Tools are often useful in more ways than intended.
https://www.bespacific.com/copyright-bots-powered-by-a-1998-law-threaten-the-publics-right-to-know/
Copyright bots powered by a 1998 law threaten the public’s right to know
The Hill – “…Copyright bots are automated programs that search digital content to identify copyright infringements. Google’s Content ID for YouTube is a prominent example. According to a Google publication, 98 percent of YouTube’s copyright issues were handled through the automated Content ID system in 2018. When a user uploads a video to YouTube, Content ID scans the contents against a database of files submitted by digital content owners. If the newly uploaded video matches a copyrighted file, the copyright holders have the option to make money from the offending video, be granted access to the video’s viewing statistics, or have the video taken down. However, this process is open to exploitation. A post from NYU’s Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law has called copyright actions like YouTube’s “a tool for censorship, bullying, extortion.” As the Beverly Hills police officer showed, an alleged bad actor who wishes to cover up his misconduct faces a low bar. Other examples include the Azerbaijani government allegedly censoring journalists and a former candidate for Colorado Assembly filing multiple claims against a critic’s YouTube channel, resulting in the termination of the critic’s account twice…”
A supplement to all those cameras.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/04/wi-fi-devices-as-physical-object-sensors.html
Wi-Fi Devices as Physical Object Sensors
The new 802.11bf standard will turn Wi-Fi devices into object sensors:
In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless devices into sensors capable of gathering data about the people and objects bathed in their signals.
“When 802.11bf will be finalized and introduced as an IEEE standard in September 2024, Wi-Fi will cease to be a communication-only standard and will legitimately become a full-fledged sensing paradigm,” explains Francesco Restuccia, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, in a paper summarizing the state of the Wi-Fi Sensing project (SENS ) currently being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
SENS is envisioned as a way for devices capable of sending and receiving wireless data to use Wi-Fi signal interference differences to measure the range, velocity, direction, motion, presence, and proximity of people and objects.
More detail in the article. Security and privacy controls are still to be worked out, which means that there probably won’t be any.
Perspective.
Microsoft revealed the latest truths about working from home. One is truly disturbing
The headline wasn't all that promising: "The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work – Are We Ready?"
… This headline came from a company that itself wasn't exactly ready for working from home, Microsoft. Right beneath its nostrils, a company called Zoom came along and stole hegemony over a means of communication that Microsoft might, itself, have already mastered.
Yet Microsoft has tried to catch up with its Teams and has clearly devoted much thought to our what-the-hell-is-happening world.
In July, Redmond analyzed what was going on inside its own (virtual) world and discovered some horrific facts. Sample: 52% of the company's IMs were being sent between 6pm and midnight.
More recently, though, the company wondered whether we're ready for the hybrid thing and released a Work Trend Index, which tried to paint a more complete picture of the work-life COVID has wrought.
… Sixty-one percent of leaders described themselves as "thriving."
… Microsoft, you see, says that those who don't make the decisions are thriving 23 points less than their bosses.
Perspective. Broad overview.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/3/28/friend-or-foe-artificial-intelligence-and-the-military
Project Force: AI and the military – a friend or foe?
… Doctrine is key: how these new weapons will integrate into future war plans and how they can be leveraged for their maximum effect on the enemy.
Any quantitative leap in weapons design is always a concern as it gives a country the belief that they could be victorious in battle, thus lowering the threshold for conflict.
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