Algorithms Need Management Training, Too
[ad_1] The European Union is expected to finalize the Platform Work Directive, its new legislation to regulate digital labor platforms, this month. This is the first law proposed at the European…
The Unintended Consequences of Apple’s Fertility Tech
[ad_1] Here’s how it works: The watch must be worn overnight to measure body temperature every five seconds, according to the company. Body temperature drops slightly right before ovulation and…
What It Means to ‘Feel Normal’ Online
[ad_1] Despite the flood of investigative exposés on dataveillance, users in the United States seem more enmeshed than ever in those infrastructures, as if they are responding with a collective…
How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech
[ad_1] Pfefferkorn also encourages asking your school to perform an audit of its monitoring software, which could reveal what kind of content the algorithm is tracking and how. An audit…
The Shaky Future of a Post-Roe Federal Privacy Law
[ad_1] New York’s junior senator says Republicans aren’t “connecting all the dots about what it means for them.” “It is so expansive and so harmful, I don’t think people have…
The Woman Who Became a Company Has Lessons for a Post-Roe World
[ad_1] In 2014, Jennifer Lyn Morone decided to protect her data in the only way she could as an individual: She incorporated herself. Jennifer Lyn Morone Inc. operates as a…
Smiling Dogs? Captcha Has Gone Too Far
[ad_1] However, after several decades, it appears as if captcha’s dominance over the internet could be waning. Apple has decided to give the technology the boot, and its impact on…
Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
[ad_1] “My guess is that Meta is going to have to look at some form of geo-siloing if they want to continue to operate in the EU,” says Calli Schroeder,…
The Right to Travel Out of State for an Abortion Isn’t as Secure as You May Think
[ad_1] Now that Congress has failed to pass a bill that would guarantee a right to travel across state lines to obtain an abortion, many are worried that conservative states…
The Supreme Court Accidentally Spurred a Data Privacy Push
[ad_1] Hi, folks. The winner of the week is Reed Hastings, who lost a million subscribers but saw Netflix’s stock skyrocket because he didn’t lose more. What a showman! The…
Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy: Flo, Clue, Stardust, Period Calendar, Period Tracker
[ad_1] This not only shifts the burden of risk assessment to individual users, but also makes evaluating the privacy and security of apps difficult to begin with. To do so,…