I did not see this coming. Now I have to think about everyone else who wanders the streets of surveillance town…

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8dx4/ring-cameras-are-being-used-to-control-and-surveil-overworked-delivery-workers

Ring Cameras Are Being Used to Control and Surveil Overworked Delivery Workers

Networked doorbell surveillance cameras like Amazon's Ring are everywhere, and have changed the nature of delivery work by letting customers take on the role of bosses to monitor, control, and discipline workers, according to a recent report by the Data & Society tech research institute.

… As the report lays out, Ring cameras allow customers to surveil delivery workers and discipline their labor by, for example, sharing shaming footage online. This dovetails with the “gigification” of Amazon’s delivery workers in two ways: labor dynamics and customer behavior.

For your consideration.

https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-ransomware-hunting-team-cybercrime

How the FBI Stumbled in the War on Cybercrime

In this excerpt from “The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World From Cybercrime,” the authors reveal how unprepared the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency was to combat online crime.

Sounds like a miracle, what’s the catch?

https://www.insidehook.com/article/tech/air-company-airmade-sustainable-aviation-fuel

This Tiny Brooklyn Company Is About to Upend the Aviation Industry

… Why is this important? According to the company, aviation represents 2-3% of global CO2 emissions. With AIRMADE SAF — which creates their carbon-negative fuel using a technology that mimics photosynthesis (and is produced with renewable energy) — greenhouse gas emissions via air travel could be reduced by 97% compared to traditional jet fuel.

… Our process mimics photosynthesis by using only air (CO2), water and sun (solar energy) to transform CO2 into carbon-negative alcohols. The output of this process is a reactor liquid that is a mixture of ethanol, methanol, water and a layer of paraffins, which are used for fuel production specifically. The only byproducts are water and oxygen.