Surveillance or management oversight?
https://www.bespacific.com/survey-reveals-the-extent-of-surveillance-on-the-remote-workforce/
Survey reveals the extent of surveillance on the remote workforce
“With many companies extending their remote-work policies indefinitely, employers are increasingly exploring new ways to oversee their staff’s productivity. But this challenge is giving rise to solutions that may have disastrous consequences for individual privacy. In a study commissioned by ExpressVPN, in collaboration with Pollfish, 2,000 employers and 2,000 employees who work in a remote or hybrid capacity were surveyed to reveal the extent of employer surveillance, how it’s impacting employees, and the rate at which it might increase in the future as remote working continues…”
Surveillance, UK vs. EU?
GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules
GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated the right to privacy and the regime for collection of data was “not in accordance with the law”, the grand chamber of the European court of human rights has ruled.
It also found the bulk interception regime contained insufficient protections for confidential journalistic material but said the decision to operate a bulk interception regime did not of itself violate the European convention on human rights.
The chamber also concluded that GCHQ’s regime for sharing sensitive digital intelligence with foreign governments was not illegal.
You would think knowing which end of the gun you were on would be rather important…
HEAT LISTED
… He invited them into this home. And when he did, they told McDaniel something he could hardly believe: an algorithm built by the Chicago Police Department predicted — based on his proximity to and relationships with known shooters and shooting casualties — that McDaniel would be involved in a shooting. That he would be a “party to violence,” but it wasn’t clear what side of the barrel he might be on. He could be the shooter, he might get shot. They didn’t know. But the data said he was at risk either way.
… But the visit set a series of gears in motion. This Kafka-esque policing nightmare — a circumstance in which police identified a man to be surveilled based on a purely theoretical danger — would seem to cause the thing it predicted, in a deranged feat of self-fulfilling prophecy.
Because buying cheese is suspicious! (Whould that be ‘probable cause’ in the US?)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/encrochat-drug-dealer-betrayed-by-his-love-of-cheese/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
Encrochat drug dealer betrayed by his love of cheese
A drug dealer's enjoyment of Blue Stilton cheese led to his capture and a sentence of over 13 years in prison.
Carl Stewart, a Liverpool resident, was identified after he shared an image of cheese purchased at a UK supermarket.
The 39-year-old shared his delight in the purchase over Encrochat, an encrypted messaging service, under the handle "Toffeeforce." However, in his glee, he did not realize that the photo provided vital clues to the police -- namely, fingerprints which were then analyzed by investigators.
A reference.
Omer Tene pointed out this great resource:
Privacy and data protection in Africa. 370 page report with country reports on Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, S. Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
From the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). (pdf )
I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you!
Report finds startling disinterest in ethical, responsible use of AI among business leaders
A new report from FICO and Corinium has found that many companies are deploying various forms of AI throughout their business with little consideration of the ethical implications of potential problems.
There have been hundreds of examples over the last decade of the many disastrous ways AI has been used by companies, from facial recognition systems unable to discern darker skinned faces to healthcare apps that discriminate against African American patients and recidivism calculators used by courts that skew against certain races.
Despite these examples, FICO's State of Responsible AI report shows business leaders are putting little effort into ensuring that the AI systems they use are both fair and safe for widespread use.
Lashing out frequently generates a backlash.
https://www.wired.com/story/florida-new-social-media-law-laughed-out-of-court/
Florida’s New Social Media Law Will Be Laughed Out of Court
The Stop Social Media Censorship Act almost certainly violates both the US Constitution and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
… On Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Stop Social Media Censorship Act, which greatly limits large social media platforms’ ability to moderate or restrict user content. The bill is a legislative distillation of Republican anger over recent episodes of supposed anti-conservative bias, like Twitter and Facebook shutting down Donald Trump’s account and suppressing the spread of the infamous New York Post Hunter Biden story. Most notably, it imposes heavy fines—up to $250,000 per day—on any platform that deactivates the account of a candidate for political office, and it prohibits platforms from taking action against “journalistic enterprises.”
Tools. Note number four.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/voice-changing-apps-android/
The 6 Best Voice Changer Apps for Android
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