In Industry Unbound, Ari Ezra Waldman exposes precisely how the tech industry conducts its ongoing crusade to undermine our privacy. With research based on interviews with scores of tech employees and internal documents outlining corporate strategies, Waldman reveals that companies don't just lobby against privacy law; they also manipulate how we think about privacy, how their … [Read more...] about Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power
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Ontario Releases Technology and Standards for Digital Identity
The Ontario government is launching the technology and standards that will build Ontario’s digital identity ecosystem tol empower simpler, faster and better access to more convenient and secure online services. When fully launched, Ontario’s Digital ID will allow people and businesses to prove who they are both online and in person with built-in safety features that protect … [Read more...] about Ontario Releases Technology and Standards for Digital Identity
What’s Really at Stake with Vaccine Passports
As the world looks to slowly emerge from the grip of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and more than a year of associated border closures, travel restrictions, widespread shutdowns and other limitations on once-normal activities, the idea of a digital “vaccine passport” for COVID-19 is also gaining momentum. Rather than thinking about vaccine passports as … [Read more...] about What’s Really at Stake with Vaccine Passports
Deceitful Media – Artificial Intelligence and Social Life after the Turing Test
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human life. Yet far from a distant technology of the future, the true power of AI lies in its subtle revolution of ordinary life. From voice assistants like Siri to natural language processors, AI technologies use cultural biases and modern … [Read more...] about Deceitful Media – Artificial Intelligence and Social Life after the Turing Test
