and-facebook-helps-find-them

“They told me that Facebook had revolutionized scamming. The company built tools with its trove of user data that made it the go-to platform for big brands. Affiliates hijacked them. Facebook’s targeting algorithm is so powerful, they said, they don’t need to identify suckers themselves—Facebook does it automatically.”

Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/how-facebook-helps-shady-advertisers-pollute-the-internet/2334