Car tracking can enable domestic abuse. Turning it off is easier said than done. ~transport Article 1579 words 15 votes
How US anti-abortion ruling spurred federal action against the location data industry ~tech Article 1475 words, published Jan 26 2024 24 votes
Pyramid schemes are illegal. MLMs are not. What about the tech that powers them? ~tech Article 1740 words 6 votes
How to quickly get to the important truth inside any privacy policy ~tech privacy Article 3135 words 18 votes
How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law ~tech Article 2009 words, published Feb 8 2023 11 votes
Crime prediction software promised to be free of biases. New data shows it perpetuates them. ~tech Article 4775 words, published Dec 2 2021 15 votes
Geofence warrants - Smartphone location data is giving US law enforcement new surveillance tools ~tech privacy google Article 1889 words 6 votes
An analysis of over 15,000 popular Google searches found that the first organic result is now usually almost halfway down the page, and requires scrolling multiple screen-lengths on mobile to reach ~tech google Article 3972 words 21 votes
Sharing photos has the potential to reveal a lot of personal information, even if you're careful with removing metadata ~tech privacy social media Article 1726 words 9 votes
Suckers list: How Allstate’s secret auto insurance algorithm squeezes big spenders in the US ~transport Article 3996 words, published Feb 25 2020 7 votes