Reading list
Shortform reading
This is an incomplete list of the shortform reading (and listening and watching) I’ve been doing lately.
AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state
Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.
#artificial-intelligence · #big-tech · #mental-health · #privacy · #surveillance
danah boyd is so fascinated by data and society that she founded a research institute called Data and Society. We brought her on Reimagining this week to talk about one of her long-running research interests—the social lives of teens online—and ended up with a sprawling conversation that touched on everything from anti-trans culture wars to the supremely weird history of the US Census.
#children's-rights · #politics · #privacy · #social-media · #surveillance
The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn 'Shameware' Apps
Churches are using invasive phone-monitoring tech to discourage "sinful" behavior. Some software is seeing more than congregants realize.
Use of Controversial Phone-Cracking Tool Is Spreading Across Federal Government
Cellebrite's extensive federal sales come as another Israeli phone-spying firm, NSO Group, falls under federal sanctions.