An email and documents reveal Google's Project Nimbus deal with Israel isn't subject to Google's general ToS, but an “adjusted” ToS drafted by Google and Israel
When questioned about its controversial cloud computing contract with the Israeli government …
AT Protocol's account portability tool gives the users of Bluesky, a public benefit LLC independent from Twitter, a way out should a billionaire take over
https://theintercept.com/... Paul Frazee / @pfrazee.com : awesome, great piece! — one thing I'll add: we took our first step toward decentralization with the custom feeds launch....
An investigation finds US homeowners associations teaming up with police to install Flock Safety's license plate surveillance cameras, without telling residents
At a city council meeting in June 2021, Mayor Thomas Kilgore, of Lakeway, Texas, made an announcement that confused his community. LinkedIn: Gerry Kennedy . Tweets: @monsieurameric...
Donie O'Sullivan, Drew Harwell, and other journalists remain locked out of their Twitter accounts despite lifted suspensions, until they delete a specific tweet
I've been writing critically about billionaire Elon Musk since he took over Twitter — particularly about his “free speech” … Mastodon: @ErrataRob@infosec.exchange , @parismarx@mast...
Some prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had Twitter accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed to Elon Musk
Elon Musk claims to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network's new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform.
An investigation details ongoing plans by the US DHS to police online misinformation on COVID-19, Afghanistan, and more; Meta built a portal to aid reporting
The Intercept :
Amazon's registries for weddings, birthdays, new babies, and more are publicly visible by default, a sensitive personal data one-stop shop for identity thieves
a byproduct of very weak default privacy settings on their parenting registry products. Good find by the @theintercept: https://theintercept.com/... @theintercept : Imagine if a bu...
Internal email: complying with a new Russian censorship law, Google ordered its contracted Russian translators to not call Russia's war in Ukraine a “war”
As Uber keeps opposing Spain's law to treat drivers as employees and lobbies against similar statutes, its CEO claims such rules don't break its business model
and has — adapted to treating workers as employees in other countries is a slap in the face to every single driver in the US that Uber continues to exploit.” https://theintercept.c...
As Uber keeps opposing Spain's law to treat drivers as employees and lobbies against similar statutes, its CEO claims such rules don't break its business model
and has — adapted to treating workers as employees in other countries is a slap in the face to every single driver in the US that Uber continues to exploit.” https://theintercept.c...
Orange County's DA office has maintained a DNA database since 2007 and selectively offered plea deals or misdemeanor dismissals if suspects provided DNA samples
but only if people give up their DNA. https://theintercept.com/... Robert Greenwald / @robertgreenwald : Orange County prosecutors operate “vast, secretive” genetic surveillance pr...
Orange County's DA office has maintained a DNA database since 2007 and selectively offered plea deals or misdemeanor dismissals if suspects provided DNA samples
but only if people give up their DNA. https://theintercept.com/... Robert Greenwald / @robertgreenwald : Orange County prosecutors operate “vast, secretive” genetic surveillance pr...
Orange County's DA office has maintained a DNA database since 2007 and selectively offered plea deals or misdemeanor dismissals if suspects provided DNA samples
but only if people give up their DNA. https://theintercept.com/... Robert Greenwald / @robertgreenwald : Orange County prosecutors operate “vast, secretive” genetic surveillance pr...
A look at Oracle's effort to sell Endeca software to Chinese authorities beginning in 2012, and how Oracle touted its use in Chicago for predictive policing
NY State launches first US “vaccine passport” app, Excelsior Pass, built on IBM's blockchain-based health pass platform, to be used initially at large venues
USA Today :
NY State launches first US “vaccine passport” app, Excelsior Pass, built on IBM's blockchain-based health pass platform, to be used initially at large venues
Starting Friday, New Yorkers will be able to pull up a code on their cell phone or a printout to prove they've …
An examination of the 65GB of hacked data from Gab finds that only 1.5M of the total 4M+ Gab accounts in the repository have posted content to the site
Micah Lee / The Intercept : Tweets: @micahflee , @3r1ng , @3r1ng , @theintercept , @quinncy , @natsecgeek , and @3r1ng Tweets: Micah / @micahflee : Inside @getongab, the Online Sa...
In a complaint with the EEOC, a Black applicant alleges Facebook rejected her application due to a lack of “culture fit”, despite her qualifications
and my co-counsel @kmblegal & @FindJusticeLaw — for taking on how “culture fit” is used to discriminate against Black workers in hiring tech workers! https://theintercept.com/... b...